Fathom Events is hosting another nationwide one-night event on Thursday, March 31st. Sponsored by Active.com, it is the showing of the award winning documentary, My Run.  It features Terry Hitchcock, a 57 year old man who ran 75 marathons in 75 consecutive days in an effort to increase awareness of the challenges of single parents after he became one himself when his wife lost her battle with breast cancer. Tickets are on sale now with a portion of  proceeds benefiting the Livestrong Foundation. More details can be found here.

It is playing in Albany, NY! I hope to attend!

Here’s the promo:

Happy Running! Bring on Spring, please!

This seems to be going around the blog world so here’s mine:

(A) Age: 57.  I will turn 58 on May 9.  (I really don’t feel that old!!)
(B) Bed Size: Queen
(C) Chore You Hate: Cleaning esp. the bathroom (I have a maid once a month)
(D) Dogs: Nope but I have 5 cats
(E) Essential Start Your Day Item: Breakfast – coffee (latte) and hot cereal (oatmeal or cream of wheat)
(F) Favorite Color: Don’t really have one.  I used like yellow.  Sometimes I like pink.  I wear a lot of black. If I had to choose it would be yellow (like the sun).
(G) Gold or Silver? Both but not at the same time
(H) Height: 5ft 4 in.
(I) Instruments You Play: None – I used to play the violin in 4th grade.  Does that count?
(J) Job Title: Instructional Technolgoist (work at a law school helping faculty use technology)
(K) Kids: 2 stepsons (23 & 24)
(L) Live: Delmar, NY
(M) Mom’s Name: Annabel
(N) Nicknames: Dar, Dee but most people call me Darlene
(O) Overnight Hospital Stays? For  a collapsed lung many years ago
(P) Pet Peeve:  People who are late. Procrastinators.
(Q) Quote from a Movie: “‘Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.'” – Forest Gump
(R) Right or Left Handed? Right.
(S) Siblings: 1 younger brother
(T) Time You Wake Up? On run work days 6 am, on a non run work days 7am, on the weekend 8 am
(U) Underwear: Cotton/Spandex briefs
(V) Vegetable You Dislike: Raw onions
What Makes You Run Late: Deciding what to wear
(X) X-Rays You’ve Had Done: Teeth, chest, neck, right shoulder, left knee, right foot
(Y) Yummy Food You Make: Butternut Squash /Pumpkin Soup, Apple Pie, Lasagne
(Z) Zoo, Favorite Animal: Pandas, Lions

Last I wrote that I had skipped my Friday morning run because I got home so late Thursday night.

Good news!! Because of the snowstorm, my work closed at noon.  That meant I had time to go to the gym.  My hubby even drove me because the roads were so bad. I ran 4 miles on the treadmill watching “Off the Map.”

Even though my Friday night Mah Jongg game was cancelled, we ended up going to friends for dinner and playing cards.  I had a fun evening anyway!

Believe it or not, more snow Saturday morning!! Not a lot, just enough to be a nuisance!  I spent the day cleaning out closets.  I filled 11 bags with clothes that I don’t need and I didn’t even make a dent!!!  I also got my hair cut & visited with my mentee.

We went out to dinner Saturday evening.  I started to not feel that great so I took most of my dinner home 😦

Today was a beautiful day!  The sun was shining.  It warmed up to the mid 30s.  The snow was melting in the roads.  I had to go run!!!

I didn’t feel great but I thought I would feel better once I got running.

I parked my car at work and took a new route. It was slow going – between the puddles, climbing snow banks to go on the road then stopping to avoid getting splashed by passing cars and feeling rather nauseous and weak.

 I ran around Washington Park several times.  It was nice since the roads were clear and there was no traffic.  I managed to drag myself through 8.5 miles.  I had planned to do more.  But the way I felt, I am happy to have gotten that done.  I walked a lot and it took me almost 1 3/4 hours.  I hope to have a better run next weekend.

Happy Running!