Race Day!

"Before"

TODAY'S THE DAY!!

Race begins at 8:00. Our wave is at 8:45.  There are 17 people signed up for Gang Green. We've got our hula skirts.tutus, white shirts, paint, ribbons, bandannas, and sunglasses. I'm all slicked up with sunblock. Now we're off to the races...This is the ultimate reward for all of the training and hard work theses past 2-3 months.

"After"

A few hours later...

OMG This was so much fun! There were 4 Color Bomb stations throughout the race. You were blasted with either powdered or liquid paint. At the halfway point was the Water Station where my parents had volunteered. They gave us water and then pelted us with paint.

Ness and I took about an hour to complete the race, so we were right on time with our training time. Others on our time, who'd run marathons before, were waiting for us at the Finish Line. After the race, we took a group photo, bought some shirts, and then headed to the new J's Place to celebrate. I also treated myself to my first Dr. Pepper since training began.

We also decided to...dare I say it?...we're gonna do this again!  I've already signed us up for the CMR race in Fresno, and a Kaiser 5K in October!

44 More Days

Another no run day. But this time, I have an excuse!! It was Open House night at my school. The night was spent wandering from classroom to classroom to see the art projects that my students had created this year.

Positivity: Buy something race related!  (Yay, shopping!!)

50 More Days

Tonight was my school's carnival. The theme was Surf's Up. I'd spent the last two weeks painting tikis and surfboards to help get decorations ready for the photo booth. So it was now time to see the finished products in action and to make our annual donation to the raffle.

Lo and behold!  I'm a winner!!  After 10 years of raffle tickets, one of our tickets was finally pulled!  $25 to Home Goods (or, thanks to the wonderfully non-working neon lights - Ho Gods)

I will call this a reward for all of the hard hard work I've put into this running.

69 More Days

YUM!!

So it's Sunday. We decided to try a change of scenery. Took our route to the Bike Path. We saw rabbits and squirrels and even an egret. Only one bicyclist was a jerk as he zipped past us all speedy-fast, telling us to "wake-up."  He could've moved over into the next lane instead of trying to pass two joggers in the same lane.  Whatever.

Ness misread the pedometer and we jogged ALOT less than we had been. LOL. 

After our run, we stopped by the Kaiser Permanente Farmer's Market for some fresh fruit.  Wound up buying 3 plants (Cherry tomato, senorita jalapeno and pepperoncini) and trying Okra Chips (OMG delicious!! Definitely getting some next weekend)  We're gonna try to make this our Sunday morning routine.

Steps: 3618

Distance: 1.712 Miles

Distance (jogging): .26 miles

71 More Days

Today, the Trainer says is a day to rest and not run.  Who am I to argue??  So as a reward for my first week of training, I am running to the theater to watch the newest Nicholas Sparks' film, The Lucky One. Yay!!

Temperatures are supposed to be in the 90s this weekend, our daily jogs are going to be in the morning before the heat wave comes in.   Early morning, and running. Blargh.   We'll see how that goes.