Good Things

Thank you for all of your comments and support on Run4Rett. It was truly been eye opening to get involved behind the scenes and as you can imagine, it has been pretty hectic this week wrapping up the last minute details. 2 days til the event!

And now I have a few good things to catch up on...

Here are a couple pics from the chocolate peanut butter cake that hubby made for my Birthday - from scratch! It was delicious.





I won a Disney-themed giveaway a while back from The Running Briefs after she ran the Disneyland Half Marathon. Check out this awesome hat. Thanks Kristen!




For months I've been drooling over the Clif Bar flavors that Heather at trials of training often mentions in her Tuesday Trials... and I've often complained that we don't have nearly the selection around here! Well Heather surprised me with a wicked package (which arrived on my Birthday, btw!) containing a sweet card and two delicious Clif Bars. Thanks Heather!

[Sorry for the blurry pic!]

I neglected to mention last month that I received some special mail from Mel aka Tall Mom on the Run wishing me good luck on my marathon redemption. Thanks Mel!



And speaking of Tall Mom, she is our host this week for Take it and Run Thursday. It's been too long since I've participated in TIaRT and I apologize to those I missed! Here's what she wants to know.

Scarecrow asked for a Brain, Tin Man for a Heart, and Lion for Courage. If you could meet the Wizard of Running and ask for anything what would it be? When your wish was granted how would your travels down the Yellow Brick Road of running be different?

My wish to the running gods would be for resilience.

"Resilience is defined as a dynamic process that individuals exhibit positive behavioral adaptation when they encounter significant adversity or trauma." (Wikipedia)

Okay, so bad weather conditions may not necessarily qualify as "significant adversity or trauma" so this may be a bit of a stretch... but all too often I allow crummy conditions to get to me and completely ruin my run/race. If I could accept and adapt to these conditions, I would be much more likely to succeed.

I suppose hitting the wall would constitute "significant adversity or trauma" - if I could overcome that, I'd be running along the yellow brick road with a little extra pep in every step.

That's all for today! Thanks for reading and
Happy Thursday (almost Friday)!