pre-long run fuel

Oh, I'm so addicted to this combo.  This here, folks, is a blueberry Eggo waffle with Crazy Richard's chunky peanut butter and semi-sweet chocolate chips. We ran 7 miles this morning so I had two before the run with a cup of coffee. I tell ya, it's was Patsy-smacking good.

my boys.

my babies are growing up! Charlie will be 2 in two weeks and Will is  going to be
F I V E in August.

Here's some recent pictures.

so. marathon.

I need to write.  I realized that I need a place to put my life.  Weird because I never thought of myself as a writer.

This week is week 3 of marathon training.  We are all a little ill and sore which is weird and makes me worry about what's to come.  We can do this, right?  Surely we can.

First week we rand 19 miles, last week was 20 and this week is 17.  Whew. It's good but I just haven't  wrapped my head around this marathon thing yet.  And, my girls are going to KILL me for saying that.

Stay tuned for run-by-run updates!

Here's stolen pics from the first long run. Excuse my just-took-off-my-hat hair.

Fresh Start

I've decided to move my blog to here.  My blogging isn't about babies much anymore and because we are done.done.done. having them, I thought it could be more about me, running, food, life, etc.  and of course the boys will play a part.

So. Here we go!

still here

Yes, I am still alive and running. Sort of.

I ran the Thursday after the race and last night. I've been fighting sickness and fevers all weekend so last night, I just ran to try and get the ick out. And it worked! I felt great this morning. Last night I only did about 3 miles which was fine.

This morning, I got up early for boot camp. Or, Tone Zone as our coach calls it. Trust me, it's BOOT CAMP. Dear God it hurts. And for someone who was so athletic in high school and college, I'm terribly uncoordinated. Who knew? She told me to keep doing it and I will improve (yeah, ok, whatever).

Tomorrow, I'm getting up and meeting the girls at 6am for an easy 3 or 4 miles.

Getting up everyday to work out at 6am? What is the world coming to? :)

My running buddies

So proud of all my running girls and especially proud that I'm a part of some skilled writers.

Click here to read about the different experiences our Janes had!

Finisher!

That's all folks! It's done! I've finished the Virginia Beach Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon. It was wonderful and hard and satisfying.

I don't really know what to talk about, believe it or not. I didn't reach my goal. I'm still kind of bummed about my time of 2:31 since my goal was 2:25 but I'm happy that I finished. I just felt so weak around 9.5 or 10 that I was thinking if I was going to get to the end, I had to take a break. And while I am a very teeny bit bummed still, I'm also just so happy with the way it went and how I got through my mental blocks I was having. I'm mostly proud of the 16 weeks of training and the wonderful friendships we've all made during this journey. The race was just another run that solidified my love of running, even if it wasn't my best run ever. I've had some AMAZING runs the last four months and I can't deny myself of remembering those.

As I was (power)walking, I was really hard on myself. But at the same time, I was totally okay with it because I'd worked hard all summer. There was no denying that and if I had to walk because I felt like I was going to fall on the ground and die- so be it. I decided I didn't want to die on the course and that's what I felt like a few times.

I did beat my time from back in 2005 when I didn't train hardly at all so that was a nice success. And, I looked back at my time from then and I was actually done in 2:37 instead of 2:36 like I thought at the beginning of the summer. Or for the last 4 years.

My biggest debate right now is if I am allowed to wear my shirt that says: "13.1 been there, run that." Because I didn't RUN the entire 13.1. I probably ran 12.5 or maybe even more. I guess I can. I mean, I did run almost 300 miles this summer. Right?

What's also really funny is that all the girls with Garmins all said that our distance was actually 13.22-13.25. What is UP with that?! I mean really. Shouldn't these people know the correct distance? No wonder that damn finish line just would never get there!

I'm sore today but I guess that's to be expected. And, I'm actually really looking forward to running on Thursday or this weekend. Last time I ran this race I said I'd never run again and now I can't wait to lace up the sneeks again. I'd say that's success.

Here are pics from the weekend. It was SO much fun!

Jules and I on our balcony! We'd just gotten our race shirts and had to try them on for size!

Climbing on what we thought was just a sandcastle.

Oops. It was actually art that we weren't supposed to be climbing on.

On Saturday the water was SOOOO cold so we decided to just jump in (something this anal mother NEVER EVER does) so we had Julie's hubby take a pic. So fun.

AH! Race time! Here I am at 11something. KT loves a butt pic, doesn't he?

Me and another Jane at the finish. I was SO glad she came up behind me. I needed her strength at that point.

Waiting for KT after walking through the shoot. I was fighting back major crocodile tears for him to take the pic. When he hugged me, I lost my cool.

Me and my precious (ha!) metal!Love this celebratory pic of the Janes.
Runnin' buddies!

These feet have all worked so hard this summer.

The best cheerleader and hubby ever!
Lying by the pool after the race with yummy drinks and great company! I had been waiting for this moment for 4 months. (dang, do I have cleavage?)


After the yummy drinks, things got a little rowdy. I'll leave it at that.. ;)
Such an awesome weekend! We stayed in the hotel with Jules and hubby and it was so much fun. I had oh-so-many belly laughs.