Feeling Better ..

Well I'm feeling better ... boy was I BEAT when I got back from Chicago! I didn't sleep well the night after the marathon ... for some reason I kept waking up every 1/2 hour (or at least it felt like that) and then with the 9 hour bus ride home I didn't sleep on the bus.

By the time I got home and then got up the next morning I was BONE TIRED! I had trouble putting words together in a sentence! Went to work for 1/2 a day and then went home to sleep!

Speaking of Chicago ... the race pictures are up! Check them out at www.marathonfoto.com last name FORSYTH and bib # 11305.

This weekend is the Haiti Run a good cause! All the money raised goes to help kids in Haiti. Last year the run raised $75,000! I'm going to run with Jenny in her 2nd 5K. We went out last night for a 3K run and I was amazed how good I felt. We also ran into some Learn To Run folks from the Den who will also be doing Haiti. They were exactly the same pace as Jenny and had the same pre-race jitters about not finishing. Made her feel better.

After the Haiti run Michael and I are going to a wedding ... and I've still got to get a gift! Wish me luck! Connor is staying over at Michael's Mom's. Then on Sunday its sign up day for H2O ... only Michael wants me to stay home ... this could be tricky!

H2O is concerning me a little ... last week someone was supposed to look after registration but they went away for thanksgiving and so asked someone else to do it ... and I haven't heard yet how it went. Then with Michael's wanting me to stay home ... I know the LORD will look after things and it will happen as HE wants ... but I want it to be successful.

Ah well ... I'll just leave it in HIS oh-so-capable hands, right?

Have a great day!

~ Shirley

Chicago ... it's MY kind of town!

Well here I am in Chicago ... the day after the Chicago marathon and I'm stiff and sore but happy!

The bus ride down was 9 hours but passed fairly quickly. I was (not surprisingly chatting with lots of the folks on the bus.) We got in to Chicago around 4 pm. and at 5:30 went to the Expo. It was really quick picking up race kits and goodies / freebies galore.

I also got my body composition done on a new Tanita Ironman scale and it's going on my fridge! It said my wt 143.8 (with jeans at 7 pm), lean muscle mass 110 lbs., 54.4% water, and then it gave a body composition rating between 1-9 and I got 8!!!!! It also told me that my "metabolic age" was 15 ... not too bad for a 42yr old!

I was rooming with Brenda who I met on the bus and my friend Carolyn from Virginia. We had a great time. Kind of like having a pyjama party! On Saturday we spend wandering around downtown Chicago. We spent a bit too much time on our feet but heck. We saw the Hilton, walked along Michigan avenue and loved seeing al the buildings ... great architecture and went to Marshall Fields.

I met up with SB but missed Brynne (I know both of them from the www.weightwatchers.ca bulletin boards. We also found out that marathon finishers can get into the Chicago BLackhawks game FREE tonite! So it was a toss up ... NHL or post-race party!

Shuffle and I are both started out with the 5:45 bunny ... We stayed with Colleen who was wonderful and doing a 2R/4W until 25 miles and then sped up to come in at 5:42:08 for an overall place of 30,570 out of approx 34,000 ... I'm pretty pleased 'coz I trained for a 6:00 finish and came in 18 mins faster!!!!!

I'll post more about the race later ... IT WAS A BLAST!!!

Gotta go ... the bus is leaving in 1/2 an hour!

Ciao for now!


~ Shirley