At work, they started a "Culture of Health" program last year, which although a bit cheesy, is also awesome. I actually used their meal planning program to get started last year, and we get small incentives to complete health assessments, etc. throughout the year. For the holidays, they did a "Maintain, Don't Gain" program, where we weighed in at the beginning of November and were challenged to maintain our weight within one pound (or lose weight) through the holidays. Anyway, I was worried I wouldn't make it since I had put on some weight in November, but luckily I weighed in a pound below my starting weight, so yay for a free $25 gift card!
I'm really thankful that they are starting to promote health programs a little more - maybe they'll start subsidizing race entry fees soon? Probably wishful thinking :) Although our employee network does do a bit of that for the local Beaumont marathon/half/5k in March, so that's better than nothing!
Which reminds me about another race coming up in the next few months - the Texas Independence Relay. After my marathon in February, the TIR will be at the end of March, where I'll be part of a 10-12 person team running a 200 mile relay from Gonzales, TX to Baytown (near Houston).
We're having a team meeting tomorrow to work out all of the details, but basically we will all run 3-4 legs of the race, which will all be various lengths (3-8 miles). The relay starts Saturday and you run all through the night and then finish Sunday afternoon (the team van follows you along the way). It will definitely be a different type of experience and I think it will be really fun!
Time to do the dishes, watch some Netflix and get to bed. Anyone liking the new blog layout/design? I'm not sure if I love it, but the previous one was pretty lame, so it's an upgrade!
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