Thanks for the cans.

I'm so behind in posting my Cans for Comments wrap up but here goes.

The deal was that I would donate one can of food to the Food Pantries for the Capital District for every five comments left on my Friday posts in December. During that period, you guys left a total of 127 comments, good for 26 cans! I was really pleased!

The 26 cans:


I went with the no salt veggies and some low salt veggie soup. I'm going to add in some diapers as well because food pantries have been seeing a real need for them lately. So, that's that!

It was a fun little campaign and I appreciate all of your support!

Enjoy your day!

~ Felice

PS: Don't forget to check out my Smartwool giveaway here!

Merry Christmas!

Ho, ho, ho!

I'm skipping out on Five Things Friday today because it's Christmas so it's a day of family, family, family! But I am not, however, skipping out on Cans for Comments. That's too important.

And so today, of all days, please consider supporting my Cans for Comments campaign. For every five comments left on my four Cans for Comments posts this month, I am donating a can of food to the Food Pantries for the Capital District. The organization provides much needed food to the poor and hungry in the greater Albany area.

I'm not going to tally up my comments until Sunday, so this will be Cans for Comments weekend! Leave me a comment today, tomorrow or Sunday to boost my donation!

Through the first three posts you left 103 comments.
Will you help me get to 125? 150? Please?
THANKS!!!

OK, folks. I'm off. Like I said, we have lots of family to spend time with today. It will be great. I hope you all have a great day, too.

Merry Christmas!

~ Felice

Five things Friday, ep. 7: And, Cans for Comments #3!

1. We're signing up! Suzy is on board for the Winter Marathon Relay so our team is all set: Amanda, Suzy and me. We still need to figure out who will run each leg (9.2, 5.7, 11.3) but we have some time since the race is still two months away.
2. I reviewed Chocolate #9 energy gels over here. (I also posted the winner of my last giveaway.)
   
3. My plans to run in our local Winterfest 5K this weekend fell through. I procrastinated, so it's my fault but, really, I never thought the race would sell out. And yet it did. When I went to register earlier this week, it was closed. No more entries available! Argh. Oh, well. That's what I get for waiting until the last minute to sign up for a race.
4. It is ridiculous how long a silly song from a kids show can stay in your head. Ridiculous!
   
5. Today is the third Friday in my Cans for Comments campaign. Comment away! Remember: For every 5 comments left on my site each Friday in December, I'll donate a can of food to the Food Pantries for the Capital District. So far, we're working on 13/14 cans -- help me to increase that number! Thanks!!! (5.1: Marlene at Mission to Another Marathon is doing Cans for Comments, too!)
   

Have a great weekend, everyone. Stay warm! And thanks for reading!

~ Felice

Five things Friday, ep. 6: And, Cans for Comments #2!

1. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your comments on yesterday's post. It's silly, I know and I am working to stop judging myself and comparing myself to others. I appreciate your kind words and sharing your own stories. It's good to know I'm not alone -- although I do wish that none of us judged ourselves!
   
2. I have a FUN giveaway up at my other site. It's my Great Winter Motivation Booster package. Who doesn't need a little motivation these days, right? Well, go now and check it out!
3. If you don't do any pushups for a week, and then try to jump right back into them . . . ouch!
4. It's so freezing here! And so windy! We've been outside a bit here and there but, oh, man. It is so cold and tough to get out there. I'm hoping to get out for some sunny (and freezing cold) runs this weekend.
   
5. Today is Friday and that means this is a Cans for Comments post! Last week was such a good start to the campaign. You all left a total of 37 comments so we're well on our way! Remember to leave a comment on this post to be counted in -- I'll donate a can of food for every 5 comments. Thank you!

Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks for reading.

~ Felice

The snow came.

And I did not run.

I wimped out! I could have run in the snow but I just didn't. I ran 5 super-duper miles on Friday, in the sun, while my son played with the neighbor's kid. It was just great to get out there.

On Saturday, I had tons of errands to run in the morning and then I had to get ready to have some friends over for dinner. Still, I had time to run. And yet, once it started to snow I decided not to run.

Owen told me that I needed to get out there. Needed to prove my toughness. He was probably right but I didn't listen to him.

No biggie. It was a good day overall. Sunday will bring better running weather and I'll be out there, logging some miles. In the meantime, here's a peek at how much my son enjoyed the snow:

(We got about 2 inches of snow, but it was good packing snow, so it was perfect for snowman making!)

I hope you're all having a great weekend!

Oh, and THANKS for all the comments on Friday's post! My Cans for Comments is off to a good start!

~ Felice

Five things Friday, ep. 5: The Cans for Comments version!

1. After canceling my post-Race for the Cure races, I'm going to get back into racing this month. Way to pick winter to start anew, huh? Yeah, that's me. We'll see what happens. But, right now, I'm looking at the Albany Winterfest 5K on 12/19. But I might run a 3-miler the weekend before. Both races look fun so it will probably come down to which day has better weather. (Note to local peeps: I recently wrote about upcoming races here.)
   
2. I didn't finish my book reviews so those aren't going to be posted until next week. :-(
3. Although today is a gorgeous, sunny day, we're supposed to get our first real snow tomorrow -- a slushy mix of up to an inch. Yuck! But, other than the forecast for snow, the weekend should be decent and I'm looking forward to some good runs and kid-centric fun at a train expo.
4. I'm sending good luck vibes to everyone racing this weekend -- especially those marathoners tackling CIM, Vegas, Memphis & Santa Barbara! Yay -- have a great time!
5. And last but SO NOT LEAST! Today begins my month-long Cans for Comments campaign. Each Friday during December, for every 5 comments left on the site, I'll donate a canned good to the Food Pantries for the Capital District. This organization is a coalition of 50 food pantries that serve the hungry in the Capital District (which is the greater Albany area in upstate New York). It's a wonderful organization that fills a huge need, one that seems to grow and grow. So, show me some love and help increase my donation! At the end of the four Fridays, I'll give you a total of what I'm donating. Let's hope it is a lot :-))) Don't be shy! Feel free to just say hi, or ask me a question or let me know how you handle running in the snow. Or say anything else that you'd like to say!
   

Have a great weekend, everyone!

~ Felice

Comments. And November wrap-up.

I'm stealing an idea from Marlene: Cans for Comments. Every Friday during the month of December, for every 5 comments left on my post I'll donate a canned good to a local food pantry. I'll keep a tally and let you all know how much I donated -- if I'm on top of things, I'll even take a picture!

So, stop by on Friday to run up my donations!

On to the stats . . .

November stats

Running (miles): 67
Cross-training (sessions): 7

I was back in cross-training action last month with several sessions of Jillian Michaels' The Shred level 3 and No More Trouble Zones. That's the good for the month. The bad is the low mileage. I don't know what happened -- I'm just punky. I had some super runs, outside in the sun, wearing shorts. But, I slacked when it came to evening runs and since that's mostly what I'm able to do, I need to get better about them!

OK, have a great Wednesday, everyone!

~Felice