February 2012 Review

January started off well above my expectations. 104 miles logged. WHAT?!! Last year I didn't hit 100 miles until April.
 I am a member of the Anniston Runners Club. We have two mini clubs within our running club. One is the mile a day club where you log 365 miles in a calendar year. 366 this year for leap year. Thats usually the group I am in. 
The other club is the 1200 mile club where you average 100 miles a month. Which is only approx. 3.33 a day or 25 miles a week. Which when you put it like that isn't really that many miles. Its just a matter of getting out there and putting one foot in front of the other. When I turned in 104 for January. Jim put me in the 1200 mile club.....Great now what have I gotten myself into. It was a challenge and I chose to accept it.
Due to injury, job change after 13 years and a few other bumps in the road I only managed 75 miles for February. Now I have 25 miles to make up. 

February was Mercedes Half Marathon. One of my favorite and special this year b/c I had 7 friends finish their first Half Marathon. We trained and they made it to the finish. I was so proud of them. It was freezing 20 degree weather yet they got out there and accomplished the goal they set out to accomplish. 

Then two days later was the Virtual Half Marathon for Kids. My first Virtual Half. It was fun we got our race shirt and bibb in the mail then I took off work & went to the park to put in my miles. There was a trail of balloons so it was like a decorated race course. The balloons I found out lead to a note where a girl was getting asked to prom. So sweet!! We logged our miles that night after the run/walk and received our bling in the mail. Pretty Neat!! 

Last but certainly not least the Princess Half Marathon!! The yearly Girls trip to Disney where we can wear our tiara and be a princess. My 4th Princess. Next year is the 5th year Anniversary and I get to be a "perfect princess" Im looking forward to it.