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23 May 2012

Summer Training and #RWRunStreak

By Nicki

As I trained for Sunday’s second marathon in a month, I started thinking to the training plan I had developed that would allow me to run fewer days of the week. Since that time, I have found out that my son moves into college on July 30th. I will have more of my summer to run than I thought originally. Then, yesterday I saw a tweet from Runner’s World magazine about a summer streak challenge.

I have to be totally honest. I always thought these streak people were crazy. I am crazy to some extent. I always thought a streak needed to be followed with lots of cross training and other exercises. My training plan for my October marathon does include these.

I decided I am going to join the challenge. I am going to run at least one mile every day from Memorial Day until July 4th. This is a 38 day streak. I am sure I can do it. I can follow my end of May/June/beginning of July training and race schedule and run at least a mile a day.

B=bike; X=crosstraining

Follow me and others who are streaking on Twitter by following the hash tag #RWRunStreak.

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21 May 2012

Buffalo Goals

By Nicki

Sometimes I think I set goals that are too lofty. That is probably what a lot would say of my starting with the 5 hour pace group in Pittsburgh. I think that goals need to be a stretch to keep a person trying to do better.

Since Pittsburgh, I have been thinking non-stop about what my plan will be for Buffalo. I want a PR out of one of these two marathons this month. I have finally decided that I will run 6 minutes and walk 45 seconds. If my legs are feeling good or I have walked through a water station, I reserve the right to start running sooner than 45 seconds. I will also walk through all water stations.

I am putting this out there as I have done the math. I have estimated my slow times on long runs and averaged with really quick long runs. I have taken into consideration what my legs feel like or have felt like over the past couple of weeks. I am estimating I can finish Buffalo in under 5:30. My actual goal is 5:28. That will get knock 16 minutes off my full marathon PR.

Do I think this is reasonable? Certainly. Do I think this is attainable? Definitely.

Secondarily, my goal would be to PR so better than 5:44. My tertiary goal will be to finish.

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9 May 2012

Pittsburgh Marathon – The Last 13.1

By Nicki

The second half of the Pittsburgh Marathon saw me with the 5:30 pace group. This time would still be a PR for me so I was okay with being here. I spent some of the time chatting with a pregnant woman who was talking about roller derby. I overheard her talking about teams from Central NY being in town the night before and, since I am basically from Central NY, I had to ask. She was all excited when I told her where I was actually from as she was a founding member of the Ithaca Suffrajets (I am sure I am spelling that wrong). It was nice to hear something about home as I was running in Pittsburgh. The area here has more in common with PGH than Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Pacer Marcela was running a five minute run and one minute walk. I kept up with them for a bit, though not sure how many miles.

Some time during mile 16 mile (about 15.5 from the course map of where aid stations were) my toes started to bother me again. I passed one aid station. At the aid station near Point Breeze, I took a tongue depressor and sat on the curb. My feet were an issue and I wanted to make sure I was not blistering. The tongue depressor – this is ingenious and the first time ever I have seen it – had Vaseline on it. I took time to apply to both my feet and hoped this would help. Of course, this meant I lost touch with the 5:30 pace group but I was feeling better.

Unfortunately, I learned a big lesson. I should have gone under the aid tent. The curb was slightly shaded but the shade is not the reason for the tent. After being down so low, my legs started cramping in about another mile. At one point, I was telling someone that my legs were cramping bad – they would cramp off and on from mile 17 until the finish – and the woman gave me a salt packet to have. She also passed on that she would wait to take it with water – which I had with me so no need to wait. I took what I could of the salt but could not eat the entire packet. Downed each little bit with water. It dawned on me at this point that my stomach had been bothering me at mile 15 and I had failed to take my Clif Shot (would have been number 3). This failure may have loomed big in the reasons for my time goal failure. I only ended up taking two Clif Shots and should have had more – at least four.

Homewood was wonderful! The line dancers performed beautifully. The church that came out – fantastic! This particular area is the one my daughter questioned the most and I noticed it seemed a bit more rundown – like the Pittsburgh of my time at WVU – but it was not a bad area – at least not in the daylight of a Marathon Sunday. I actually am not sure if I could pick a favorite neighborhood. I loved them all. I felt most comfortable in the Strip District and the South Side area as I had been there before. I also liked downtown but that is because that was the finish.

