Bunco Benefit SUCCESS and a New Toy!

First off, a HUGE thank you to eveyone who came out and supported my BUNCO BENEFIT for LLS on Wednesday August 19th. The evening was a success, and together we raised over $900 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. It was definitely a fun evening and I was happy to share Bunco and my excitement and passion for TNT and LLS with friends. A HUGE thanks to Sports Basement in Sunnyvale for helping to make the evening so fun. Who doesn't enjoy free pizza and beer?

Let the games begin!

28 players...the largest Bunco game I've ever played!

My training is going well. Last weekend I joined my teammates up in San Francisco and rana total of 8 miles around Lake Merced and down part of the Great Highway. While this training run was a preview of part of the Nike Women's Marathon couse, I won't actually run any of this again on race day since I an running the Half Marathon course. It was still wonderful gractice for event day. As any run who trains for endurance events knows, you've got to practice getting your gear, nutrition, pace, and everything else in sync BEFORE the race...not on event day. So, I broke out the Chocolate Gu (Personally, my favorite as I think it tastes like brownie mix. Is that strange? The weather was also perfect and I had the pleasure of running with my friend, Patricia, someone who I have not had the pleasure of running with before. Lucky for me, she was happy to run with me at my run/walk pace and it was fun getting to know one another a little better after having been on various TNT teams over the past couple of years. I hope to run with her again soon.

I also got to try out my new toy:

So high tech and very runner saavy!

Yep, I FINALLY (after about 3 months) decided to purchase my very own Garmin 305 GPS running watch. It is sooooo cool!!! Now, I can touch a few buttons and my watch will actually count down intervals and been after I run for 5 minutes and walk for 1 minute! It sure beats having to keep looking at my watch to figure out my running/walking intervals. Now, I am happy as a clam!

If only the darn thing would make me go faster......

Tomorrow, I take on the trails in Woodside. Hills, and heat...not the best combination.