Randal Wallace

Every year the city of Myrtle Beach goes through the budget cycle figuring up what we can and can not do and how we are to allocate money. This year will be the toughest in the time I have been on council. The City has had to make tough calls in the services and other things that had to be cut or toned down. In the end, I think it is a testament to the sound financial management of the city under Manager Tom Leath and the City Budget Director Mike Shelton that the situation is as good as it is.

If all stays as it is, the current level of service will stay as it is, with no new things added. In order to make this happen we have to say no pay plan increases, suspend the 3% merit pay, hold health insurance premiums at the previous level, and  suspend the educational reimbursement program. However, we have not made any cutbacks to current positions, no job losses.

We will not be filling 14 vacant positions, lengthening our mowing and ground’s maintenance schedules due to doing it in house, our Myrtle’s Market Farmer’s market will be privatized, and we will not be having the July 4th event at the Baseball stadium this year. We will also be keeping our Capital improvement projects to a minimum this year. We will only be doing the basic items to our existing parks and recreation and tourism facilities.

There will be some minor fee increases in instructional and recreational programs. A rise in the storm water fee of .75 cents and a 5% increase in solid waste. The millage rate will be 57.1 for operations and a 7.3 mills for debt service. All in all I think it is not to bad considering the size of the worldwide economic slowdown.

I think I am proudest of how well the city finances were run during the big boom years. It was this sound conservative management that has led us to being able to weather this storm  as well as we have. This speaks to the sound judgement of planning for a downturn that always eventually happens. That is the nature of economics, it runs in cycles, and by good budgeting, when times are good you can stay in front of things when times get tough. We shall see what happens as you know things are always subject to change before second reading.

For the Record the title was lifted from Mike Shelton’s Budget Presentation at Pinapolis.

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This visit to Washington D.C. I felt was one of the most fruitful I have been able to attend despite the hard times. I was able to have extended meetings with our Congressman Henry Brown and with Senator Lindsay Graham’ s staff. Senator Graham did come in and talk briefly.

The meeting with Congressman Brown was very good. Though all the news was not good. Due to a moritorium on earmarks on the enitre Republican caucus many of the projects that Congressman Brown has worked so tirelessly for may not get funded this year. I could tell he was very frustrated by the situation. Luckily the U.S Senate is not hamstrung by this at the moment and I feel like Senator Graham will try very hard to keep these things in the pipeline.

We did talk at length about the pool enclosure situation that FEMA is pushing on us. Congressman Brown was trying to push through language that would allow them in the winter but it has been an uphill fight. I got the same kind of reaction from Senator Graham. So it has become a basic wait and see kind of  thing. I do not think the FEMA people realize what  handcuffs this can be to us in the winter time.

I thanked Congressman Brown for all he has done for our area. I have heard some people talking about the congressman now that it is campaign time. Well I can attest that no one has worked as hard for us as Congressman Brown. It was sad to think this would be our last meeting in D.C. However he let me know that Horry County has not heard the last of Henry Brown and I am glad to hear  he intends to stay involved with us in Horry County.

I had the opportunity to talk to some FEMA representatives at a disaster workshop.  We had a long talk that was joined by the Mayor of Folly Beach, I do not know whether it will bear fruit but we shall see. That is one of the benefits of the National League of Cities events you get help from people in other cities who are in the same boat so to speak. The help from other leaders has happened to me before. When I was working to get the NLC to lobby for Beach Re-nourishment as part of its policy I received a great deal of help from Mayor Bobby Horton of West Columbia S.C. and Walter Parker of Tybee Island GA. We were able to get that language through the NLC Energy , Environment and Natural Resources Committee.

That is the committee that I now serve on the steering committee. That has been a real eye opening experience. I have learned more on a wide array of issues than I ever thought I would know. We have worked with some of the leading experts in a number of fields in the world.  A number of the issues pertaining to sustainability are a part of the comprehensive plan we are now working with locally in Myrtle Beach. I’ve learned to appreciate our planning department better after serving on this committee because Jack Walker is such a leader in this area.