The biggest surprise was seeing my kids in Bloomfield. I had, somewhere around mile 18, I think, called my daughter to tell her not to look for me. The cramping in my legs – both hamstrings and calves – got to me and I looked to stop at an aid station and not go on. I had heard at least one, if not more, person doing just this – or worse, not making it to an aid station and the police having to radio to get you help. I wanted to end this on my terms. Thankfully, she didn’t pick up and I knew they would be waiting for me somewhere so I kept going.

I walked with my kids – at least the girls – for a bit in mile 23. I knew that there was only a 5K left to do but I was getting bitchy. Both Elise and Suz offered to run it with me. Neither was dressed for the heat so I told them no. Would I have finished in under 6 hours if they had? Who knows! Certainly not me. I really left all I had out on the course so I do not know if cutting five minutes of my time would have been possible.

Somewhere just before I saw the kids, the fluid stations starting having ice. From that point on, if just a cup of ice was offered, I took it. I was way too hot and needed to cool down somehow. One aid station had disposable gloves filled with ice. I took one and tucked it in the racer back of my shirt. This kept me cooler for about a mile. I had not seen a glove on the ground in a while when I finally dropped mine. Ice in the Gatorade and water also made it much easier to consume fluids. I am not a huge sports drink fan so to drink it warm, or even hot, is hard to do.

In mile 25, there was a duo playing. This part of the course is a part we had already run in mile 1 or 2. This duo had been playing when we ran by this spot at the beginning. They were still playing. This motivated me as other spots bands were packing up as the runners were fewer and coming sporadically. As a back of the pack runner, I appreciated these two guys staying out there.

As we were in downtown again, I started looking for my kids. I didn’t know where they would be – a ways from the finish line or at the line. I saw the girls on Smithfield Street. Elise again offered to run the last half mile or so with me. I knew I could do it from here so convinced her not to worry. There was a guy – not anyone I have ever seen before with a finisher’s medal around his neck – along here also. He grabbed my hand, reminded me that only 1% of the population cross the finish line and I could do it. He gave me a little push and sent me off.

I rounded the last corner to see Michael. We were going to try to meet before the race. There was a small hope that we would run with each other for a mile or so. We never found each other at the start. I remember yelling to him that I thought Pittsburgh hated me. Next I saw Danny and Maggie, Suz’s girlfriend. He was manning the camera.

Holy heck! I crossed the finish line!! Finally!!!!

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8 May 2012

Pittsburgh Marathon – First 13.1

By Nicki

The race itself is recapped in this post and the next as I am wordy. All race photos were taken by my kids (either my daughter or my son). Most were taken in Bloomfield , between miles 22 and 23.

Being in the last corral – or even in the corral in front of me, we all were around the corner from the start line. We couldn’t hear the gun but knew the start was near when the volunteers started moving the corral gates. A loud round of applause went up when the corral gates were moved. Approximately 20 minutes later, we all crossed the start line. This is a new record for me. I have never taken that long to reach a start line. My previous longest was at the 2010 Boilermaker 15K when it took me 8 minutes to cross the start line. I feared the crowded field would make it impossible to see potholes or manhole covers. I didn’t want to twist something right at the start.

Music started almost immediately. In the first two miles bands went from rock to Celtic, from groups to duos to individuals. Amazing music and never did the sounds overlap.

Cheer groups started in the Strip District. This area should have been where I saw my kids first. I had traveled with my 17 year old son and 25 year old daughter; my 23 year old daughter and her girlfriend live in Pittsburgh. We had just been to the Strip on Saturday to get vegetables for Cinco de Mayo. I love this area!!! I could shop at some of these places all the time. I have run through the Strip District when I was in Pittsburgh in September for my daughter’s college graduation. I tried to stay in the middle of a still crowded field as I didn’t want to miss the kids if they were on a side of the street I was not. I didn’t think I heard of saw them but would not find out I was right until the end when Suz told me they all went back to sleep.

