I hope you all are enjoying a taste of Spring!  I am attempting to become a morning runner. My neighbor & MRR member, Amy Kakacek has been trying to get me out of bed every morning for a 5:45 a.m. adventure. I don¹t know why I struggle with this so much. There are so many of you in the club that do this religiously. I do know that I feel great the rest of the day when I drag myself out of bed and do it. Does anyone have any tips for me?

As you recall, I listed 7 goals for this year. These were the first three:

1) Putting on an amazing Spring Thaw Race along with co-race director & former MRR prez, Chris Poeckes.

2) Hosting a successful Diva Fitness Night at Peak Performance on March 18th

3) Finishing the Lincoln Marathon in May

I feel pretty good about the progress thus far by accomplishing the first 2! Next on the list is the Lincoln Marathon. I leave today as I type this message. I am so thankful of how I worded my goal - ³finishing² the marathon. The training has gone fairly well with a strong 21 1Z4 mile long run 2 weeks ago. The bad news is that it has been serious taper since that moment I mean too serious of a taper! I am going to tell myself that this will be a piece of cake as I don¹t have to swim 2.4 miles and bike 112 before the run! It will definitely be an extremely mental game for me! I am up for it! I hope everyone continues to set goals and work towards them. May your spring and summer be filled with motivation, dedication, fun, friendship & accomplishments!

Keep runnin¹

Patty Considine