Ditto on everything Aggie_ama and Syndirelah said

Susan - YOU GO GIRL ! !
Is this your first one?

Yellow - I am going to look up that cami - I just find any sports bra too hot and annoying to wear in the summer. I did however find some inexpensive ones made by danskin - they are actually comfortable and not too warm - I wear them anytime I can get away w/ it (neckline makes the difference)

Lap counting I did buy an inexpensive lap counter - works great if you have the presence of mind to click it. Another trick I use is to take a set number of rubber bands on my fingers. I transfer them from one hand to another every lap so if 8 laps make a mile I will take 4 bands. Hopefully the miles aren't to hard too track - your time should be able to tell you that. and anyway I don't do enough to get confused

Now for MY NEWS I did it ! ! ! ! happy dance, happy dance whoo hoo.
I did the longest run of my life last night. It was on the treadmill but in my world that counts. I did the full 7 miles and didn't do any walking (except for about 3 steps when the treadmill unexpectedly quit at 60 min.)

I decided going into it I was only going to run a 12:30 mile. I have learned it really is a mind game. Starting out I thought "I will run 2.3 on the treadmill, 2.3 on the track and then 2.3 back on the treadmill - I can easily run 2.3 miles." When 2.3 came I thought "I am doing fine I will do 3" and that is how it went - I took it by songs, 12:30 minutes, daydreaming etc etc etc

I was able to carry on a conversation w/ decent sentences at varying times in the run. My HR average was 157 which is good for me. AND I was able to bump up the last .5 mile to an 11:30 mile. I wasn't exhausted when I was done - I felt like I could have kept going.

This was a huge break through for me - The 1/2 mary actually feels like something w/i my reach now.

I still can't say I like to run but I can say I don't dread it as much