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Garmin Forerunner 205. Reading the manual as it charges. My wife actually thought of the best running gift of all for me. Humor me for a minute... My second running life started in January 2007 after a multiple year layoff, and many additional pounds. I set goals throughout the year, and I finished my 2007 goals with the Philadelphia Distance Run (my first half-marathon.) I went from wheezing through 2 jog/walk miles at a 12:25 pace to finishing the PDR in 2:06:27... OK, a 9:40 pace may not seem like much to the "rabbits", but I felt pretty damn good about it. At any rate, meeting my weight loss and running goals was a bigger deal to me than I thought it would be. The last gift I opened on Christmas morning was my finisher's medal and race certificate that my wife had secretly stolen and had professionally framed. I had absolutely no idea that she had done this, and I guess my face told the story. I just didn't know what to say, so she said simply, "Well, it was a bg deal and I wanted you to have a nice reminder." Pretty cool gift, and a very cool wife. In 2008, I hope to have a framed companion on the wall with my first marathon finisher's medal.
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Ricky —our ability to perform up to our physiological potential in a race is determined by whether or not we truly psychologically believe that what we are attempting is realistic. Anton Krupicka
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My hubby did good. He got me an awesome pair of insulated CW-X tights (that I'm too cheap to ever have bought for myself! LOL! ) He also gave me a nice North Face fleece, a pair of UnderArmour capri's, three pairs of Balega running socks, a Fuel Belt and a nice UnderArmour duffel to carry my stuff to all the out of town races I have planned next year. And then my mom got me a Camelback so I can use it on my long, marathon-training runs this year. I guess I don't have any excuses not to get back out there and start running. Teresa
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