Excitement is building for the 1st ever BRPTT!

You guys are really cracking me up with all your enthusiasm for our virtual race. I am loving it!! RBF-ers are not only not nerds, losers, or geeks but they are extremely creative people. First, Brent designed a logo and cool bib for the race. (The bib is an Adobe pdf file if you're having trouble accessing it. Let me know if you'd like me to email it in Word or some other format.) Then, Charlie (aka Shore Turtle) has customized his for the locale he'll be racing in. Bonus points for creativity. It's even introduced me to a few new blogs I haven't run across yet including Liz, who's actually on the North side of Nashville where our military base is located (Clarksville). Her hubby is off serving right now so stop by and give her tons of support while she's training for April's Country Music 1/2 Marathon and being a single mom. She's the first TN running blogger I've come across so I'm pretty excited about that.

For those of you who have longer races/training runs scheduled for that day you can submit your 3 mile time and round up for the .1. (Either your first three, last three, favorite three, or your overall average time per mile multiplied by 3) No need to be overly scientific!!

In other news, it's official. I have a cold. Ugh. I've felt a little scratchy the past few days and this morning the scratchy never ended and the running nose is full steam ahead. On our way to Publix tonight I swear I sneezed about a million times. I've got most of our clothes and running gear packed (we'll be heading out after work tomorrow) and I am about to climb onto the sofa and get some rest. I had really, really wanted to run 3 miles tonight but I know Thursday's BRPTT, Friday's planned 20-miler and next Saturday's super important Memphis Half Marathon mean I need to get some rest tonight. To make a not so great day worse, we had to take Pips for his annual shots today. I knew what was going to happen - the talk - about his weight. I had to go through what all he eats, how much, yada yada. I'm so over it. We walk every day, he eats low fat and only half of his recommended serving! He's just a little chubby, and he has a stout body frame, too. She's a pretty thin doc so I couldn't pull out my "we could all stand to lose a few, huh?" line, and feeling as badly as I did I just took the lecture. He watched me getting all the suitcases out (again!) tonight and immediately ran to the garage door, he is ready to go!! Me on the other hand - I'm ready for the sofa, a blanket and some munchies. Feed a cold, right?