10K race this saturday.

Wow, has it really been 2 months since my last post? Life gets busy, what can I say....
I've been running, and of course working, being a full time mom/wife, etc.  So life's rather busy in the summer time.
We have a 10K race this Saturday.  It will be the first race my husband has ever run in.  I can't wait to run it WITH him.  After the 10K, there is a 1 mile family fun run, which we will run with the boys.  They are super excited. 
Then next week, we are taking the boys to six flags.  You know, I think there is something on our calendar for every week from now until August.  Wow!  It's Summer Time!  I LOVE summer!!!!!  It's my absolute favorite time of the year....quality family time in the sun! 
Hope you are all having a great summer yourself.  Later!

Relay for Life!

I had the most amazing time at Relay for Life last night....I just wish I would have thought to take some pictures! :-o

There were 1080 participants.  58 teams.  Total dollars raised for the Fight Against Cancer: $104,554.18!
Wow!!! 

I was on a team with a group of runners.  Something about runners, you build an instant friendship and commodore.  We all ran/walked together the whole night.  I did 26.33 miles!!!!!  Wow!!!!  I now KNOW I can do a FULL marathon!  I'm still in shock.  The only thing on me that even hurts is the balls of my feet.  Other than that, I feel pretty good...just don't ask me how I feel when I get out of bed tomorrow. LOL!

The wind was a battle all night.  Around 4am, they were taking down banners and packing things away.  Most of the campsites were packing things up and moving out also.  So around 4:45ish A.M., my handsome hubby picked me up (since he was working until 7am).  I rode around with him for a little bit, and then we went back to his work. I have a new respect for his line of work now.  Wow!  After he finally got off of work after 7AM, we found out there had been an accident and the hwy we take home was being blocked off for care flight. So we went to a local cafe and drank coffee and had breakfast.  Ahhh, just being together....just the two of us, reconnecting without the kids.  Bliss!  We got home and crawled in bed at 9:30am.  I had been up for 28 1/2 hours straight.  I crashed!  I woke up wide awake at 1:30 though.  So I got up, cleaned house, and am now sitting here at the computer to get caught up on reports (what I can before the boys get back around 4 or 5pm). 

It was an AMAZING night.  I made new friends, and found out they will be running some of the same upcoming races that I am planning to run! Yea!! So hopefully, for once, I'll have people to run with! :-) 
God is GOOD, ALL the time! 

Relay for Life!

Sorry I've been neglecting my blog lately.  :-(  My oldest son is in baseball, and it has rather consumed all of our free time lately. 

This Friday I am going to be doing the Relay for Life!  Can't wait.  It's such an amazing event, and I do it in honor of my grandfather (Papaw).  We lost him to cancer about 5 years ago.  He had cancer when I was little, and won that battle.  But later in life he got a different kind of cancer and he fought it hard, but it eventually spread to his bones and then his brain and he lost the battle.  Therefore, I do this Relay in honor of him, and to help other families to hopefully WIN their battle with cancer.  It's an emotion and fun night, and I can't wait. 

I am still running.  Love it!  I'm planning to do a 10K in June, and then I'm planning to run the Hottest Half in August.  Crazy I know, but "why not".  :-) 

Hope you are all sticking with your workouts, and reaching your goals!  Bikini season is almost here!  Yea!!!

website/cute tank tops....

I had received an email from one of my running newsletters, telling me about a website with super cute shirts and tanks.  http://www.cafepress.com/+exercise+womens-tank-tops?page=1

They have super cute stuff, for around $20-$23 each. 

Here are a few of my FAVORITES:  Love these!

(these first two reminded me of myself, and my dear friend Kate)





LOVE this one too!  Soooo true!




and this one made me immediately think of my sweet friend, Jenni:  :-)

Hate to admitt it....

I hate to admit it, but I was SO FREAKIN' SORE after the half-marathon on Saturday.  I've never been really sore after a half-marathon before.  Just a little tight, but nothing bad....  Am I just not in as good of shape as I was last year?  Or was it all of the hills and battling the horrible head-on winds?  I don't really know...I vote for the later. LOL!  :-)
That afternoon, my knee was so sore I could barely walk.  Then after we finally relaxed that evening, when I got up off of the couch to go to bed, my calves were screaming in pain! What?!?!  This has never happened before!  Then of course on Sunday morning when I got out of bed, I took one step and about fell down.  My calves were on serious protest!  LOL!  After walking around awhile, I was able to work some of the soreness out, but YAOUCH!   
Monday was much better. Not as sore, but still not fully energized.  I spent the day with my sweetie pie, and it was pure bliss!!!  (I love you baby!)
Finally, today, I'm feeling normal again.  Stephen had to work, so I did my college homework and quiz this morning, and just now finished running 5 miles. That felt GREAT!  No knee pain, thank the Lord!..and got a good sweat in. 
Some work just arrived, so I'm gonna shower and get busy on that before I gotta go get the munchkins. 
Later!   

Official Time:

Saturday's Race Results: (the results were posted by a different website than last year, and they didn't report your total place in your gender, or your overall place out of everyone. boo!) So I added the total up for overall and gender myself. :-) 
Gun Time: 1:58:45
Chip Time: 1:58:22
Age Class Position: 7 (out of 23..not bad)
Overall : 98 (out of 189) *I had to count/add up
Gender Place: 27 (out of 89 women) *I had to count/add up...
Pace: 9:02/M 

This same race, Last Year:
Half Marathon F 30-34
Gun Time: 01:59:30
Chip Time: 01:59:19
Class Position: 6
Overall: 65 (out of 149 people)
Gender Place: 19 (out of 70 women)
Pace 9:06/M

I did at least improve a little on my time from the year before.  So I am more than happy with that.  :-)

Next...

My husband asked me last night, which race I'll be running next.  I told him I wasn't sure.  I wasn't real crazy about the other half I ran last year. It was a long drive to get there, and it was mostly through this wooded park setting.  Lots of pollen/flower smells that choked you along the path, and not many people along the path to keep you encouraged...due to the wooded areas.  So I told him I just wasn't sure....
Then he announced that if I do a half during the summer, he'd do it with me!!!!  WHAT?!?!  Did I just hear him right? I'd actually have a running partner?!  I'm about to burst with excitement!!!!  YES!!!!!!  So I told him I'd even be kind enough to let him choose which summer half he wants to run, and we would do it together.  I can't wait!!!!!!! 
Can you tell I'm super-dooper-shmooper excited?! :-D