Finally, I learned a very valuable personal lesson on this trip. It is the kindness of strangers that is still very prevalent in this country. While walking down the street in the middle of my last afternoon, after checking out of my hotel, I tripped and fell on the sidewalk. I cracked my head good on the sidewalk, ripped up my sports coat and blackened up my eye. I really looked pretty bad when I stumbled into the Newseum.

They called EMS.

The staff could not have done more to take care of me. Caprecia Alston took me down to a first aid room and called EMS. Nate Turner stood over me and got me some water while we waited on EMS to get there and Kim Clarke sat with me and kept me laughing through the entire experience. I hung around there for a while because I decided not to go to the hospital, which was not wise I might add, and they really looked after me at the Newseum and I want to say a very special thank you to them.

The same is true of the EMS workers in Washington and the people at the hotel and airline. The Taxi driver even toted my bags to the door at the airport (they usually just pull them out the trunk) I truly was treated very kindly and it surely renewed my belief in the basic goodness of people. I would add this is also true of our own Myrtle Beach EMS workers who in an unrelated medical issue rushed to take care of me a week before this happened.  So let me just say thank you to all of the people involved.

While all the news was not good in these tough times I think we have two great champions in Henry Brown and Lindsay Graham working on our behalf and I certainly did every thing I could to let them know what our problems were.  I also think a thank you needs to be said to Representative Jim Clyburn who has also worked hard for us even though we are not in his district. His staff has bent over backwards to listen to our needs when I met with them.  That covers my two trips representing the city.

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I recently had the honor to represent the city on two different trips. I traveled with the Chamber of Commerce on a trip to Toronto , Canada and then I represented the City at the National League of Cities trip to Washington DC. I thought these were both very productive trips for the city.

On the trip to Toronto,  I  was part of a large group that was promoting Myrtle Beach and Horry County. Our airport recently added flights directly to Toronto on Porter Air and  to Niagara Falls on Direct Air. These are two great opportunities to tap into this heavily populated area around Buffalo NY and Toronto . While we have reached out to these areas for years the Chamber has made a renewed effort in recent days and the addition of these two airlines will be a big help.

We were hosted by the United States Consul General to Canada for a reception. He invited various travel operators and Chamber members from around the Toronto area including our sister city Burlington Ontario. This was an extraordinary event and I commend the Chamber of Commerce folks who put this together. It is great to know we have these folks working so hard on our behalf.

I think that one event will pay huge dividends because it shows how important the Canadian market is to us, as not only a city , but as a country to have our Consul General involved in promoting our area. The Canadians in attendance were very excited at the prospects of coming to Myrtle Beach. I even had a new property owner asking for advice on what to do and where to go when he brings his family down for the first time.

The relationship to Canada is a special one for me because I have entire side of my family that is Canadian, a Step Dad and all of his family. They stretch from Toronto to Ottawa to out west in Saskatoon, Edmonton and British Columbia. I have actually been able to travel out west and it is an extraordinary place to see.  From  Banff, to Frank’s slide, to Smashed in Head Buffalo Jump western Canada is breathtakingly scenic.

The second day of our trip was very special  because it was a chance to renew our relationship with our sister city Burlington. Their Mayor Cam Jackson met us at the Toronto Star Golf and Travel Show to cut the ribbon on the Myrtle Beach area booth. He showed up with reporters in tow and Mayor Rhodes and Mayor Jackson hit it right off. The visit received a lot of local press because of the Sister City connection.  I think we will see many more opportunities to renew this relationship after all the talking the two of them did.

Mayor Rhodes really does do a fantastic job in these situations as an ambassador for the City of Myrtle Beach. I will give him credit for that talent. It is something I wish all the citizens of Myrtle Beach could see. We also had another luncheon in Niagara Falls with there travel operators. This was yet another venue in which Mayor Rhodes shined as he invited these folks to come to Myrtle Beach.

In both areas the interest in Myrtle Beach was very high and I feel like this was an enormously successful trip promoting and more importantly getting to know the Canadian and New York travel operators and promoters. Tourism promotion is just like every other area of life it is built on relationships that is why these promotional opportunities are so important.

