las vegas

made it here just fine,, about 5 min before thomas got here,i came in gate 34 he gate 38. good timing. weather great out there. got up early yesterday morning and we walked awhile, i ran a little,, then we went to the strip and i know we had to walk have walked 5 or 6 miles, lots to see. today is off day but i know ill get lots of walking in. ill get up in the morning and try to get my 10 in, or close to it. our stuff starts tonight with everyone, then tomorrow the big thing. should be fun, today the temp is like 80 with gusty winds.
i hate ill miss our last group run in mississippi, but just a week for the BIG group run.. i cant wait.
hope you all have had a good week.
see ya soon

SATURDAY

I HAD SUCH A GOOD RUN YESTERDAY, I DID MORE RUNNING THAN WALKING, I FELT STRONG AND JUST FELT GOOD. IT WAS KINDA SAD THOUGH, IT WILL BE LAST GROUP RUN, I WONT BE THERE NEXT SATURDAY, I LEAVE WED GOING TO LAS VEGAS TO SEE THOMAS AND WONT BE HOME UNTIL MONDAY. BUT ILL SEE EVERYONE AT THE AIRPORT. IT WAS EXCITING TO GET OUR TICKETS AND RUNNING SHIRTS. MARK AND ROBIN HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB KEEPING EVERYTHING SO ORGANIZED DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
IT WAS GOOD SEEING MARY OUT THERE YESTERDAY, I THOUGHT SHE HAD FALLEN OFF THE EDGE OF EARTH, HA BUT SHE DID GOOD RUNNING YESTERDAY AND SHES GOING TO CHICAGO WITH US SO THATS GOOD TOO.
I WAS TALKING TO THOMAS YESTERDAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MARATHON AND I MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO DO IT NEXT YEAR ALSO,, IM AFRAID IF I DONT , I MIGHT NOT KEEP MY TRAINING UP, NOT SURE HOW HE WOULD TAKE IT, BUT HE SAID SURE YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN, SO IM IN GIRLS AND BOYS. AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE ADDED TRAINING FOR THE MISS BLUES MARATHON ILL STILL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR WHEN WE START SO I CAN WORK ON MAYBE GETTING FASTER AND RUNNING MORE. THOMAS SAID,HE WANTED ME TO KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN SUCH A CHANGE IN ME DOING THIS. HE SAID HE HAS MENIONED TO SEVERAL FOLKS ABOUT ME DOING THIS AND HE SAID THEY WERE ALL SO IMPRESSED, THIS IS A BIG THING YA'LL, ILL NEVER FORGET THAT FIRST MEETING WHEN MARK SAID WE WERE A 1%,, THATS SOMETHING ISNT IT. AND MAYBE I HAVE BECOME A LITTLE COCKY ABOUT IT, HAHA, WHEN SOMONE ASK HOW FAR DID YOU RUN YESTERDAY AND ILL SAY, "ONLY" 1O MILES AND SMILE,, AND THEY ARE AMAZED, IM PROUD AND IM SO PROUD OF ALL OF US. IF WE WALK, RUN OR CRAWL WE WILL FINISH THE CHICAGO MARATHON.. WE ARE MARATHONERS! WE ARE THE MISSISSIPPI MARATHONERS!

1 week down

WELL THIS WEEK IS ALMOST GONE, JUST 2 MORE LEFT, MAN ITS GOING FAST NOW,
I WASNT ABLE TO DO ANY KIND OF TRAINING MONDAY BUT HAVE REST OF THE WEEK, GETTING AWFULLY EXCITED. I LEAVE NEXT WED GOING TO LAS VEGAS TO SEE THOMAS, YIPEE! WE LEAVE MONDAY THEN FRIDAY WE ARE OFF TO THE BIG RUN!,, HE TOLD ME HE WOULD WALK WITH ME THAT WEEK WHILE WE ARE THERE, MAYBE I CAN GET SOME RUNNING IN, ILL GO TO THE GYM AND GET SOME IN, JUST WILL BE SO GOOD TO SEE HIM,

I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL TO TAKE WITH ME ,TO HAVE WITH ME WHILE WE ARE RACING, AND THE KIDS AND HIM ALL SENT ME THE SWEETEST EMAIL, WHERE THEY ALL ADDED SOMETHING ABOUT THE RACE AND THAT WAS IT, IT MADE ME CRY WHEN I GOT IT AND I WILL KEEP IT CLOSE TO MY HEART WHILE IM OUT THERE. I HATE THEY CANT GO, BUT JUST NOT THE TIME, I INTEND TO DO THE MISS MARATHON AND THEY WILL BE THERE THEN.. BUT ILL HAVE ALL OF YOU,, WE WILL HAVE EACH OTHER, WE HAVE ALL BECOME A GREAT BIG OLE FAMILY, WITH ONE COMMON BOUND, WE JUST WANNA FINISH THE RACE AND WITH THE GRACE OF THE GOOD LORD WE WILL..

