10 miles!!!!!!

I ran ten miles today!!!! Okay, I probably only truly ran 8, but my feet travelled 10 miles. ia m really enjoying this. Very odd for me I know. I also love having my ipod. It definitely helps. I downloaded more music, and found my preferred style of music is definitley not running music. I thought some of my favorite Billy Joel and Elton John songs were good to run to. That is until I Like to Move it came on. Then I realized what running music is. Now I have to find a whole bunch of songs. I guess it is time to broaden my horizons. Right now I am listening to Rhianna, and I like it. I feel like the guy in Green Eggs and Ham who won't try it, but finds he likes it. At 32, I will learn to like "dance' music.
On the fourth of July I ran my first race ever! I ran in the First Place Sports Celebration 5K. I averaged just over an 11 1/2 minute mile. Not too bad. I hope to be able to keep up that pace, or hopefully improve on that. I actually have goals as far as running goes.
Now that I am getting the hang of running, I really need to get going with the fundraising. It is going well, but I still have a long way to go to get to my total required amount. Wish me luck.
We are off to the beach for vacation this week. It will be nice to get away for a bit.

Running is becoming fun!

Tonight we ran the bridges in Jacksonville again. I loved it! I had so much fun running tonight. I think I even managed to run more than I walked. I had been doing about 50/50, but I think I ran alot more than that tonight. It was pretty exciting to run in downtown, because there are just so many things to see and do. It was great!
Today a friend gave me a bunch of plants to pot up and sell. I will use all of the money I make from that for my fundraising. I hope that I manage to do alot with fundraising. I am still a bit worried about that. We are going on vacation to Myrtle Beach in a week and a half, and I am contemplating calling the grocery stores where we are staying to see if I can stand outside and "beg" for money. It will give me something to do! I am not nearly as much of a beach person as everyone else is, so maybe this just might be the thing to keep me from getting bored. I'll think about it.