3rd Wave and 2nd Raffle Winner

Daughter Gilwee: You are the new proud owner of an AWESOME red running hat by Head Sweats.  Email me your address: mommysarunner@hotmail.com

 You can still register.  Just need to get your 5K done by tomorrow at midnight. Click on the icon below.

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 OK now for some exciting news!!!! Theresa Zahn of Pensacola FL has made us to vases to giveaway.  They are gorgeous.  So today there will be two winners.  Each will get a vase that looks like the one below.  Wahooooo!!!!!!

Vase for Sunday's Raffle x 2

 More Pics are coming in.  Love it!

Team Bean

Bourdeau Crew

Mama Bourdeau

Oh Vibrans and Injinji's LOVE LOVE LOVE.  Bourdeau

Bourdeau Family

The Forciers.  You rock! 

Dan Forcier and his daughter Sophie

Now that is what I like to see.  A seriously tired looking runner.  Go Julie Go!

Sherry

Stephen.  Nope we don't mind the flag in the background at all, infact love that we have people in other countries doing this race.  Wahoooo.  Go team Scully.

Ollie ran the 5K for his son.  He is in Finland.  Love the fact this made it beyond the US.  Thank You!

Gilwee Gang did the 5k as a family, love it!

The Nash's in action

Tara Gabler and her crew

Coach Tracy got hers done even while on vacation.  Thanks Mama!

The Bean Crew Blogged about the 5K

2nd Wave and Winner from 1st Wave

And the Winner from Wave 1 is:  #39 (that coordinates to Cindy, wooot wooot!!!!

Cindy our winner from Day 1

It isn't too late to enter.  Just head click on the icon below and get on over to JDRF and get er done!

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Today's Raffle item is this awesome hat from Headsweats.  More pictures of our awesome runners/walkers/supporters.

Julie

Denise and her gang

Denise and her sweet Bryce

Give it up for that belly.  Cindy got her 5K done in the hot TX sun while preggers.  What trooper.  Little Vanna should be proud or cooked, lol.

Karen, another TX runner.

One of the Bloom Clan

Mathew Bloom (I am pretty sure)

Bloom Clan

Got to be Martha Bloom

Team Bloom

OMG how cute.  Team Bloom again, they were a big crew.

Yep, Team Bloom

Team Bloom

Team Bloom

Seth

Seth at the finish line. He is training for his first marathon, wahoooooooooooo!

My buddy Liz.  She doesn't always look this robotic.

How cute are these two runners.  Naomi and Harrison Skye.  Love this photo

Pancreamatics

Team Scully pulled through and got this 5K done any way they had to.  Love it!

Team Scully

Team Scully

Scully

The Scully's

Diane's Blog about her 5K

First Wave of Results

There is still time to enter the 5K.  Click on link below and head over to register. 

 Results are coming in.  You can find results as well as a list of registrants here. Once you have completed your 5K please send me your time by posting it at the bottom of any of my blog posts and if you want an extra entry into the raffle send a picture.  The pictures can be sent to: Mommysarunner@hotmail.com (original I know, lol).   So here we go:  People are already sending in pictures and posting videos on their own blogs about this.  For those that complete the 5K prior to tonight they will be entered for a chance to win this

A Sweatyband.  Wahoooooo!!!  Chloe is picking what gets raffled each day, so bright and shiny things are bound to go first.  You are safe waiting to do your 5K if you want the Road ID or Injinji socks (they rock but aren't toddler picking material), lol.

 Pictures

Beth.  She the mom of a Type 1.  She finished her 5K yesterday.  Wahooo, Beth.  Great Job!

Ronda

Christine

Christy, ummmmm, that looks like she was having too much fun!

Cindy

Meri and her friend Kathy

The Stacy's:  Got it done this AM at O'Dark 30.  Go Mamas GO!

For a Video of Susie doing her 5K head here.

For a VLOG about Scott doing his 5K with half a shoe go here.

See Heidi's Blog about her 5K here.

 
Happy Running All!! Get your family and friends and head out there for our 5K.  We are making a difference.

This Week

I am out of town and trying to do this from an ipad. Cross your fingers this will work.

The 5k begins on Friday. Your friends and family can still sign up and you can still enter to win the incentive prize.

