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Alpenfest Run 2010 Nicole Campbell Heath and Bill Heath ., originally uploaded by Don Campbell Models.
Runners World- The 2010 Gaylord Alpenfest Run is getting close now and today’s picture shows Nicole and Bill Heath next to the Washington Monument after just completing a 10 mile race !! Deb and I are so proud of them for working as a team and being rewarded for running 10 miles together in our nations capital. As many of you know Nicole got Deb and I motivated a year ago to get off our lazy butts and throw away the chocolate and start running. Last fall all four of us ran our first 5K together in Arlington , Va. Deb overdid it and ran too soon after the race and damaged her knee. I continued to run much of the winter trying to shed the extra weight but failed. Now i am back at it again and with less than two weeks until race day i am fired up again to run my second ever 5K race here in our little town of Gaylord at the Alpenfest 5kRace. (:>).
This morning Deb and I were running at 7:00am to beat the 80+ temps today. I ran the Aplenfest 5K course for the third time with a time of 28 minutes so I was very pleased with that in 75 degree heat and very high humidity. I know this is not a running website but I am proud of Nicole , Bill , Deb and myself for working so hard everyday to get in shape. Now that Nicole is pregnant she is being careful and not overdoing the exercise. But she is the person I want to thank for the repeat motivation we see in her to get us going again.
Deb and I have walked 25 miles a week for the last 25 years and we see that was no longer working. Even running everyday and following weightwatchers the weight is not coming off fast. But the running is actually fun. Those of you brand new elderly runners like us just begin walking one block , run one block, walk a block, run a block , etc. Your old body will let you know after a week of it if you can keep going . But we believe it is not the exercise that loses the weight , it is 99% what you eat that does it. This year one million more people will hit the obese status in this country. Maybe Deb and I can help motivate some of you to get off the couch and I guarantee in no time you will feel much happier .
Mining Toy Progress- By tonight I will get the bottom parts done and tomorrow i will start working on the bucket teeth parts.
With record unemployment, real estate collapse , stock market teetering on going under , the worst oil disaster in history, a never ending war that continues to kill our soldiers and the worst economy since the great depression don’t waste your summer worrying, instead go out and try to enjoy today . Before we know it summer will be over and the cold north wind will bring in the ice and snow.
Have a great Tues. !!