I would be remiss to not mention the efforts and work of Horry County Council Chairman Liz Gilland. This was most likely the last trip I will be taking with her since she will be retiring from public office in January. Ms Gilland has traveled a few miles for the county and I have been with her a few times. She has always been an outstanding representative for all of Horry County. She will be missed and I feel like she has done a lot to get Horry County to the level it is today in many areas especially tourism promotion and I wish her well.

I also want to brag on our home grown airline Direct Air. I have been impressed with the job they do not only as an airline but also as an active member of our community. I expect great things from them. They have really contributed to the promotion of Myrtle Beach as a fun affordable vacation destination all over the Northeast epecially in the Niagara Falls area.

I think we are going to see a lot more Canadians in our area in the near future and I might add, a few of us ought to fly up there. If you have never seen Niagara Falls or spent time in Toronto it is well worth the trip.

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In the past few weeks a small debate has raged in Congress over a bill signed on to by 14 Republican Congressman. The Bill asks for the removal of President and General Ulysses S. Grant from the $50.00 dollar bill and replacing him with President Ronald Reagan. This has me in the strange position of having two of the men in history I most admire pitted against each other . In the end,  it is not a tough call. President Grant should stay.

Ronald Reagan was one of the nation’s greatest Presidents, in my opinion. He led a movement to shrink the size of government, strengthen our national defense, restore freedom around the world and bring pride back to a hurting nation. Ronald Reagan’s belief in “Peace through Strength” led to a military build up the Soviet Union could not match financially and ,within a year of leaving office, saw the Berlin Wall come down and eventually the fall of the Soviet Union itself.

Ronald Reagan restored a badly wounded nation’s pride and confidence. He had a steadfast belief in the greatness of the country, that it was a “Shining City on a Hill”.  The U.S.A. needed that uplifting presence at that time in its history. As a nation, we had lived through the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a bloody war in Vietnam, President Johnson’s withdrawal from office, a huge political scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon, and the Iranian hostage situation that defeated President Jimmy Carter.  Ronald Reagan changed the nation’s downward spiral and  many have thought  he was only man who could.  He has had a D.C downtown  airport , federal building  and countless other things  named in his honor.  He has become the most popular man of the last half of the 20th century.

Ulysses S. Grant was easily the most popular man of the 19th century by his own contemporaries. He stood as the central political figure in the United States for over 20 years. He was the general to whom Lincoln could finally turn to win the Civil War. After President Lincoln’s assassination, the country fell into a leaderless despair and Grant was the only man who could fill the void.

General Grant’s finest hours are the ones for which he receives very little credit. His position of leadership from 1865 to his death in 1885 was still a time of  deep division in the country.  While his Presidency has been derided and called a failure due to scandals that he was never a part of himself,  it is often overlooked that he alone was the only person with the moral authority to lead the nation during this time of extraordinary crisis .

The country had lived through an enormously bloody Civil War, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, a feud between the U. S.  Congress and the President that led to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, the freeing of thousands of people and an entire region of the country, the South, that was in ruin and under military occupation. The only person in the country that had the respect and stature to bring things together  and lead us out  of  the turmoil was General Ulysses Grant.

As President, he fought for and signed the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. That guaranteed the right to vote to all of the freedman. While that amendment would be thwarted for another 100 years in the South, its intent was to give African Americans the full benefits of American life. President Grant was the last champion of civil rights to reside in the White House until Harry Truman.

These 14 congressman, in an attempt to honor one of our great presidents of the 20th century, actually will resurrect an appreciation for one of the great men of the 19th century. The nation may soon truly recognize the legacy of this extraordinary, unassuming man, who rose from obscurity to lead , first a great army to the victory that saved the Union, and then held that nation together at one of its most vulnerable moments. To those people, the citizens of the United States alive at the time, Ulysses S. Grant was the only man who could.

An achievement worthy of his  SECURE place on the

$50.00 dollar bill.

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The news that Representative Thad Viers will not be running for Congress is not good news for Horry County. The upcoming election for the 1st Congressional seat will be without a doubt the most important race for our area. We are about to lose one of the best friends in Congress Horry County has ever had in Henry Brown.

