I went to the gym.

I forgot to mention our free Gold's Gym passes. German was helping out his old boss for a couple of weeks and to say thanks he added both German and me to their corporate Gold's Gym membership (a perk for all his employees). SwEEEt, huh? I was so worried about training during the winter months, he is such a cool guy. This is the same old boss that gave German couches as a bonus. I ran 3.0 miles in 35:18, which is great because I ran a 12:33 mile during my 10K. I was also able to lift weights, which I haven't done for over two years. It felt great, but I am much wimpier than I used to be. Anyway, I now no longer have the cold weather as an excuse.

No 5K run tomorrow

It is going to be REALLY cold tomorrow, so I've decided not to run the 5K. Luckily, it was free to sign-up--I've also been so busy/tired this week and haven't done any exercise since Tuesday. I may go to the gym tomorrow...maybe.

I've been looking for no sugar/no starch recipes and I was really excited to find that I can make pumpkin pie with Splenda. And the pie crust is made with crushed nuts and butter. YUM! I'll let you know how it tastes. Even though bananas are a bit starchy, I am going to try making some banana pancakes out of bananas, eggs & vanilla.

FYI-we are getting some family pictures taken on Thursday and I think I'm going to buy some new jeans.

I want to run a 10 minute mile!

The fastest I've been able to run a mile is 10:43, but it was a week before my 10K race and I was dying by the end. Today, on a whim, I tried to do a 10 minute mile, but after about half a mile I needed to slow down. I'm a dummy, first I need to get back to a 12 minute mile and then maybe try an 11 minute one. My goal is by Dec. 6th (Moab 10K) I will be running a 10 minute mile! Maybe even 2-3 miles at that pace, umm, we'll see. Bytheway, I ran/walked three miles today and I had a little bit of Jif. It was really good :o