After the Strip District, we crossed the first of five bridges – the 16th Street bridge. My plan was to take a Clif Shot every four and a half miles. Near the end of this bridge, I downed my first one. The first five miles came to an end shortly after and I was a little faster than I wanted to be. I had hoped to run this distance in an hour. I looked at my Garmin and it said 56:17. While that seems close, those almost four minutes would haunt me in the end. I also noticed that while the pace group which was in sight – the field was still crowded – was not stopping to walk a bit after each mile. I am not sure why not but that was okay also. Walking was done through the fluid stations. I was drinking a sip or two at each station and used my own water after my Clif Shot. I had not planned to walk the first five miles but the plan was to start for 20 seconds at the end of each mile and through fluid stops, starting after five miles.

 

Miles 6-10 sort of blur together for me. I remember I would get near Pacer Marie and then a fluid stop would come up and I would lose contact with her. I thought I was way behind her as we went past the Liberty Bridge (we had already crossed four of the five bridges in the race – three in the first five miles and one, West End and over the Ohio River, just before the end of mile seven) but I just could not see her. We are about the same height but seeing the hat and balloons made me realize I was still in touch with the group.

Around 5.25 (a guess as I may have looked at my Garmin but it is all mush in my brain now), the first group of kids waiting for high fives came along. Being a mother, I went out of my way to get to those kids so anyone with a hand out got a high five. I would continue this process with few exceptions along the entire route.

About mile 8, I had to take off my right shoe due to my toes bothering me. This has happened almost every run during this training – both before and after I got my Pure Connects so I do not think it is shoe-related – and is relieved by a quick massage of the toe area. It would plague me again later in the race but that quick massage did the trick here.

My Garmin seemed to be about two-tenths of a mile ahead of the mile markers on the course. Just after mile 10 went past on my Garmin, I had to stop for a bathroom break. Yes, there was a line at the bank of six porta-potties but not nearly the line that there had been at earlier ones. I was fourth or fifth in a line which grew while I was in it. One poor woman came up the line asking if she could cut the line as she had just gotten her period. I didn’t care one way or the other. This is where I truly lost Pacer Marie. I never saw her again until I saw her at the finish line in passing.

My time through mile 10 was 1:57 so I was ahead of my plan of hitting here at two hours. I should have realized then that I had probably started too fast. I definitely slowed down as mile 11 included the bathroom stop and it was about three minutes slower than the previously slowest mile of the race.
I ran the next couple of miles with whoever was going the pace I needed to run. None were outstanding. The 5:30 pace group came up around the halfway mark. I spoke to Marcela and jumped in with them. This was near the Pitt campus. Being a West Virginia Mountaineer, my memories of Pitt are all football games and frat parties. The Backyard Brawls while I was in Morgantown were phenomenal! This particular day I was just happy for tall buildings as that meant shade. Living outside “town,” I forget that it is always warmer in town and cities – real cities like Pittsburgh – have little or no shade. Tall buildings provided shade in more than one area of the course.

Half the race has gone past. I am about 15 minutes off my half PR from April 1 (on a half course that is at least as hilly as this marathon course). Worse is that the time on the clock at the half point is set to gun time. Gun time is 20 minutes more than my Garmin is telling me. I know that part of the reason I was so slow at the end of Wineglass back in October is that I ran the first half so quickly. This first half is not quicker than my half PR – which is what I did at Wineglass – so I am still hoping to finish with a PR in this race but there are 13.1 miles left to go.

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7 May 2012

Pittsburgh Marathon – Pre-Race

By Nicki

Just a warning! This recap is going to come in pieces. This is the first part and doesn’t even get me to the starting line. 

 

Alarms when I am out of town are great. I have no problems waking to one. The problem the morning of the Pittsburgh Marathon was what side of the bed to get out on. I had slept in the same bed since Thursday night. My phone alarm – which I was afraid I wouldn’t hear as it was on the other side of the room, where the only outlet was, and a fan was going – went off and woke me up. I tried to get out of bed on the same side I would at home. No go! The bed is next to a wall on that side. UGH! Was that an omen?

