a-WEIGH-we go!! December 31-January 6 (Read 754 times)

Hey all! New Year's Eve is upon us! We are heading out tonight. The IL's are keeping the little ones overnight! Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to a small house party. At midnight here it looks like the 4th of July. Our friends have an apartment in the middle of the city with a huge balcony. It should be a really fantastic view. We have some fireworks also to celebrate with. Went for a run today with my running partner. She has one of these iPod measurement things. Her iPod said we had gone 6 km when my Garmin said only 4.5km...How does that thing work exactly without GPS? In total we did 5.27km. The first kilometer was tough after my run yesterday, but I feel fine now and hope to go again tomorrow...I am addicted...I think DH and I are just going to sign up for the HM to put a little fire under our behinds and make us work! What's the plan for everyone tonight?

hi Lisa! Nice to hear from you! I have heard Jackson Hole is gorgeous! Have a great time. AND! I believe in April you can do a 10K!

hi. brb.

Hey everyone and Happy New Year's Eve!! This will be HHF and I's first New Year's Eve in Germany since 2004, and as Michelle said, it's really something to see. Unbelieveable displays of fireworks. And I don't know about where Michelle lives, but down here we've had pretty steady fireworks since Friday night already. Our poor dog hates them and she gets really scared. Sorry I've been MIA for awhile.....I was waiting on the dust to settle and trying to figure out where we'd all land. I did import my running log to this site and was really impressed with how easy that went. And I do really like this site, so I'm glad that this seems to be our new home. And I've been SUPER busy doing some wedding planning, setting up appts for when we're home next week. I want to get as much done as possible while we're in the states since it's easier to plan when you're right there vs. several thousand miles away! I've also been CRAZY busy working out, both cardio and strength training, even sometimes doing 2 or 3 workouts a day. Lots of time on the bicycle training, some time on the roads running, and just a bit of time in the pool. Plus I've been alternating upper/lower body and ab strength training. I have a lot of motivation and it's looking like we'll be getting married in August, so I told HHF yesterday "well, at least I have 8 months to 'train up' for this wedding!". So that's the update from my side. Congrats to Mary on reaching your goal of 1000 miles for the year.....that is really, really fantastic!! BBL..

Michelle - I think that race schedule sounds great. Plus, it will help keep you motivated if you have a few intermediate races instead of just the one big race at the end. Just my opinion! As for the honeymoon, we will be taking it at an undetermined date sometime after the wedding. HHF has an Ironman one week after the wedding, so we'll be getting married in California and then spending a couple of days with family before flying to Wisconsin for the Ironman. And then we'll come back home to Germany. So maybe we'll take the honeymoon in September? Not sure......but you asked about where, not when. We also don't know where yet. Scotland is currently top in the running, but we've also talked about Greece, Spain and the Carribbean. Can't decide if I want to be warm.....if so, Scotland is definitely out!

hi Lisa! Nice to hear from you! I have heard Jackson Hole is gorgeous! Have a great time. AND! I believe in April you can do a 10K!

Michelle and Cherrie - thanks for the encouragement! I am here slightly buzzed beginning nye celebrations!!!! DH is cooking a great dinner, and then off to friends. Run tomorrow!!!!! Yes! And my BF (thats best friend not boyfriend) is taking me to Starbucks to celebrate with a triple whatever latte!! Be safe and healthy everyone, Lisa

Happy New Year everyone. I ate too much, drank too much and I'm feeling swollen. Oh well - such is life. I'm shooting for 7 or so miles later today. DH is going to ride his bike again. Instead of turning around when I get to the end of the particular road I run on I'm going to follow the curve and go until I really have to turn around when I hit the beach. Not exactly sure how far that will be but I'm guessing it will add a mile or so to my run. Probably do that mid day. Here's hoping that all your New Year's Resolutions happen and that the year 2008 is a wonder, healthy and satisfying year for you!!!!!!