i am so proud of me

i love me! i participated in the Race for the Cure this morning. i finished the 5k in under an hour! i ran pretty much the whole stretch from Pulaski st. to Arch on capitol ave. it was so amazing seeing so many women walking/running/pushing strollers for such a great cause. and the people on the sidelines cheering! and the bands playing! and the people distributing water and moon pies and bead necklaces! i loved it! i think i was smiling the whole time. it just made me feel so good.

the goal was 40,000 participants, and there had to be over 30,000 there. next year i'm taking my mom. she has a problem with crowds of people but i think once she got out onto the road, she'd forget about it.

if this isn't strange....today is also the one-year anniversary of my workout program. i am offically down 60 lbs from where i was in summer 2004. i've got another 30-40 pounds to go, but i know now how in shape i am! i didn't even get tired during the race this morning, until the last portion when i decided i needed to run. and even then i wasn't really tired, i just got my heart rate going higher.

i'll say what everyone else says when they've lost some weight: "If i can do it, so can you!" i just wish i could share my happiness and my accomplishment with the world.

today is definitely an ice cream celebration day :)

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