Henry Brown has worked tirelessly on our behalf for the past decade. On issues of vital importance  from I-73,  Beach Renourishment and getting the stormwater pipes off the beach to our new airport terminal and a potential trade center.  Henry Brown has been at the forefront of , along with our Senator Lindsay Graham, all of them. It is a time when the first district needs someone at the helm that has ALL of us in mind. The way Henry Brown has always worked,  this fall I-73 itself could be at stake.

We need a congressman that understands that you have to have “Common Sense Conservatism” in mind when you are up in Washington fighting for our best interest. That means telling the difference between pork, and a good needed project of vital importance to our state and region. What is good for the first district is good for the entire state. The coastal region, from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, is the tourism magnet for South Carolina. Tourism is now the number one industry for all of South Carolina. Since Henry Brown has been in congress we have had a leader that understands that. Thad Viers understood that, I am not so sure I believe that Paul Thurmond, Carroll Campbell III, Tim Scott or any of the other potential candidates understands it.

I am very concerned that our next congressman fights to help our tourism based economy by working with Senator Lindsay Graham to get the funding for the various projects we need to continue to bring people to the area and have them spend money. That, after all, provides jobs and stimulates the economy. That is what we send these guys to Washington to do, look out for the people they represent while also protecting the nation from harm.

We need to elect someone to congress that understands our needs but also understands the precarious condition of our federal government with its current lack of self discipline fiscally. It sounds great to attack projects in districts and ear marks but the truth is that is a miniscule portion of the federal government. The real thing that needs to be brought under control is Federal entitlement programs and all of congress is scared to say it.  So scared ,in fact, that they are spending us into a hole that may put us into third world status and cripple our children’s ability to pay the debt. IE: a financial collapse.

We need leadership that understands the difference between what sounds good on the trail, and what needs to be done in reality, to truly bring fiscal sanity back to our country.  I think there is a big difference between an I-73 and a cowgirl museum. There is also a big diference between earmarks that make up less than 5 % of the Federal budget, and interest payments and entitlement programs that are ballooning to way over half. It is a scary time in our nations history.

We need leadership and I had hopes that we had a candidate who would go to Washington and fill the giant shoes we need filling in the 1st district. I am now concerned about the future of the district as well as the entire country. Please choose wisely this fall it will be important!

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On a very cold day last week, I went with DRC director David Seebok on a tour of the Boardwalk construction. I was very happy and excited about what I saw. It is coming along very well. Sections on the north end are already walkable. It will be a narrow section from just north of Plyler park to the Pier 14 restaurant. (Which has great food!!)  The area south of that are also well on the way, but not as near to being done. The large center section in front of the old Pavilion site and the south end look great though.

A lot of thanks should go to David Seebok, Nicole Desantos, and Corey Brett for all the hours of hard work they have put into making the project a reality. The entire board both past and present have really done a remarkable job of championing the cause through years of hard work.

The Boardwalk will be a new beginning for our historic district downtown. In a tourism town such as ours you have to be constantly reinventing yourself in order to stay in front of your competition. You need new attractions to keep people coming back year after year. This is  the reason you are constantly seeing Orlando coming up with something new, and why It is important that Myrtle Beach is always coming up with new concepts. We have seen it with new Ripley’s attractions, the Slingshot, Freestyle Park, Market Commons and the like. Always coming up with something new for people to go to when they come back, hopefully year after year. I believe this attraction will be in league of its own because it will take advantage of the main attraction Myrtle Beach has, the Ocean Front. We have not always used the beach to our advantage.

As I write this there is only a short list of Restaurants that front on the Ocean. Outside of the actual hotels there is very little ocean front attractions for people to take advantage of while here. That will change with the Boardwalk. The historic district will now have the opportunity to take advantage of its great location with a series of boardwalk oceanfront cafes and bars. The different merchants will be able to draw people in as they stroll along the ocean front and,I believe, you will see a reemergence of the family wandering around Ocean Boulevard. The opportunities are truly limitless.

I look forward to working on making the Boardwalk into a central destination point. One that may redefine the image of Myrtle Beach and, I hope to see the merchants down there thrive again.  It truly will be a new beginning for the entire area downtown. If you get a chance ride down sometime and take a look at the work as it is being done. I am sure you will catch the excitement as I did, even if it is REALLY COLD.

