A Teal Ribbon Event

I participated in the 5k Ovarian Cancer Race For Awareness this morning. It was good to get out and about. This was the inaugural event at City Park in Denver. There were about 1400 people altogether who joined in solidarity for the cause. My stats are as follows:

bib number: 419 age: 56 gender: M location: Denver, CO overall place: 194 out of 253 division place: 14 out of 16 gender place: 71 out of 89 time: 44:07 pace: 14:03 nettime: 43:32

I was pleased with my time and my pace. If you want to learn more about Ovarian Cancer please check out Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance

Start Walking NOW

Startwalkingnow.org

I just found an excellent website by the American Heart Association. This site has all sorts of motivating
tools and resources. I encourage you to check it out and let me know what you think,
peace,
rtg

Sneakers

We had our "commitment" bbq last night at Sarah's house. If there is anything that I've learned over time since trying to "increase physical activity" and "decreasing caloric intake" it's been to make SMART goals. That is to say it is imporant to  state one's goals that are  Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Trackable.  In the process it is very important to go public with one's goals. So, last night we celebrated Art and Michelle who are going to do the half marathon on October 17th. We also heard from Sarah, Amy, Andrea, Traci, Brenda and myself who are going to the entire marathon. Linda and Staci are potentials in the relay for the marathon. Bob and Mark are planning on doing the entire marathon but were not present to publically commit to the event.
Uta brought us the cake with the "sneakers" on it. However, we are not "sneakers" when it comes to our goals. We are out in the OPEN!