What a day! 1/1/11… I got up early, let Lucy (my English bulldog http://disneydogblog.com) out, and then went back in the warm bed to cuddle.  For the last 4 months or so, I have been reading Kathy Griffin’s book Official Book Club Selection. I really loved her writing, but I just haven’t had time to sit down and read it. As one of my new year’s challenges, I decided to read at least 52 books… either a book a week or just 52 over the course of the year. Well, I am proud to say that after about 4 hours of reading, and enjoying every minute of it, I finished! What a great book! I love how honest Kathy is, and she really is a very hard-working person. I admire that a lot. Good Job Kathy!!!

I wanted to start my year out right, and I knew that that meant having something fitness-related be involved in it. Well, let’s see. The blog name is The Running Year, so guess what I did! That’s right. Nothing like a new year’s day 5k! It was very snowy and slick out, and I am still getting over a wicked cold, so I took it slow and just planned to finish. My left knee was a little sore, but I haven’t run in a while, so I think it went pretty well. I have decided to include my Daily Mile widget with each run so that you can see my progress…

Day 1 of 2011 down, and I am feeling good!