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I was stunned last week when I learned of the impending retirement of Congressman Henry Brown. The general public has no idea what a loss this will be to our area. Henry Brown has been an extraordinary congressman for our area. All the while doing the job and getting results without the need to court T.V cameras all the time. He has lived up to the name “The Workhorse”

I know from experience the job he has done for the first district and for Myrtle Beach in particular. Every year I go to Washington D.C. to lobby congressman Brown and others for the needs of our city and area. We would discuss beach renourishment, ocean outfall projects, and I-73.  I also would attend the National League of Cities meeting where I serve on the steering committee for the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources committee.

My first year in office, I attended a workshop on how to effectively lobby your member of Congress. The entire class was about how your congressman will do just about anything not to have to talk in detail to you about your issue. They want to get you in and out of their office as fast as they can figure out how to do it. They also do not want to get stuck promising you anything.

So I walked over to Congressman Brown’s office armed with my new knowledge.  I knew not to ask about his wife , Billie, I knew not to let him talk about the pictures on the wall, not to allow staff to interrupt constantly. To get right down to business and get to the point.

I stepped into the front office and what do I hear with a thick Berkeley County accent. “Randal! Come on back!” Before I could ask a single question Congressman Brown goes through every issue I had without a note and without staff present to tell him anything. He had funding for this issue, he knew about that issue and of coarse he filled me in on I-73. It was amazing and before you knew it I asked “How is Ms. Billie”

He knew what I was there for and what I needed before I could even ask the question. That was Henry Brown. He also knew me and how interested I am in government. On another trip, I was whisked away to the capital itself. Through all the security and on the train. He let me stand outside the Chamber as he went into vote. I stood right by the door as Congressman after congressman walked into the chamber. He then took me upstairs and let me watch as a new congressman was sworn into office. Then off to a congressional reception we went and he introduced me to his colleagues. I have listened to others talk about how there congressman brushes them off. Not Henry Brown! I left Washington D.C. wide eyed and impressed with how great our country really is and more than a little impressed with OUR congressman Henry Brown.

Congressman Brown got the job done. He made sure we knew that Myrtle Beach and Horry County were priorities with him. He also made sure that ALL of his constituents knew that they were priorities as well. His office has helped thousands of residents in the first district with the help they needed in dealing with the Federal government.

The loss of Henry Brown as our congressman can not be overstated. It is vitally important that we elect someone that will take Myrtle Beach and Horry counties needs to heart, that will fight for us as well as all the district. Fight for us as Henry Brown has done. After looking at the entire field of potential candidates I already know who I think we should send up to Washington to fight for us.

Horry County’s own Representative Thad Viers I think would be the best choice. So if you see him I hope you will encourage him to run.

However, no matter who it is that steps into this void in the first congressional district. I have no doubt it will be a long time before we stop hearing ” Who ever is pretty good up there  BUT he is NO  Henry Brown”

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Next week begins my third term on city council. We have some daunting tasks to tackle in tough times in 2010. However, I still think this is an exciting time to be here working for you. I think what we are doing right now will lay the foundation for a very prosperous future in our community.

The results so far for the 1% tourism development fee are promising. Harrelson Boulevard is 14 to 18 months away. The new airport terminal is now on the way to reality. The Boardwalk is under construction and on time for a May opening. Things are happening all around us in Myrtle Beach.

As all of this is coming together I believe we need to aggressively address a couple of things this year.  We need to work to have a transportation system that will work well and on time. We as a city already help with large amounts of funding but we need to reach out to the Transit Authority to make it a success inside the city. We do not need gridlock. We need to be able to move people from the airport to the hotels and around town with out major delay and in a fashion that is reliable.

Perhaps establishing routes based off of Highway 17 is an idea that will work. This way you do not interfere with the traffic on Ocean Boulevard in the retail areas. I am not a traffic engineer but I can not help but think that there are solutions that will work and we do not need to over complicate  it. We do need to make improving transportation, getting the system in place, the bugs worked out , and ready to go so that when all the other things have come together it does not hold up progress.

