A red-letter day!

Apparently, a red-letter day used to refer to the marking of church festivals in red on the calendar, but now you can use it to mean any special day. Which I am!

Today rocked hardcore. It's amazing what a rest day will do for you!! I went to the gym with Betsy and got to use my shiny new lap counter for the first time! There were a lot of people running on the indoor track, and it brought out my competitive side, mwah ha ha ha ha. I ran 2.5 miles in 25:08 for a 10:03 pace. I think that's the fastest I've run since the Bowman Cup back in October! My heart rate monitor says I hit 182, which is probably only about 10 beats below my maximum heart rate, but I didn't feel too bad, even at the end. I'm putting a big mark in the W column for today.

The US Postal Service continued the awesomeness by delivering not one, not two, but three great things related to my training and fundraising!Remember my idea of making awareness ribbons for my fundraiser next month and how much effort it was to figure out the "right" colors of ribbon to use? Well, the gold (lymphoma), olive green (leukemia), and blue (myeloma) ribbon came today (note the dog nose making sure it isn't something yummy to eat!). Now I have to go to the craft store and get some advice on how best to glue/staple/whatever the loop in the ribbon and buy a bunch of itty-bitty safety pins.

Second, my Pilates for Dummies DVD came, just in time for cross-training day tomorrow! I am excited to try it and see what I think. I just got an e-mail today about a local Pilates class starting up (also on Wednesdays, very convenient!) next month, so I may do the "live version" as well.

And finally, but possibly most importantly for my morale, I got my first entries for my fundraising event next month! The big weekend is only about a month away now, and I was getting a little nervous because no one had signed up yet. Well, as of now, I won't be all alone with my thumb in my ear out there, so a big THANKS goes out to Tricia!