Kathleen's Adventures

Quick check in to say hello! I’m smack in the middle of race(s) week and having a good time. I say raceS because I have three races this week. I didn’t even really realize that was the case until a day or two ago. Two of the races down, and one, the big one, still to go. Race #1 – Silicon Labs Marathon Relay This was Sunday morning and I had a blast. The relay was split into a 12k, two 10ks, and two 5ks. I ran the 12k (first leg) for my team. I saw my friend Alisa in the start chute just before the gun went off and was so happy to see her. I knew she was running that morning, but didn’t know which leg or anything. We ran together the whole way and had a great time. We ran strong and steady – not too fast and certainly not too slow. There were a few mean hills throughout the course, and the extra 1.2 miles we did over the 10k course were the hardest part. The hills were small but gees, they just kept coming! I was very happy with our effort – I didn’t want to go all out because of my...

September 19, 2009.  It is a date I will never forget, and not for good reason.  It has been one year since Kristi was killed by a drunk driver .  I still have many mixed emotions about the events over the past year.  I still have many friends who drink and drive - who think they are okay to drive after they drink.  I think there are even people who were close to Kristi who do this, and I do not get it.  The fact that you do it on a regular basis and have never had a problem doesn't make it okay.  It has been an interesting year  - the high point of it was probably Ironman Florida, the culmination of a six week fundraising push which resulted in raising over $15,000 for MADD.  Another high point was the Gusher in Beaumont - Kelly, her mom, my mom and I did the half marathon and Mike did the 5k.  Little did I know his whole family was going to be there sporting the Team Woodhead/RADD t-shirts.  That was pretty cool.  The low p...

I keep making plans for this huge blog post about everything I'm doing/have done, but then find myself once again too busy or tired to sit down and do it - by this point it would probably be a full length novel. However, today I do have a quick, but important to me, post to write. Every year on September 11 I tell my friends and family that I love them.  May sound like no big deal, or like something that should happen way more often than once a year (and I do tell some way more often than this) but it is something none of us says nearly enough.  I encourage you to do the same - imagine how many people wished they had done so on that morning nine years ago.  It shouldn't take such a national tragedy to remind us to tell those we love how we feel, but sometimes it does take just that. So....I LOVE YOU ALL!!! (now, pass it on!)