We also need to continue to work to improve our relationship with Horry County Government. I am proud of the work I have done in this area and want to do more. I think a great example of how far we have moved is the new potential Aviation Business Park. City Council, County Council and both staffs have worked to make this a project with enormous benefit to all. We hope to be able to take advantage of the new Boeing operation that will be in the Charleston area soon. This is the best chance we have had during my tenure to diversify the economy and bring in new industry.

Years ago , Partners Economic Development Corporation conducted a targeted industry study. In it the airport was listed as one of Horry County’s most important economic resources. The aviation industry was the number one industry listed for us to go after. This I think is the first step in following the targeted industry study given to us so many years ago.  Our runway at the airport is actually an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle. It is an enormous asset and one we need to come together with county government to take advantage of and I look forward to working with them in the future on it.

2010 is a year that has many challenges for us but also many opportunities. We have a chance for major new industry, developing a good transit system, improving our neighborhoods (especially historic Whithers Swash), and growing our market share in our lead industry tourism. These are just a few of the priorities we have in the coming year to work on. We just need to come together as a united city and county to work to get it done.

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A recent letter going into the SUN NEWS.

Dear Editor,

Amid all the fervor over climate change and the debate about what to do, many on the far right in our state have focused their attacks on U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, as if he caused this.

For my part, I want to say thank you to Senator Graham for offering to help strike a compromise.

Without his participation, an energy bill stands little chance of passing.

If you think that is a good thing, think again.

As a member of the Energy , Environment and Natural Resources Committee of the National League of Cities. I have spent countless hours studying these issues.

This week the EPA ruled that carbon emissions are harmful to public health, which means if congress does not pass a bill this year, the administration will unleash the EPA on American business with a vengeance much worse than any legislation negotiated in the Senate.

We need a climate bill to protect our economy from the EPA and Senator Graham seems to be the one of the only Republicans willing to do something about it, which is probably why he has the support of the U.S . Chamber of Commerce and other organizations who understand that sometimes you have to take the best deal you can get.

As for cap-and-trade, Senator Graham has stated flatly the he will not support the Kerry-Boxer bill.

He seems to realize that, while any passable proposal must successfully tackle the issue of carbon emissions, it must also be transparent, easy to administer, and resistant to manipulation. Cap-and-trade , as it has been proposed, simply does not meet those criteria.

Senator Graham is trying to make the best of a bad situation before it gets much worse and I applaud him for his efforts.

Randal Wallace

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I thought some of you might find it interesting, or amusing , to see the schedule I have been put on to get me ready for the 5k run in February. It is painful. I used to jog a lot and I am hoping to get back in that shape. That is the goal any way.

Week 1    Nov 30 - Dec 6

6 days, walk 1 minute , run 1 minute for 30 minutes

Week 2   Dec 7 - Dec 13

6 days ,  walk 1 minute,  run 1 minute for 40 minutes

Week 3    Dec 14 - Dec 20

6 days , walk 1 minute,   run 2 minutes for 30 minutes

week 4   Dec 21 - Dec 27

6 days,  walk 1 minute,  run 2 minutes for 40 minutes

Week 5   Dec 28 - Jan 3

6 days,  walk 1 minute,  run 3 minutes for 35 minutes

Week 6  Jan 4 - Jan 10

6 days , walk 1 minute,  run 3 minutes for 45 minutes

Week 7   Jan 11 - Jan 17

6 days,  Run 11 minutes, then walk 2 minutes,  then run another 9 minutes, then walk 2 minutes,  then run another 8 minutes

Week 8   Jan 18 - Jan 24

6 days Run 11 minutes, then walk 1 minute, then run 9 minutes, then walk 1 minute, then run 8 minutes

Week 9  Jan 25 - Jan 31

6 days, Run 14 minutes, walk 2 minutes, run 14 minutes , then walk 2 minutes

Week 10  Feb 1 - Feb 8

6 days , Run 20 minutes, then walk 2 minutes, then run 12 minutes

Week 11  RACE WEEK    Feb 8 - 11

6 days Run 20 minutes Monday - Wednesday    Rest Thursday

5k on Friday!!!

Drink 10 glasses of water a day, cut out bread, fried foods, no sugar, no soda’s and eat lots of fruit and vegetables.

That diet thing will be the hard part!!!

WOW!

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