Have I Turned Obsessed?

Yesterday was one of the biggest storms to hit the Jersey Shore in a while...not counting the tons of snow that was dumped on us this winter. I am talking rain and wind. Oh the WIND! It was awful. We had wires down all over town (my hubby is in the fire dept so I am in the know). Branches falling everywhere. Flooding in many parts of our town and neighboring towns. There were even a couple calls of cars stuck in the water around the corner from my house. Luckily the water from the lake 2 blocks away and the river 1 block away never ever has reached this house. My grandfather has lived in the house since he was 6 months old (he is now 78). Our house never floods from the river or the lake....but we have the rain soaking into the foundation. Even with the brand new gutters Hubby and I got put on last summer. So our sump pumps are going off every 5 minutes or so. Luckily our basement isn't finished like one of my friend's is.

So in a nut shell. Wind. Cold. Rain. Wind. Did I mention the wind?

...And I ran a 5K in it. :)

I did one of my best times ever for a 5K. I did it in 33:44. That is a 10:53 min/mile pace! I am so proud of myself. I am just thawing out and drying up now.
Today is an off day. Hubby is working and the gym doesn't have childcare on Sundays. And although it isn't raining right now, the weather is too crappy to take the boys out in the jogger.

I have about two 5Ks a month lined up until July 10. I will be doing my first 5 MILER since I was in HS. A girl I knew in HS is friends with me on facebook and she has gotten into running recently and is running a 1/2 marathon in April, and she has been cheering me on. She challenged me to do this particular 5 miler under one hour. She has bet me $100. So we shall see how it all goes. It is exciting and I have my weigh in tomorrow and I'll be trying spinning for the first time.
I am also on dailymile. It has been fantastic for keeping track of my times and mileage. I joined the gym Feb 1 and started dailymile that day and I have logged 58 miles!
...anyone know how many miles you can do before you have to replace your shoes??

My Champion

As I am sitting here eating a late dinner of cheese steak w.mozz cheese and sauce (YUM!) I will give a run down of my day.

It was a really really nice morning. We went to another 5K that hubby was helping and they had kid races this time. The Kid ran in the 2-3 yr old group (about a 25 yard dash) and kicked some ass. OK, I know they all get a ribbon that says 1st place, but my kid really was in 1st place! I have proof...

The kid in the middle in the blue shirt is running like the dickens...that's the Kid. Blew all the others away! I can't wait until next year. He is going to do some 1 mile races. He loved it. And loved his little ribbon. It is proudly displayed on the coffee table hanging from Lofty's hook (from Bob the Builder). He is too funny.

Then it rained and then it rained and then it rained. Seriously, it rained 3 times today. In between each time the sun came out and I thought it was over and a little while later it'd start up again. And since it was so nice out this morning, I had left my drivers side window wide open..... oops.