Breakfast went off without a hitch. Coffee did what it is suppose to do and I had my oatmeal with flaxseed in it despite the 59F temps – the lowest morning temp since arriving in the City of Bridges. Got dressed and put anti-chafing stuff on and was ready to go. Get out to the car only to realize that little nose piece on my sunglasses – which I have been meaning to superglue – has fallen off again. We go to look for it as we don’t want the kitten eating it. No luck! We can’t find it so I go to plan B (already!?!) and wear my prescription glasses and the clip-ons that go with them. Now off to downtown. Two problems early on in the marathon day. Get them out of my way early, right?

My daughter lives in Pittsburgh. She got me very, very close to the start line. Due to the glasses issue, I was late for the prayer service so did not make it there. I was a bit bummed about that but Suz dropped me right in front of a line of porta-potties. No line. Luck is turning around. Piece of marathon advice number one: if you see a porta-potty pre-race with no line, go to the bathroom.

I headed towards the corrals. I was looking for Dave from Ohio (@mvnusid on Twitter). He was running the half and entered a sponsor giveaway I had retweeted a while back. He had said he would have on the same shirt as in his photo on Twitter and he is tall. I should be able to spot him as the crowds had not yet started to get really large yet. Walking down the street, I noticed the shirt before the person. I asked if he was Dave (maybe my daughter is right – she called me a twitter whore when we were at the expo). We chatted for a few minutes and then he headed to his corral and me to mine. Piece of marathon advice number two: Don’t count on meeting people at huge races. This was totally a fluke. We were just as likely to have missed each other as to have noticed one another when we were on the street.

Found the corral I was suppose to be in. Then, realized I should find the porta-potty again. I was walking around with most of a quart bottle of Gatorade (8 ounces or so were in my belt). I knew that near the corrals there would be a line so I had best get in it. I stood in line – talking about the race, talking about running, talking about home – for 35 minutes. Who thinks mirrors on the inside door of a porta-potty is a good idea? Granted I looked better prior to running than after, but still…

Back to the corral. I saw the 5:30 pace leader. I had spoken with Marcela at the expo on Friday afternoon.

Marie was not yet there. I was aiming to run with the 5:00 hour pace group. This was a huge stretch as it would cut 44 minutes off my time. I was pretty sure I was ready and thought it was definitely doable. Marie showed up with her hat and her sign with balloons on it. I was excited!! Marie talked about how she was going to walk a little after each mile and through water stations. I was definitely liking this plan.

Marie got to know a few of us but the group was much larger as we got going. There was a 20-something Pittsburgh resident that was running with the group. It was Christine’s birthday so we all sang “Happy Birthday!” All this fun and we hadn’t even started moving towards the start line, let alone started running.

 

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4 May 2012

Come Find Out About Me

By Nicki

I had a post all set to go up today about traveling but I am honored to be  featured at AnotherMotherRunner.com so I want you to go visit Sarah and Dimity and find out more about me.

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1 May 2012

Training Plans

By Nicki

Do you plan your training or do you fly by the seat of your pants?

I know this may seem like a really strange question, particularly if you are deeply dedicated to one process or the other. I like to think I am in the middle. I love to have a plan, a very detailed plan. That plan, though, must be flexible enough that I am not beating myself up if I miss something.

I am running two marathons in May. These two races are three weeks apart. Many people have said I am nuts to even try to accomplish this type of a strain on my body. Others want to know how I am going to do it.

I have a three week plan for between the two races. I am hoping I can follow this plan, which is different from any other plan I have ever followed. Most plans I have followed have set out specific mileage for each run. My three weeks between the two races includes more than normal rest days and long runs measured in time, not miles.

Being slightly anal, I have put all of this into a spreadsheet and I have noted, under those hourly training runs, the approximate number of miles I think I will cover during them. The question yet to be answered is can I keep up the pace I am currently using on long runs after running a marathon.

After getting these three weeks set into a system, I started looking for training plans for my October marathon, the Amica Marathon in Newport, Rhode Island.

My youngest son is leaving for college this summer so I want to have some time to spend with him. I do realize that he will not want to spend time with me. I just do not want to be so scheduled with training that I cannot spend what little time he wants with him. I looked for a plan that has three or four days a week of running as opposed to the five days a week that I am use to using. I am still not totally set but think I have a plan in place to use.

What goes into your selecting a plan to train for a race? Do you fly by the seat of your pants, running when you want and for as long as you want? Any suggestions for me?

 

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30 April 2012

Why Pittsburgh?

