Just a Week Away

So here we are.....one week and 9 hours from Van 1's start time for the Ragnar in Miami. I have 3 little boys with me tonight (my own 2 plus my best friend's son - who also happens to be my oldest son's best friend). The two oldest are watching a movie and I am planning out my remaining training runs......7 days....4 good runs! This time a week from now I will be in bed (or getting there) in Miami......gearing up for my first adventure of 2011! Thanks again for your support during the last few months! I cannot wait to share all the adventure from the road with pics, video, and text updates. Tomorrow I will run 4.5 miles and will be sure to let you know how it goes :)

One really great side effect of all this running.....no holiday weight gain. I am happy to say that through the holiday season this year (which I realize isn't quite over yet) I have not only maintained my weight....I actually LOST 2 lbs! Nothing is different this year in terms of the cooking, baking, and eating I have done....just the running tacked on to it! Gotta love a good run!

Race Day Prep

As we near the race and I prepare to update you all from my Blackberry...I set up an email address that is supposed to post directly to the blog. This is a test of that email :). Thanks again for your interest and support! XOXO- Jenn
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Happy First Snow

As the snowflakes fall here for the first time of this season I am daydreaming about breathing in warmer air as I run from Miami to Key West with my crazy teammates! The race is now just 3 weeks away! Training has been temporarily suspended as I had some personal stuff to take care of but will be on the treadmill again this weekend and then not missing another training run up until the race! My team continues to raise funds for a great cause, The American Cancer Society. I have been out in the lead for a while where fundraising is concerned and want to stay there....and meet my 2nd tier goal of $1000 personally raised. If you are able and interested, please consider sponsoring me. You can do so by going to our team website and clicking to Donate. This donation is completely tax deducible....and there are only 14 days remaining in this tax year.....still counts!!! :) When you donate, please make sure to click the link to leave special directions (on the confirmation page) and be sure to type in the text box that the donation is "on behalf of Jenn Sponheimer". Thanks again for your interest and your support! I run to support a great cause and in those rough patches....knowing so many people are behind me gets me through! You are my inspirations and for all of you I am so grateful!

Coming Along

Just noticed that this post I wrote on Dec 7th didn't make it to the active blog....I saved it instead of posting. Oops :)

Last week I ran 11 miles out of my planned 26.5. Not the best training week in keeping up with the days I had planned but the 11 miles I did get to run were FANTASTIC! I am really feeling excited and eager for this race. One month from today we will be on our journey from Miami to Key West. This week I am slated to run 24 miles....although circumstances out of my control kept me from my 5 mile run yesterday....I will try to make it up today! There really is nothing like the feeling of going for a good long run and the endorphins it releases.