Wow! Is it already July!
So taking stock of the past couple of years... less than 4 years ago, 2 average jills and a joe started running and entered a race. We were a hot mess - a cold snowy day in Feb 2008, dressed in cotton (insert horrified gasp from "runners" who know the evils of cotton) from head to toe. It was around that time we decided "heck, if we can run 4.1 miles why not 13.1"... and the rest is history!
The "jack" has been busy - in addition to being a busy working dad, he spent every Team in Training seasonraising gobs of money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society since it came to Yakima in Jan 2009, coaches TNT now and recently paced his lovely "jill" to her first "sub 4:30" marathon! "Jack" has finished 5 full marathons in the last 2 years!
The "jills" have had quite the past 2 years... 2 years, 2 working mom "jills", 1 pregnancy/baby (the "younger" jill), 2 major surgeries (the "elder" jill), a few running injuries (both), 8 fundraising seasons with Team in Training, 11 marathons, at least 12 half marathons and countless shorter races. - oh did i mention the pounds lost since we started running? Combined about 85 :0)
The "jills" even managed to pull off 3 marathons in 85 days - so both are officially "Marathon Maniacs" (MM#4070 and MM#4080)
Running is such a blessing in so many ways - yes we love that we are fit and trim but mostly we love the fantastic people we meet, the good times we share... getting to help out some worthwhile charities is just the icing! Ok so we also love to eat ... and can you seriously eat when you train for marathons!!!
Keep on running ...
susan (the "gopher")
So taking stock of the past couple of years... less than 4 years ago, 2 average jills and a joe started running and entered a race. We were a hot mess - a cold snowy day in Feb 2008, dressed in cotton (insert horrified gasp from "runners" who know the evils of cotton) from head to toe. It was around that time we decided "heck, if we can run 4.1 miles why not 13.1"... and the rest is history!
The "jack" has been busy - in addition to being a busy working dad, he spent every Team in Training seasonraising gobs of money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society since it came to Yakima in Jan 2009, coaches TNT now and recently paced his lovely "jill" to her first "sub 4:30" marathon! "Jack" has finished 5 full marathons in the last 2 years!
The "jills" have had quite the past 2 years... 2 years, 2 working mom "jills", 1 pregnancy/baby (the "younger" jill), 2 major surgeries (the "elder" jill), a few running injuries (both), 8 fundraising seasons with Team in Training, 11 marathons, at least 12 half marathons and countless shorter races. - oh did i mention the pounds lost since we started running? Combined about 85 :0)
The "jills" even managed to pull off 3 marathons in 85 days - so both are officially "Marathon Maniacs" (MM#4070 and MM#4080)
Running is such a blessing in so many ways - yes we love that we are fit and trim but mostly we love the fantastic people we meet, the good times we share... getting to help out some worthwhile charities is just the icing! Ok so we also love to eat ... and can you seriously eat when you train for marathons!!!
Keep on running ...
susan (the "gopher")