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD RESTFUL DAY TOMORROW,, SATURDAY WE GET OUR TICKETS AND OUR SHIRTS, THAT EXCITING IN ITSELF,,
TAKE CARE ALL, BE SAFE,,
LOVE YOU ALL
VICKIE

race ready shorts

i ordered some race ready shorts,, x large and they came in,, and they might fix mandy, ha,, they are little, well little for me if anyone wants to look at them and see if they can wear them, ill be happy to bring them and sell them for 20$ , just let me know and ill bring them next saturday

todays run

i almost cried when i got back to the starting point today thinking we had done 22 miles, thats ALOT, my legs were killing me, i dont know if i need new shoes or what, but they hurt bad, and have been achy all day, maybe thats normal for 22 miles though,, came home and took a cold water bath which helped some and took some advil, and now just pittling around the house, i was feeling so bad this afternoon, and i realized i havent eat much of anything, ate a energy bar on the way to the rez then came home and had a pack of naps and lots of water,, ate a good supper and felt much better, now it takes alot to make me not think about eating, and today was one of those days.
it was good to be out there with everyone this morning, i had missed 2 saturdays and it was good to see everyone..
wonder how many of us folks are doing the extended training for the miss blues marathon,, i want to do the marathon and im afraid if i dont keep up with the training i might not do it..
just been watching football, go DAWGS for beating auburn, dont care for auburn since tubberbutt ( what i call him, ha) since he snubbed ole miss,, ole miss im pretty sure getting beat by vandy right now, and watch bama and ark,, love football
well almost bed time for me, hope you all have a good restful night.
love you all,,

hey

HEY ALL
SURE MISSED YOU ALL SATURDAY BUT IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, GOT BACK SUNDAY NIGHT.
WAS ABLE TO GET MY RUNNING IN,, DID MY 10 MILES FRIDAY AND WOGGED SUNDAY, HAD TO WORK MONDAY AND 16 HRS IS JUST TO MUCH AND RUN.
I GOT THE PRINT OUT AND LISTENED TO THE MEETING, IT SOUNDED GOOD, I HATE I MISSED IT
I GOT MY CONFIRMATION FROM CHICAGO YESTERDAY, I GOT SO EXCITED.
I LEAVE THE 26 GOING TO LAS VEGAS TO STAY WITH THOMAS UNTIL MONDAY SO ILL DO MY 10 MILES IN LOSSSSSSSSS WAGES!, HA,, COME BACK MONDAY AND OFF TO CHICAGO FRIDAY!
ITS HERE UPON FELLAS!, ORDERED ME SOME RACE READY SHORTS TODAY, HOPE TO GET THEM BROKE IN BEFORE THE BIG DAY
HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A GOOD WEEK
SEE YA SOON

10 miles

got my 10 miles done early this morning,, i have to tell ya, i take my hat off to suzanne for doing 20 by herself,, its so much harder,, well maybe not harder but just boring doing it by yourself,, even if you run by yourself with the group, you are with the group, but its done, i hate i will miss tomorrow,, but ive gotta go do this. hope you all have a good run, and a good meeting..
take care,
see ya soon
vickie

SATURDAY

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN TOMORROW AND WONT BE HOME UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.. IM JUST SICK THAT I WILL MISS THE MEETING,, ILL DO MY 10 MILES TOMORROW MORNING BUT I HATE MISSING THE MEETING, YA'LL WILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE NOTES AND TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO AND NOT TO DO,,
NOT LONG NOW..
IVE GOT 2 FRIENDS THAT IVE WORKED WITH FOREVER THAT HAVE DECIDED TO GO TO CHICAGO,, IT ALMOST MADE ME CRY WHEN THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO GO SINCE THOMAS WASNT GOING TO BE ABLE TO.. THATS VERY SWEET OF THEM, I TOLD THEM I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO SPEND ALOT OF TIME WITH THEM, AND THEY SAID THAT WAS ALRIGHT, THEY ARE GETTING THERE THURSDAY NIGHT, SO ILL BE ABLE TO SPEND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THAT NIGHT WITH THEM.. GET THIS,THEY ARE GOING TO GET T SHIRTS MADE THAT SAY, VICKIE EVERETT'S "ATHLETIC SUPPORTERS" HA,, YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW THEM AND FOR US NURSES OUT THERE, WE SOMETIMES HAVE WRAPPED SENSES OF HUMOR, HA,,
THENN I FOUND OUT THAT SEPT 26 THOMAS IS FLYING TO LAS VEGAS FOR 5 DAYS AND IM GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO AND MEET HIM AND STAY WITH HIM!, WHAT A GOOD SURPRISE I GOT YESTERDAY,
WELL GOTTA GO, GOTTA GET EVERYTHING DONE AND SETTLED IN TO WATCH THE SAINTS TONIGHT!
TAKE CARE ALL, AND SEE YOU SOON

hope you all have had a good week.. did 16 hrs yesterday so i didnt get my running in but i did get up and do 4 miles this morning,, weather little nicer but still not cool enough.
not much going on, just getting excited about oct 7.. glad we are having our meeting this saturday ,, can ya'll believe we are almost there!

take care and be safe,
see ya saturday

SATURDAY RUN

I HAVE TO BE JACKSON TODAY AT 11 SO TO KEEP FROM MAKING 2 TRIPS TO JACKSON I GOT UP ABOUT 6 AND DID MY 10 MILES HERE. IT WAS ALRIGHT BUT NOT AS FUN AS WITH ALL YOU GUYS. I DONT LIKE MISSING OUR GROUP RUNS, BUT I DIDNT THINK I COULD GET UP THERE AND BACK AND GET TO JACKSON ON TIME. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD RUN.
HALEY GOT IN YESTERDAY, SO GOOD TO HAVE HER HOME. YEAHHHHHHHHHH FOOTBALL GOT STARTED THIS WEEK,,MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR..

NOT MUCH GOING ON HERE THIS WEEKEND, JUST A PEACEFUL RESTFUL WEEKEND.. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE, AND SEE YA SOON!
VICKIE