Sunday, February 24, 2008

Cowtown Half Marathon!!!




Well, I finally did it...I ran in the half marathon in Forth Worth Texas! I made a goal before Connor was born to run in the Austin half marathon in February, but since it sold out quickly my sister-in-law, Emily, and I registered for the one in Forth Worth! It was one weekend after the Austin marathon, which was nice to get one extra training week in....the only draw back was the higher elevation brought a little colder weather. We ran at 7:30am Saturday morning and the temperature didn't rise above 38 degrees til much later after our race. Luckily, Emily and I were able to run together the entire race! It helps so much to have each other for constant motivation. Mac, Darrin, and Connor were right there with us, well more like with us at the 7mi, 10mi, and finish line cheering us on! They were so great! We felt so good afterwards that we're pretty determined to do it again sometime. Oh and in case you're wondering our chip time was 2:09:46 That is a 9:54 min/mile. Our goal was to do 10 min miles, so we met our goal!!! Whoohoo....way to go Em!!!

pics to come!

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

ABC's Of Me

ABC's Of Me
I was tagged by my sister Sheila... You know technically I think you can only tag one person at a time Sheila, but I'll do it anyway!

A- Attached or single: attached
B- Best Friend: Mac is a given, but long time best friend is Hannah
C-Cake or Pie: Chocolate Cake! or Strawberry Rhubarb Pie!
D-Day of Choice: Saturdays, Mac doesn't have any meetings!
E- Essential Item: running shoes, my race is in 10 days...yikes.
F- Favorite Color: usually blue
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: ooh the cinammon gummi bears
H- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
I- Indulgence(s):chocolate and clothes
J- January or July: January was quite nice here in Texas, but July anywhere else
K-Kids: 1 happy smiley little boy
L-Life is incomplete without: my family
M- Marriage Date: April 8, 2006
N- Number of Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister- I'm the youngest
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges-
P- Phobias or Fears: SPIDERS-you can ask anyone who knows me
Q- Quote: hmm...can't think of one right now
R- Reason To Smile: Mac is almost finished with grad school
S- Season: Spring-perfect weather, Summer-warm, Fall-colors, winter-snow
T- Tag Six: Hannah, Katie, Tara, Megan, Brie
U- Unknown Fact About Me: most of you should already know this, but I got asked the other day if I sing, that is a big fat NO...don't get me wrong, I wish I could!
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: well tonight we'll be vegetarian-tortellini soup, but most nights it's oppressor of animal
W- Worst Habit: hmmm...probably procrastination
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: ultrasounds...is it a girl or boy?
Y- Your Favorite Food: love mexican
Z- Zippers or Zebras: Zebras