Expedition Everest Challenge #1

Packet pickup :-). Wave #1 again, gotta love it! There's 6 minutes between waves and at least 5 waves that I know of so that's at least a 24 minute head start before wave 5 starts.

Expedition Everest Challenge-time to go!

All right kiddies...tomorrow's the Expedition Everest Challenge at Disney World!  Just packing up the last minute things, then it's time to head out to visit The Mouse!

Anyone who'll be up there, be sure to come on over and say hi to the Running of the Ears group you should see there.

Get sweaty!

I almost forgot how much yoga makes me sweat!  Just did a half hour this evening and I'm dripping wet.  Whoever out there that thinks yoga is just stretching and meditating sure has never tried it.  Not sure why I did a couple of trees tonight...my balance isn't that great and I almost fell over-twice.  Much prefer the warrior poses.

Now to head upstairs for some deep breathing and relaxation...after I pull out my bag for this weekend's Expedition Everest trip.  That's right, still haven't started packing.  At least there's not too much to pack for this trip-"just" a 5K and only a 3-day weekend.

One more workday, then it's off to the Mouse House!

30-Day Yoga Challenge

I was reading through some blog posts today and Run with Jess had a link to the 30 Day Yoga Challenge at RunToTheFinish. Since I really like doing yoga-I feel so stretched and relaxed every time after I'm done-and I haven't been practicing in quite a while, I joined the challenge to get myself back into it. I know I'll be sweating it out at first getting back into doing the poses, but I know I feel great after just a 30-minute session every now and then so let's see how I feel after 30 days of that!

Since I'm a bigger girl, I got a DVD called Heavyweight Yoga (here's the Amazon link): I think it's pretty good for a beginner. The lady in the video is a lot bigger than me, but boy is she SO much more flexible than I am! So I'm going to go back to my DVD for now...I can also do the yoga poses on the Wii Fit. Just start from the beginning of the list of poses and work all the way through.

We'll see how it goes. Anyone else care to join in?

Added a "My Races" page

I added a "My Races" page to my blog here. It lists all the races I've done (with links to the race reports if I've written one) and includes a list of future races I've registered for and/or have planned on my calendar. Figured I'd just put them all in one place for easy access, either by me or anyone else who might be interested in my ramblings. I got the idea from another blog I happened upon one day (can't remember what one or I'd link it) and just now got around to adding my own race page.

I should probably get around to packing for Everest...it's already Tuesday night and I'm leaving Friday morning and haven't even pulled out my bag yet. I did write up my packing list though. I really need to put it on the computer so I can just print it out each time and just adjust the # of each item I'm bringing depending on the length of the trip. I think I'll go do that now...