By Nicki

I laugh as I have been asked many times. Why are you running in Pittsburgh? There are at least three races much closer to home, including my home town half marathon, the same day. Why are you going to Pittsburgh? You cannot even type the emphasis people put on the word Pittsburgh either. It is almost comical considering where I come from as Greater Binghamton New York is not exactly a thriving metropolis.

 

First, I started off last October looking for a May marathon. I did not want to train through Christmas again for a February marathon. While Myrtle Beach was a great experience, the winter I trained through was tough and I wanted to put off those long runs until it was slightly warmer. I have to say that by looking at a May marathon, as opposed to a February one, I managed to do all but about 10 miles of my training outside. When I trained for Myrtle Beach, I did over 50 miles inside. I dislike running inside.

 

As I researched my options, I narrowed the choices down to three: Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Vermont City. I have adult children living in Pittsburgh and in Buffalo. I have run in both cities. Okay, the running in Buffalo was actually on the Amherst campus of the University at Buffalo but close enough. I could see running either of these marathons. Suddenly, it was a two marathon choice and the decision was made to run both.

 

Pittsburgh is a huge marathon, sponsored by a national company. This played into my decision. The national company use to be local. Dick’s Sporting Goods was starting in Binghamton, NY which is basically my hometown. I realize that this area is just another area that they have stores in now but many of  us still remember that first store on Court Street. I wanted to run “their” marathon.  I also ran on The Strip and along one river while I was in Pittsburgh for my daughter’s college graduation in September of last year. At the time, I was heading towards the taper for my October marathon but I liked the atmosphere of running in Pittsburgh.

 

Add to all the above reasons the fact that Pitt – as in the University of – has always been a nemesis for my alma mater. I can conquer the city on foot. WVU will be leaving Pitt behind as the Mountaineers become a Big 12 team and Pitt goes with Syracuse to the ACC. The Big East aspect of this decision is no longer really in play.

 

Pittsburgh is such a vibrant,  up and coming city that I am truly looking forward to running the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon this coming Sunday.

 

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5 April 2012

Races for 2012

By Nicki

I put together a race schedule back in December. This projection was based on races I have previously run and those that I wanted to try this week. Most were local races but some were in other places and were new to me. Unfortunately, I did not get registered for all of those I wanted to run.

In January, I looked at the 10K Freeze series that Triple Cities Runners’ Club hosts. This is an annual event and consists of 10K races at a local park in Binghamton. Traditionally, the weather is frigid. This year the weather was not so cold but my family, which comes first, was very busy in January. I didn’t have transportation, and public transportation outside of the metro centers is close to non-existent, so I did not run a single 10K. I will say that the one Saturday I had access to a car, the weather caused the club to cancel that day’s 10K.

In February, I looked a 5K with a good friend who is getting back into running. This particular 5K – Cupid’s Chase – is extremely expensive but I was willing to pay the outlandish cost as the charity is a good cause. Unfortunately, it fell on a day that I did not manage to get to the park on time. Mom taxi was in full swing that day and the running around that was needed meant no race. I also was intrigued by a half marathon in Syracuse that is called the Lake Effect Half. I am not sure if the race name is after a running club, as there is a Lake Effect Running Club, or after the normal lake effect snows the area receives. This was an inaugural race and would only register 500 runners. By the time my beginning of the year finances settled enough to register for the race, the registration had closed. In some ways, I missed the bullet on this one as the name – “Lake Effect” – proved true that day.

March started my racing year. Normally, in the upstate New York area, race season is summer and fall. I am racing a lot in the spring this year. March saw two races, both locally. I ran the St Pat’s 4 miler. I started this race with my friend who ran Cupid’s Chase in February. I finished the race in a sprint with a woman I do not know but near the end we had passed each other in leap frog fashion. When she had that final kick, I took after her with my own. The last Sunday of March I ran the Forks XV. This 15K race was just meant to be another training day. The weather was much nicer than last year and regardless of how I ran, I knew I would be happy. I ran the race mostly by myself but saw many running friends I had not seen since winter had started. I also cut eight minutes off my time on this same course last year.

