Gain, Gain, Gain

I’ve been very frustrated for the last 3 weeks. Since Thanksgiving, I have done nothing but gain weight. I know I’ll get on the horse again and hopefully lose these pain-in-the-butt pounds. But part of me is worried that I won’t and by Danielle’s wedding I’ll weigh 300 pounds. I know that once I get through this Christmas time and get back to work in dreaded January, I’ll be able to focus again and try and lose this weigh I gained plus much, much more.

Running

I haven’t given up on the running so that is good. I am very excited for the 2015 race schedule. I have 22 or so races I’m planning on doing. I’ve only registered for 5. Some aren’t open to registration yet and some I have some time before the price goes up. I need to spread out the spending on these since it will be well over $1,000 for registration fees alone…just for me!  Bold ones are already registered so I have a race in each of the first four months of the year:

1/1/2015              Commitment Day 5k

1/25/2015            Lake Minnetonka Flurry Scurry 5K

2/14/2015            Valentine's Day TC 5K

3/1/2015              Frosty Foot 5K

3/7/2015              Hot Dash 5K

4/11/2015            Goldy's 10 Mile Relay

4/18/2015            Hot Chocolate 15K

5/3/2015              Minnetonka Half Marathon

5/17/2015            Esprit de She Lakeville Duathlon

6/13/2015            Summer Breeze 10K

7/4/2015              Red, White & Boom! Half Marathon Relay

7/22/2015            Torchlight 5K

8/22/2015            Maple Grove Triathlon

8/29/2015            Women Rock 10K

9/12/2015            Suds Run 5K

9/13/2015            Sioux Falls Marathon Relay

9/27/2015            The HealthPlus Brooksie Way 10K

10/3/2015            TC 5K

10/17/2015         Mankato 5K

10/18/2015         Mankato 10K

11/26/2015         Joslyn Castle Turkey Trot 5K

12/5/2015            Reindeer Run 5K

As you see, I’m already registered for a 15K and I have half on the list. I guess we will see. I ran 6.5 miles on Saturday (after which Eric asked “Why didn’t you go 7?” and I replied “Shut Up!”). After that I thought to myself, crap, how am I going to do 3 more miles…or worse double that effort? What have I gotten myself into????

Life and Lights

We had  a nice weekend in Mankato. I helped Danielle on the wedding invitations and Eric and Bradley helped DJ fix things in her basement.  Q and Pumpkin were very cuddle on Saturday…not so much on Sunday.  

We had dinner at Applebee’s and walked through the Lights at Sibley Park. It really is quite a lot of lights!

Sunday we did more stuff in the basement and went shopping. It was a nice weekend away.