Leaf Peepers 5km Race Countdown: 61 days to train

It's on.

To start, I ran two miles last night just to see what kind of time I'm looking at. Two miles in 19 minutes. Looking at last year's times for this race, the time to beat for my age group is 19.58 so I have 61 days to add a mile without raising my time.

After my run I embraced this new healthy runner lifestlye and swam a few laps in the pool and then ate a plum.

Then I ate a Sara Mennona original consisting of yellow pudding cake, three cookies, maple spread, honey, and nutella, drank about 3 gallons of milk, and watched tv.

Tonight I shall drink profusely and probably get 3 hours of sleep.

Tomorrow I shall run again.

I will surely kick the ass of everyone who dares run alongside me. Be warned. You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

running man.

anytime i spend any sort of extended period of time with my siblings i am usually left wondering how in the hell we're related.

i mean, really!

i spent the weekend in vermont. i once again spent my summer friday in a car for many many hours. i am clearly a waster of summer fridays.

i went up to visit my brother. my brother who thinks riding his bike for 37 hours straight is a good time.

we walked. we walked 9 miles. in the heat. with the bugs. and the heat. and the yuck.

then we swam across a lake.

it must have been the heat. or the bugs. or the lake. somewhere along there i was convinced to sign up for a 5km (approx. 3 miles) race.

24th annual leaf peepers 5km race. sunday, september 30. waterbury, vermont. time to beat from 2006 results: 19.58 minutes.

the way i see it there's no point in joining a race unless i plan on winning. not just winning but completely dominating. i shall train. i shall become...a runner! i will run. i will run 3 miles. i will run 3 miles and kick everyone's ass.

be prepared bitches.

i guess i'm more like my brother than i thought.