Saggin Pants

Sky was playing in the living room and I was reading a magazine and I look up and she has pulled her pants down, but only in the back.  And, no these things are not too big, so she totally did this on her own and on purpose. 

My baby girl is sagging her pants!  No more gangster rap for her!  ;-)

Odd Fact and A Photo

The odd fact (one of many odd facts about me) is that I refuse to drink anything with alcohol in it out of my Aerosmith glasses.  Why?  Because they have all had addiction issues and have been in and out of rehab over and over again.  They say they have a dry backstage/tour bus and because of that it just feel wrong to put alcohol in Aerosmith glasses.  Almost like I would be responsible if one of them falls off the bus yet again. 

And the Photo...this is a pic of Sky from Key Wast.  Her hat all sideways like that totally makes her look like a gangsta baby.  She pretty much has her tongue sticking out all the time.  

Have a great weekend all...not sure I will be posting.  I have a race tomorrow morning, then a Relay auction to go to in the evening.  Sunday Mark has a "thing" to go to on Seattle and Sky and I are hitting the Lululemon store and a few others in the search of my 1/2 outfit/new running cloths.  Because, you know a girl can never have too many running clothing options...particularly if a girl doesn't want to do laundry every day! 

Thankful Thursday Post #2

That's right...a second post! 

You know some times (really most of the time) I feel like someone who runs, and once in a great while I actually feel like a runner. 

Today was one of those rare days.  Today I was a RUNNER! 

This is my week to get back on track after vacation interrupted the last two weeks of running.  I ran 3 miles Tuesday with the first two miles being 9:28 and 9:30, the 3rd mile slowed down to 10:38 ish I think (but it was the only mile that included a big old hill), that is fast considering I have been trying to keep my pace at around 11 to 11:30.  While I was excited my first two miles were quick I was not excited about how hard it felt. 

It felt like I had weighted shoes on and was trying to wade through knee deep mud.  Not great considering I feel like 5K distance should be a give me at this point. 

I was feeling way less than enthusiastic about running 5 miles today, in the cold rain, while pushing Sky. 

(I have been doing more runs without her than with, since Mark was working from home and/or sick, so I took advantage of him being home so much and ran with out her.  Pushing the stroller makes it a lot harder, for me at least.  My hips hurt more (I have to work on keeping my hips under the handlebar and not lean forward like I'm pushing it so much), and hills with the stroller make me go backwards pretty much.)

I had a partner lined up to do 5 mile drive with me today, but that fell through so Sky and I took off alone from the house. 

And you know what....I felt great!  My legs felt strong, my breathing and pace were steady the whole time, even though my shoes and new compression socks were soaking wet I had zero hot spots on my feet and no blisters!  I had water dripping off my hat, my clothing was dripping wet and my feet were soaked withing the first 10 steps, I pushed my 20 lb baby the whole way, but I felt great.  Running in crap weather makes me feel hard core add that to the fact that I felt good while doing it, and yea today I was a runner!  

Bring on my first 10K this Saturday, I'm ready!

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful to have received my Dome Direct pre-sale password for the Aerosmith tickets that go on sale today! 

I was getting a little worried that the T Dome forgot about me, but then I also received the same email from Mark and two friends who have my back.  :)

I let my fan club membership laps because well it was expensive and the pre-sale tickets it gave me access too were at least $125 per ticket, so while I was guaranteed tickets I was also guaranteed to never be able to afford said tickets. 

10:00 am...I have the Ticketmaster site up and ready to go and my password ready to go as well! 

Bad Boys of Boston

Aerosmith is at it again this summer, and Mark is nice enough to get me tickets for my birthday!  Pre-sale starts tomorrow and I'm all over it!!! 

Two tickets to see the man I have had a crush on since I was 12, thank you babe!

Now I just have to figure out who wants to go with me, because Mark absolutely does not.

Two New Races Added

I'm excited, I just registered for two more races this year! 

My June race is the Sound To Narrows: http://www.multicare.org/home/sound-to-narrows

I did this race last year (was my first solo race), but I did the 5K, this year I'm doing the whole, hilly thing...12K!  This will be my first race after the 1/2, so hoping 7ish miles seems easy breezy after doing the 1/2. 

Super excited about my August Race...Tacoma Dirty Dash!!!  Yes, that means mud, lots and lots and lots of MUD!  There is beer included as well though, so I'm looking forward to that.  One of Mark's co-workers is doing a team, so he hooked us up and I joined her team.  They walk it, which I may do if I have a beer at every beer station along the course, but if I'm feeling super athletic I may run it, but that sort of defeats the purpose of being part of a team.  The fun part is watching everyone get through the mud!  http://www.thedirtydash.com/

Now I just need to find a July race then I will still be on track for my race a month through August at least.  There is talk of doing the Warrior Dash in July, but it's $75...I want to do it, really want to...but that is sort of a lot of $$ for a 5K, even if it does have obstacles.  Plus I already have a mud run in August...do I want to do two of those type of races in a row?  But, I really want to be able to say I'm a Warrior...I have heard they are the hardest of those type of races and it would be an accomplishment to finish it. 

Who knows.  I will continue contemplating.