Run, Run, Run

This past weekend was great. I ran 2 races, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. I finished the one on Saturday morning in 31 minutes, which I am proud of. There were several hills, which I truly suck at, so to still pull off a 10 minute mile was impressive to me. I was very satisfied! Oh, I also used a port-a-potty for the first time ever at this race!

It was held on the campus of Christian Brothers University and I walked around that campus for about 20 minutes before I realized that all the doors were locked and there was nothing but the port-a-john! Ewww! Luckily for me it had not been used yet that morning. But, it was obviously not a NEW port-a-potty so it was still disgusting.

The race Sunday was not as successful for me, but Kayla finished 2nd in our age group. It kind of irritated me because I would have finished right next to her, but I got sick half way through the race. It was over 80 degrees and half of the track was through a neighborhood where they had just paved the streets in. You could feel the heat radiating from the freshly paved black top and it was awful. I got sick on the actual track. Maybe if I didn't drink that glass of milk before I went to the race I could have finished 1st or 3rd next to my friend. It disappointed me so much!!! Next year I will place in that race.

Saturday night we went to eat sushi! ummmmm Eel roll! I tried sake for the first time! I ordered it and the waiter (no lie) says, "Oh, this will be funny!" Can you believe that? HAHAHA It was funny though. They brought me a tiny cup and a carafe of sake. It was so pretty. When you drink sake you get the burn from it being boiling hot liquid. Then, the burn from it being alcohol. I don't know if I would ever order it again, but I am definitely glad I had the experience.

I did not get a chance to finish up the last of the stuff for the party. I will have to be scrambling this week to get those little things done. Tonight is my husband's actual birthday so I get to give him his present! WHOO HOO!

Weekend Plans

Just an update on yesterday's run with my friend.... It was pretty good. We went at a faster pace than I usually go but I was able to keep up and do just fine. There are slight hills on the track we were at and I really have not trained on hills. But, it was a good work out. I had a great time and I am pumped up for our runs this weekend. Whoo Hoo!

In addition to running 5 miles last night, I also spent a couple of hours trying to get a picture of my husband's car so that we can make a poster of it for his birthday. I didn't realize that we are later in the year and it gets dark earlier. So, when we finished up running at 7:00pm I thought I would have time to switch cars with him and get a couple of good pictures of his car as the sun was going down. Unfortunately, it was already dark by the time I went to get his car. That left me scrambling for lighted parking lots! I may have a couple of decent pictures but I don't know if they are going to be of quality to blow up. We'll see.

I am actually off work this weekend! I have a race planned Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. I am also going to finish up the plans/decorations for my husband's (and 2 other friends') 30th birthday party. He has not even found something to wear yet! I am also debating on whether or not to get some of those scene scapes that have become so popular in the past couple of years. I just want to make sure that we have plenty of atmosphere, or whatever you call it.

I hope everybody has a great weekend! We are supposed to have great weather so everyone needs to get out and enjoy it!

Memphis Turkey Trot

Me: Want to do the Turkey Trot this
year?

Steph: What's a Turkey Trot?

Me: A 5k on Thanksgiving morning. You get a free
t-shirt and a pumpkin pie!

Steph: Oh yeah! I'm there! How do we register?

Me: Go to http://memphisturkeytrot.racesonline.com/
Oh, sorry it is 4 miles... that still OK? If you don't want to do 4 miles we can
do the Turkey Leg Relay, which is shorter.

Steph: Hell no! It's worth the extra mile for the
pie!

Me: Yep, then we can go home and eat turkey &
dressing and choco cake. I love choco cake!

That's right. I am obligated to another run. That keeps me obligated through the end of the year. Maybe I will take January off! I am glad because I get do frustrated sometimes. I went running Friday afternoon and I could not make it to the end of the street. I ended up going out to eat with friends instead of exercising. Then, Saturday, I ate anything and everything. I told my husband that I thought I was done with it all. Seemed like I had lost my wind and the appeal was gone.

But Sunday at work we had a "team building" scavenger hunt on the car lot. Everybody was running from one end of the lot to the other trying to find the right cars and everybody was so out of breath. But not me! My team lost, but still. I didn't die and I didn't feel like I needed to go home. It got my blood flowing!

Sunday night when we came home, I went running while he cooked dinner. I ran 3 miles without stopping. I walked some and then ran again. I walked some on the last (4th) mile but not much. I was so proud of myself! The last 3 times I went running really really sucked and then I run farther than I ever have without walking in between.

If I can stay motivated for the next few months I will feel like I made a lifestyle change rather than just on a diet or something that I was not able to stick with.


Oh yeah, and anyone who wants to do the Memphis Turkey Trot with us let me know! You can click the link above to find out more about it. Whoo Hoo!

Up & Out!

http://www.chickfila5k.com/

I thought I would include the link for the 5K I am running in September so that if you are interested you can find out about it and come out and run too, if ya want. This is really making me nervous. I know that I can finish the race with no problem, but I want to be jogging the whole way and it just doesn't look like it is going to happen. I tend to psych myself UP for something and in the process, I freak myself OUT. I am so excited, but my desire to do everything right really messes things up. I was able to jog half my route without stopping the other day and I was so excited that I almost cried!! I know that everybody is tired of me talking about this but, unfortunately, until September, it is all I will be thinking about so we all just have to deal with it!

Something else that I am scrambling to get everything together for is a big 30th birthday party. My husband turns 30 in October and I have been planning his party for at least a year now. Since I have been planning it, 2 other friends have let me know that they are turning 30 the same month. I have a couple of things for him that I think are really going to be awesome, but I need to start getting the decorations. That stuff is usually the most expensive part of the party! Which is just crazy. This year the theme is goth or death or something to that effect since these people are that much closer to death. HAHA It is a stretch but I did not want to have an "old people" party and have people come to the house in diapers or something!

One of the Dirty 30 is a girl. I have no problem coming up with party favors and nick knack things for the guys but for her, I just have not found anything. If anybody has any ideas please let me know! I really need to get working on this party so that I can really make it good.