jan 4th and still going strong

hey ardelle-
i have managed to continue to run every day of the year. today i squeezed in my mile between spin class and step class. i am doing damage control for the time spent at your place. according to the scale not all was lost (or gained). so for the year i am at 15 miles. i've had to use the treadmill here, the high for the past few days has been in the teens.

on the way home from little rock i was asking the family what we wanted to do more of and less of this year. this could be as individuals or as a group. of course i was hoping to hear how everyone wanted to exercise and eat well and quit watching TV. instead drew wanted to do less of letting the dog out, (apparently he does it allllllll the time), eli wanted a trip with dad only, and maggie- well she actually had some good ones. i was determined that i was not going to bring exercise into it for anyone since it really does need to be their own choice. chris had decided he wanted to start combining runs with vacations and made a goal the misoula montana half-marathon in july. he was on the phone to one of our friends who made what he thought was a "smart remark" about "why don't you just run to montana" when i had possibly one of my best ideas ever......for sure the best idea of the year..... to motivate the seemingly unmotivatable.

i tossed out to the kids in the back seat "if you guys pick a destination in the united states and log the miles to get there we will take you there." they were interested. after many clarifying questions on their part and few to no promises on our part, except to take them there, we had three very motivated kiddos. thus far our destinations are drew to oklahoma city at 100 miles, eli to new orleans for a saints game at aprox. 700 miles, and maggie to new york city to see a play at about 1400 miles. yesterday they got busy... maggie got 9 miles under her belt on the bike and eli got 10. drew ran 1. we have charts and stars to do it up right. i'll keep you posted on the progress of course.

hope it warms soon. not looking promising for outdoor running. lows later this week of 3 and 0.

kristin

p.s. got the whirley pop!!! new running shoes for my birthday tomorrow....