Running: I think I went a little nuts. I ran way too many high mikeage weeks without a rest week. Last Friday the wheels came off and I began a rest week. My legs were just dead. This week I have been in Texas so, it is the perfect time for a rest week. Here is the thing, in the past during a rest week, I ran short and fast. I tried to go fast a few nights ago but, holy cow it was like running in a bowl of sand. It was so hard to get my pace down and it hurt. Today I ran my 5k. I ran a 21:59. Boooooooooooo. I kept it under 7 for the first two miles then again the wheels just came off. I think I might have over trained a bit this time around. I need to figure out how to get back on track. I need three more good weeks of training before I taper but, I dont want to push to the point of injury or whatever is going on right now with my legs. I am confusaled ( baffled and confused) as to what my game plan will be next week. Might have to listen to the old sticks and play it by ear.

Blog: My sister wrote a Guest Post for Candy Hearts. I was so honored she wanted to write about me. You can check it out here.

This Week

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This fundraising journey has been nuts.  I still hope to raise $5K for JDRF, I know there are 500 people out there that are just dying to do a 5K.  Uhmmmm ok maybe there are 250 and those 250 can talk their spouses into it :).  My favorite saying fits this scenario perfectly: Shoot for the moon, if you miss you will land among the stars.  People, we are shooting for the moon.  Whatever is earned goes straight to JDRF and that is the goal, to get them money so they can find us answers.    On another note, the original purpose of this blog: to share the ramblings of a totally insane mother who likes to run too much.  This week has ROCKED!!!! Some of the Running Moms, ok Tracey, told me I had to step up my game.  She called me out and said I needed to start running some 30 milers.  I got in one last week and then did back to back 30 milers this week.  Holy Cow! I am tired.  Today's 22 miler felt like it was in sand.  I made it to mile 17 cruising along and then hit a wall, wait...bashed head first into a wall made out of cinder blocks and reinforced with rebar and cement.  It was so hard to make it home but, I did.  Now I am trying to figure out, with Doug headed out of town, how I am going to squeak in 27 more miles this week.  Hummmmmmm....does anyone else see the dreaded TM in my future or is that some sort of left over side effect from the heat exhausting I inflicted upon myself?

 On a great note: When I contacted Injinji about the raffle for the 5K, they read my blog.  Well as you might recall I said I used their socks sometimes and said they didn't have padding so I couldn't use them all the time.  Well...as it turns out, I was wrong.  They just put out a new sock with padding and they sent me a pair to try out.  OMG!!! AHHHHHH....my feet are in heaven.  The padded Injinjis ROCK, they are so amazing.  I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend them.  They don't come in cute colors or striped rainbows but they do feel amazing.  Hey you can't have it all.   Happy Running All!   Don't forget to sign up for the 5K, sign your family and friends up and share it on your Social Networking sites. 

Amazing Pottery - Incentive Prize

As promised.  I am revealing another amazing raffle item for the Race to Cure Diabetes Virtual 5K (details below).  I received a message a few days ago from one of the most amazing women I know.  Her name is Lorraine Bracher but, to me she will always be, Mrs. B.  I always say her son Scott gave me the most prodigious gift  by introducing me to his family.  He was an amazing human being and the apple clearly didn't fall far from the tree.  Oh yah...back to the message from Mrs B..  Mrs. B. has become an award winning pottery maker in the last few years.  Her pieces are full of color and life.  She has generously offered up a piece of pottery for the 5K.  Whoever can get the most people to register wins this raffle item.  Meaning this is no longer a raffle item but an incentive.  If by June 27th you have gotten the most folks to register you win this prize.  Let me know, in a comment at the bottom of this post. who you are responsible for getting to sign up and the person with the most registrants wins.  I know I am super lucky to have people like this in my life and trust me I am thankful.   

Update on the Race to Cure Diabetes Virtual 5K

Well we are going strong on registration.  We are nearing 100 registrants but, my goal was 500 so, anything you can do to help spread the word would be much appreciated.  Some folks are having a tough time with the JDRF Registration page.  I posted instructions at the bottom of that page.  You need to hit "Register Now" and then click on the $10 amount.  If for some reason you don't show up on the Registrants List, do not freak out, just let me know and I will add you on.  If you register through the donation side of the page, I can see I got a donation but can't see who sent it.  So just let me know and I will get you on there.  Obviously this being my first year doing this there are some hiccups but we can work them out.  Please help me get to 500 runners/walkers.