sorry! still basking in the warm weather we've had here the last few days....

NRR: work. M is moving in this weekend, so we've been going nuts with just arranging and rearranging stuff around the house to prep for his stuff. We've lined up his brother on the worthington end to help, and his friend Eric to help on the Sioux Falls end. Otherwise, normal work day I hope. Productive, I hope.

RR: did 4.67 last night with M. it was 3 of running and then 1.67 of mostly walking with some running. It was beautiful out. so we ran down to our falls park and ran along the river for part of it. this morning, did 3 miles of a warm up, then speed intervals then recovery. felt pretty good. My legs are trying to get used to the nike flex shoes I got. Meh so far. I like my former nike frees so much more. so I might revert to the old shoes. I just don't want to go off and buy another pair since I just got the flex. grrrrr.

back later!

po: great news Po! Praying that you keep recovering and that the cancer stays away from other locations! hugs!!

Morning!

RR: Nothing today. In addition to my run yesterday, we went on a little walk around the neighborhood after work. I wore P, so it was quite exhausting and a leg workout in just the short distance we walked.

NRR: Ugggh, going into summer with people sick and/or on vacation, we're losing time that we are allowed to be off the phones, which is super annoying! I hate the phones! I can't get anything done or at least not enough when I can't be off the phones. Well at least I only have to work three more days this week. I got a little more sleep last night but of course I'm still tired. DH is going out with a friend this evening so I have to navigate daycare pick up, dinner and bedtime on my own. That will be the first time I've had to do that with two kids. It was hard enough doing bedtime by myself with just A. I've already told DH he'll need to bring home some ice cream to make up for it.

lizo: I know the frustration of buying a new pair of shoes too soon after the last one! Hope the new ones end up working. Good luck preparing for M's move in.

PO: I'm so glad the cancer hasn't spread much and treatment should take care of it. I'm in the same boat of slow going to get back into running. Its nice to get back to it though, even if its still a struggle for me to run 2 miles.

Good Morning Girls! I've been MIA for the last nine days due to yucky work travel. I'm back finally. More anxious, stressed, and realized that our wedding is in less than a month! So many things to do and so little time..... Too many things going on but I'll post a brief update:

TriR: spinning last night plus ST with trainer. Tonight running 4 if the weather cooperates if not I'll spin again.

NTriR: Well I went to NC for work for 8 days, I will write more about work in FB in case there are any creeps reading.

Wedding Related: Almost here!! I need to make sure my mom comes this week. She needs her dress, we need to get my last dress fitting and make sure the veil matches, and buy a few extra items. I need a dress for Rehearsal Dinner, Post Wedding Brunch, and honeymoon. I have a shower this weekend, then an off weekend, then another shower, then wedding, then honeymoon, etc.  We finally bought the tix for honeymoon. We are flying into Munich, Germany, spending 5 days there doing Salzburg in Austria, Innsbruck in Austria, Newshanstein Castle, and touring Munich. Then we take train to Zurich and spend 5 days in Zurich including one night in the mountains. We spend one afternoon plus night in Madrid and we fly home. We need to figure out what we want to do in Zurich and finish all the bookings.

I felt so behind with wedding planning b/c I was totally gone for 8 days. So I'm back. Please update me on what's been going on in the running Diva world.

Back in a sec for personals.

Morning ladies!

RR. Nothing today! But my legs feel pretty good considering I ran a marathon 2 days ago. Walking seems to really help, so I've been doing that every day.

Race Report:

Everyone said how hard and hilly Big Sur was, but honestly, I thought it wouldn’t be as bad as they said. I train on hills, a LOT, so I felt that I would be prepared. But I’m not sure HOW anyone could be prepared for this! It wasn’t that the hills were long, steep or all that hard, but they were CONSTANT, especially in the second half. The never ending change in grade, plus the very steeply slanted road made for a tough time.

We ended up starting in the slowest wave, by accident, so that was a little funky because we spent a lot of time weaving around slower runners. The first several miles were easy, not too many hills and fresh legs. After waking up at 3am, taking an hour bus ride and standing around in the cold for another hour and a half, we were super happy to finally be RUNNING!

Big, big climb from miles 10-12, with a fierce headwind, but then after mile 13, it was constant rolling hills the rest of the way. Legs were very tired and sore the last 10 miles. I kept thinking it was too early in the race to be that sore and tired! But we took walk breaks as needed and it was fine. It didn’t take long to realize that any time goals I had set for myself weren’t going to happen, so I stopped worrying about pace completely. It was my friend’s first full and she did well, considering how hard it was! Chip time was 4:34, and I thought we’d be well under 4:30, so I was way off! But we did stop a lot for pictures, bathroom breaks and several walking breaks. We were super happy to be finished and totally spent the rest of the day eating and relaxing.

But the race was super awesome! So well organized, lots of entertainment along the course, which was great because there’s basically no crowd support since you’re out on a rural highway. But the live music and volunteers were awesome. They really put together an amazing event and I’d totally recommend it to anyone, as long as you’re running for the experience, not for a certain finishing time.

This is the only race I’ve ever stopped on the course to take pictures and enjoy the view. But it was worth it, because it’s so beautiful!

NRR. Back at it! We had such a great trip and weekend, it's hard to be back to working etc, but was so happy to be home with L and DH. I slept like a baby last night! Working on business stuff at home this morning, then working tonight. First Tuesday in AGES that I haven't ran with friends after work!

I got good news yesterday.... I GOT A NEW JOB! It's the one I interviewed for last week! I'll be working part time as an office manager for an acupuncturist! Super excited as it's a great position, good pay and good schedule. I go in Thursday for orientation and then start next week. My chiro office asked me if I could work an extra week, and I was so happy to say NO!

I just saw that the weather forecast for my marathon on Sunday is sunny with a high of 82...  AHHH.  I have only run in more than 60s like twice this year!

MA and Lucy: We need a meet baby C weekend!!!!!