We will be celebrating Laura's birthday Thursday, March 6th!
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| The birthday girl, through the years |
And we wanted to invite you all to celebrate with us so we are running our first giveaway!
Let's see how many miles we can give Laura for her birthday. You don't have to be a runner to play either. Log your miles running, walking, biking, cartwheeling, prancersizing, or whatever; and come back here to report them.
We aren't saying how old Laura will be, but we'd like to give her at least 44 miles, so even if all you do is clip on a pedometer and track your steps through the day, your miles count!
The Giveaway will open on Laura's birthday, and stay open through Saturday. If Thursday happens to be your rest day, log your Friday or Saturday miles instead. After you've reported your miles, post a pic - scenery or a selfie - from your run/walk/ride to our
Facebook Page if you'd like. Or Tweet or post your pic to Instagram using the hashtag
#bdaymiles.
One random entry will be selected to receive a free 1/2 sheet of Jamberry Nail Wraps from our friend Joyce Evans, Independent Jamberry Consultant.
Jamberry Nail Wraps will add a little pizzaz to your fingertips that, when properly applied, can last up to 2 weeks on your fingers and 4 weeks on your toes. With over 300 different designs, there's something for everyone. You can learn more about Jamberry by visiting Joyce's website at
http://joyceevans.jamberrynails.net/ or by visiting her
Facebook Page.
Joyce loves to send out free samples of Jamberry Nail Wraps, too. All you have to do is Like her Facebook page and send her a message to get a sample. If you don't have Facebook, you can email her at
jevans81275@gmail.com
If you want us to count your miles but don't want to enter the Giveaway, just post a Comment to report your Birthday Miles for Laura.
Winter Miles Bring Spring PRs. It's a saying that I first heard in the Winter Miles Challenge on Run With Jess, and it certainly seems to be coming true. I haven't run any races yet this year, so I don't have any official times or new PRs yet, but my training pace is more than 1 min/mile faster than I was training last summer for my first half marathon. I ran that one in 2:50:08, and I am hopeful that I will significantly improve on that time when I run the Mini in May. I haven't set a definite goal time yet, but I will soon.
I wrote last December about needing to sign up for events and commit to training so that I wouldn't end up taking the winter off as I had done in the past. If I had known Indianapolis would have the 3rd snowiest (so far) winter on record and the extreme cold of the polar vortex, I might not have been so eager to keep at it. But now, with Spring finally close, I am glad I did. Besides the increase in speed, I feel stronger. I actually did come to appreciate the beauty of winter, & took some nice pics along the way. I didn't get cabin fever or the winter blues, nor did I gain any winter weight. I have several races coming up, and I'm ready for them. How did I do it? Three main things that helped me are:
Lorri Dunwoody is the winner of the Jamberry Nail Wraps! Congratulations Lorri!