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Hello Everyone, I'm Mary the newest addition! And I am so excited!!
I am a 'little' obsessive when it comes to running, just ask my 8 year old son Lance, he has helped volunteer for running events and in August he won second place at the Silver Stars 5k for his age group! Let's see, well, I started running in the summer of 2005 when I received orders for an unaccompanied 1 year tour to Korea. I was sitting in my apartment missing Lance and was sick of feeling sorry for myself. So I put on some very untrendy running shorts and a regular bra and just started running (yeah I know it sounds like forest Gump). Granted I only lasted 30 minutes with numerous walk breaks, but everything in my mind cleared and I felt so good, yep,I was addicted! And it just keeps giving! I finished my time in the Army and moved to San Antonio to head the Breast Imaging Center at BAMC, and I knew no one. Once again running helped me out by introducing me to some great people that have become my surrogate families! I love challenges like these and can't wait to get out there!!

Updated estimated start times...

Ok finally figure out how to get it to post in the layout... only took two computers and half my hair being ripped out in frustration but finally thought of a way to make it work...

If you haven't sent me which legs you are interested in please do so in the next day or two so we can get this all squared away. If you have talked/emailed me I have them don't worry I don't need them again :) Also Katie and I think a little meeting for those of us that are local would be helpful and she has offered to have us over one night 8:30ish or so, once the kids are done for the day so if you are a local let me know what nights might work for you this week or next and we will see what we can get worked out. Thanks and in case you missed it the last 100 or so times I have posted it, my email address is info@theribbonspot.com don't hesitate to email me, even if it is a silly something! I love to get mail.... just ask Bart how much I like mail.... his mail got him a wife :)

slogans or trash talk? you decide!

Ideas keep popping in my head…for shirts and/or the van? (Full disclosure: I did poach some of these off the internet!) How saucy do we want to be?

Run like a mother
Mom mobile: we bust ours to kick yours
You’re a little cranky mom… shouldn’t you go for a run?
The woman who starts the race is not the same that finishes the race
Don't worry about the map...we'll show you the way!
Win or Bust? We’ll take both!
Some call it obsessive compulsive. We call it motherhood.
We kick asphalt.
Sometimes we run to forget, but we never forget to run!
We have the best set of legs in town.

word fun....

Maybe something that looks like this in vinyl all over the vans? Very fun little gadget found at Wordle

Ok Ladies we need to be serious....

HAHAHAHA.... anyone who really knows me knows I am not a super serious person so don't stress i am not mean.... just trying to cross things off my perpetual to do list!

So here are all the things that are somewhat connected to this race that I think "oh right I need to..." at 2 am.... in no particular order.  Get a pen and get these on your to do lists too  :)

1:  Looks like we have a start time!  8 AM which is great but does mean that if you scroll down and look at the legs move all of them ahead by 1 hour.  I'm sorry but I don't have it in me to type it all out again.... forgive me i am trying to hurry.  

2.  Team Running From the Kids is almost complete!  Almost isn't quite good enough though.  We have one in the works... I don't want to pressure her but I know she is reading this so just say yes.... we can make it work!  :)  Think of all the people you know... soccer teams, baseball teams all the moms you come in contact with branch out the worst they can say is no thanks your crazy.... but we all all ready know that.  We need to get this wrapped up before it is October!  Think Think Think then Ask Ask Ask!

3.   Lindsay and I have secured van rentals in Austin.  We need to start thinking logistics.  Tentatively we are planing to go down Thursday evening after all of the daily festivities (would hate to expect Dad to keep all of our balls in the air ~ we are super women you know)  I think we should carpool down to Austin leave our cars at the airport (where the vans are) pick them up and keep on trucking down to near the start  This way when we are done in Austin on Saturday we don't have to back track to pick up our cars.

4.  Speaking of vans.. did you know there are awards for the funnest decorating and best costumes and such?  I think we should decorate somehow.  So get some creative juices flowing.... start brainstorming and lets get some real ideas and turn them into reality!  After peeling off vinyl polka dots from Miss Kate's walls I have been stirring some ideas along those lines... but let me get your ideas too

5.  Do we want shirts or anything?  If so it would be best to get them started now so we can make them great and not be in a rush!  Again think think think...

6.      I know there were way more things than this but they are temporarily gone... maybe I will post again later with them... stay tuned!

Oh yea ... how is the training going... or not going?

Email me info@theribbonspot.com.... I would love to hear from all of you!