Dear Running of the Pink friends,

    

    This week’s news is that we have moved the date to Saturday, July 11^th. We still have $5000 that has not yet been matched, so sign up to walk or run and know that we will match your registration fee and any other gift (Make it out to JRMC Running of the Pink) until the $5000 is gone.

    

    I am sincere in hoping that each of you is having success with our plan. I am fortunate to have you cheering me on and keeping me honest, other than not being willing to run against the wind. I will tell you my wind story if you stick with me for a moment.

    

   After a stubborn stretch of low self-discipline, I finally hit my base goal of 180 pounds, down 25. With all the sit ups, I can even imagine with the right light and poor glasses, that I can see the shadow of a six pack. I wish. The fun of hitting our goals is that with the momentum we have established, we can muscle on to our stretch goal, which for me is 175, a number I haven’t seen in 20 years. I also now know that I can make my base goal of doing the 10K without walking and I believe I can do my stretch goal of eleven minute miles, so I have big work to do  to see if I can push that down to 10 minute miles. We will see.

    

   Back in the Running Club days we would run off as many calories as possible so that we could put them all back on at the picnic that always followed. On a fiercely windy evening Ken Zimney and I were struggling into the gale that I have sworn to never experience again. Even with poor hearing, I finally noticed some noise behind me. When I turned I was disappointed to find that the entire girl’s cross country team was using us two fat boys as their wind screen. I long ago had visions of young women chasing me, I was humbled to finally learn why they would.

    

   Please join us for the Running of the Pink on July 11^th and cost me some money as recompense for having to read my questionable ramblings.

Thanks,

Casey