April saw the start of Holy Week. On top of that, I ran the Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon on April Fool’s Day. Another great course best occurred, cutting 13 minutes off my time from last year and 3 minutes off my half marathon best. The remainder of April will be wrapping up my training for my first marathon of the year and working a couple of local 5Ks as I will not race again until May 6th.

May will be forever known as Marathon May in my mind. I have two marathons on my calendar. I am running Pittsburgh on May 6th and Buffalo on May 27th.

June is going to be a very busy month. I will miss one of my favorite races – the Red Dress Run – as it is senior awards night and my youngest is a senior this year. I will, though, run the Vestal XX providing May has not totally taking the run out of my legs. This is a very challenging course so I do not want to run if I am too tired. The month itself will test me as it is graduation month and there will be two graduations – one from BOCES and one from Maine-Endwell. To get a lot of running in will be difficult. I also think that there will be a wedding shower to attend in Buffalo this month so the half I had scoped out at the end of the month, although, also in Buffalo, may not happen.

July was going to be a homecoming month for me, of sorts. I wanted, at least when I first drew up the list, to head back to Utica and run the Boilermaker 15K again this year. Last year, the race closed out at 13,000 registered runners the weekend of the Bridge Run in Binghamton – so mid-May. This year, race organizers added 1,000 more runners and the race sold out 2.5 months earlier than last year. I didn’t register in time. Oh well! There is always next year. To race in July, I have a couple of local 5Ks in mind and maybe a trail race or two (short ones).

August will be half month. In my training for my October marathon, this month will also be high mileage. There is a 5K at the beginning of the month I may run. I generally run it with someone who has been spending the previous summer weeks training for their first 5K. If there is no one who needs my support, I will work the race. I am not a huge fan of 5K races but every now and then, they are fun to run. I have two half marathons on the calendar for this month. They are 10 days apart. One is Tromptown which is an evening race (one of the few I run that start around 6). The other is Catherine Valley. I love both of these races for their scenic views.

September is birthday month so I will see what I want to run. It will also be the highest mileage week of my marathon training so I will be tired. I am planning on running 10 miles in the Ithaca 5 & 10. I am also toying with running the Wineglass Half on the last day of the month. This half may or may not happen as, in my mind, it is rather expensive.

October will be marathon month. I am only planning one, unlike May. I am running the Amica Marathon in Rhode Island. I cannot wait to detail my training and thoughts leading up to this marathon as part of the Rhode Scholar program the marathon has set up.

November is pretty much the end of racing season in upstate New York. There are 5Ks here and there and the ever popular Turkey Trot. I will run the 8K Turkey Trot that TCRC hosts. Love this race!!

December will mark three years since I ran my first race, a 5K in Seneca Falls. I may try to get back to Seneca Falls for this race. I would love to spend a weekend there. Maybe this will be the year.

 

Pressed for time this morning so will post this and come back later and update with links to races or recaps from previous years. What are you running this year? What are you training for?

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3 April 2012

Quarterly Review

By Nicki

April has arrived! I am looking back over all the things I wanted to write about this year at the beginning of the year and realizing I didn’t get many of these writing “projects” done. Now, with a quarter of 2012 behind me, I am going to take a look at how I am moving on my goals for the year. Some of you may call these goals resolutions. If you do, no time like the present to give a look see and find out if you are keeping up with your own expectations.

My goal of running a race a month, with the exception of January, went down the tubes quickly. I did not run a race in February. I picked one out and set about to register. Once I got the time and the money in concert – having both together makes online registration so much easier, doesn’t it? – the inaugural Lake Effect Half had filled its registration. I have to say I am okay with that as the weather that day lived true to the name. Lake effect snow filled the air and the path of the runners. Maybe in 2013. I have made up for that lack of February race by running two in March and have registered for two in May so that will put me on my way to a my total annual goal of 15.

I am eating healthily. Currently, I am down 8 of those 25 I want to take off by my son’s wedding in August. If I get to the remaining 17, great! If not by August, hopefully by December as failure is not a favorite of mine.

I am still working on my decluttering, or getting lighter, in my home. I keep thinking this will happen on its own but we all know that thought process is just wrong. I will have to start concentrating more on this. I am thinking I will make a weekly list on Sundays of what I want to accomplish by the following Saturday. This may make it more reasonable.

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