Busy Birthday week!

My birthday celebrations started last Friday. My friends took me out to dinner at Bar Louie then we went to One Under to see the Killer Flamingos play. It was a fun night! Then on my actual birthday, which was last Tuesday, my coworkers took me out to lunch at Arbor Brewing. In the evening my parents took me to my favorite Indian Restaurant, Haandi, for dinner. FB came over as soon as he was done working and gave me the sweetest card & flowers. I couldn't have been happier! Wednesday is date night so FB came back over and we went to the movies and saw Avatar - I loved it!!! The birthday festivities ended last night with a 5.5 mile run & drinks with my roommate and our running buddy, Dan. I'm a very lucky girl to have such a great family and the coolest friends! It's been a great start to 2010 and a great start on 33!

Detroit Marathon Gear

Last week I decided to order a running jacket from the Detroit Marathon. I really like their gear at the expo but didn't want to buy anything until after the race, ya know, just in case I didn't want to remember it. I very rarely buy race gear since you almost always get a shirt to remember the race. Gear is on sale now so I decided to go for. It got delivered to my parents house last night and I picked it up this morning. I love it! They also were nice enough to throw in a camelbak water bottle too!

I haven't been able to get out running the past two days and I'm getting anxious. I'm hoping to get a few miles in tonight with some friends. And I've got plans for 8 miles on Saturday.

Maniac

My three marathons in 85 days has gotten me something....I qualified for bronze membership with the Marathon Maniacs. I am now member #2184. One of my running buddies is already plotting on how I can up my bronze status. I think I'm just going to enjoy it right now. The next race on my schedule isn't until April when I run the Country Music 1/2 Marathon. Although, I can't stop thinking that I should run the full & not the half. My original goal was to get faster this year and focus on half marathons. After running the Goofy Challenge, I'm so tempted to run further rather than faster. Any thoughts on speed vs. distance?

39.3 - Done!

I gotta say, I loved the Disney Marathon weekend! Well, other than the record lows in Florida part. I took both races relatively easy and felt great post race. I'm ready for another one!

Disney Half Marathon - 2:08:51

Disney Marathon - 4:42:48

Florida

My bag is packed and I'm ready to go! Goofy Challenge, here I come!!!

I'm really bummed that it's a bit chilly in Florida. I'm going to be laying out on the beach in my snowsuit. Which is taking up almost my whole suitcase!

Little O

This cute little guy stayed with my parents for a week after x-mas. It was so nice to be able to spend time with my favorite little guy who lives 8 hours away. I was amazed at how well behaved he was, and by as much energy a year & a half old has. I wish I could just bottle up a teeny tiny bit and use it for my big races this weekend. Oh, and of course Brady made his way into the picture. He had to stay close to O to keep an eye on him but far enough away from getting his fur or tail tugged on.

Back to the Grind

It was so nice to have two long weekends off for the holidays. I feel refreshed heading into the work week but it was a rough drive in. Snowy roads meant for a slow drive. I caved and parked in a structure so I could save time getting into work and so I wouldn't have to worry about scraping my car off for the ride home. The snow really is so pretty to look at.