Folks, we have a winner!

I went to the website RANDOM.ORG and used their random number generator to figure out the winner of my Bobo's Oat Bar giveaway.  I had 12 total entries - 11 on my blog directly and 1 on my Facebook (which I counted her entry as #12).  

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:7Powered by RANDOM.ORG

This makes Ginger of Ginger's Junket the winner!  Ginger,  please email me at mskimpossible1977@gmail.com with your mailing address and I will send you 3 peanut butter Bobo's Oat Bars!  

Thanks to all for your entries in my inaugural giveaway!  Stay tuned for future giveaways!

*Note - for some reason when I copied and pasted the number generator, it showed the "MAX" # as 100, I used 12 in the calculation - just wanted to make that clear - not quite sure why it reverted to 100 - weird.

And it's official...

I signed up for marathon training!

On Sunday, I went to a Weenie Roast for Team Nam - this is the running group I have decided to train with for the Chevron Houston Marathon.  I met a lot of my fellow run-mates and ate a hot dog, some fruit, and cheese (no bun for me because whole wheat buns weren't offered and I didn't bring my own).  I'm one of the younger ones on the team, but everyone was so friendly and encouraging that I'm really excited to be a part of this team! 

I'm sad that I will miss my first group run - this coming Saturday, but it's for a good cause since I will be in Chicago preparing to do my first half marathon.

Beginning the following Saturday, I will meet up with them at the crack of dawn every Saturday to run, run, run!  I asked one of the guys how many miles the full marathoners will train up to and he said in the years past, it's 22, but that my mentor (one of the trainers) was commissioning for the group to push it to 30.  I am so not an over-achiever - the 22 will be just fine for me and then the 26.2 come marathon day.  There will be no need for 30, thank you very much.  I'm starting to get the idea that my mentor is a bit hard core!

Speaking of the Chevron Houston Marathon...registration is tomorrow!  Of course, as I have previously mentioned the powers that be decided to make it a lottery system this year, so I won't find out if I actually "won the lottery" so to speak until August 17th.  Yes, that's 3 whole weeks of waiting!  I will continue with the marathon training regardless of whether I make it into the Houston Marathon or not because my goal is to run a marathon (Houston would just have been ideal).  If I don't make Houston, I will seek out another one to run in the early part of next year.

***Don't forget to enter my Bobo's Oat bar giveaway that ends tomorrow at 9pm CST! 

Bobo's Oat Bars Giveaway!

This is kinda exciting.  I really do love me some Bobo's Oat Bars.  I may just be a little bit obsessed with them.  In case you don't know much about them, they are an all natural, wheat free, and vegan.  I blogged about Bobo's back in June and my post is linked below if you didn't catch it before.  So earlier today, I was curious if they had a Twitter account, but I didn't find them.  I went onto their Facebook page and noticed they newly opened up a Review Section, so I gave them 5 stars and wrote this:

I love a Bobo Oat Bar for breakfast - I have one practically every morning! Apricot is my fave flavor so far! I even blogged about them: http://kimpossible1977.blogspot.com/2010/06/oh-little-bit-of-this-and-that.html.


Next thing I know, I received an email notification that Bobo's Oat Bars was now following me on Twitter.  Well that made me happy, so I logged onto Twitter and decided to stalk...er...follow them, too.  Then they sent me a tweet that said this:

@Kimpossible1977 Thanks for the wonderful review on our Facebook. We are so happy that Bobo's are helping you fufil your goal! Keep it up!


Then they sent me a private tweet asking me for my mailing address so they could send me a few free bars in whatever flavors I so desired.  I picked out a few flavors I haven't tried yet and now I'm anxiously awaiting their arrival.

In honor of Bobo's Oat Bars generosity to me, I would like to have my first giveaway.  It's not much, but hey - it's a start!  If you would like to try Bobo's Oat Bars, I will send the lucky winner 3 bars (in one flavor) to enjoy.  Here's how you enter (note there are 5 different opportunities):

1 - Go to the Bobo's Oat Bar website and let me know what flavor sounds the yummiest to you.
2 - "Like" Bobo's Oat Bars on Facebook
3 - Become a Follower of this blog
4 - Tweet about this giveaway
5 - Blog about this giveaway

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each as the more ways you enter (up to 5), the greater chance you have of winning.

I will choose a random winner on Tuesday, 7/27, at 9pm CST.  Ready, set, and GO!

***Update:  I had some incorrect nutritional information on my blog post listed above - the information I provided was for 1/2 a Bobo's Oat Bar and not the full bar.  I apologize for the confusion - apparently I need to learn to read the food labels more carefully.