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| Barbie Dress |
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Friday, I gave Amelia her birthday present and she loved it. She even wore the dress to gymnastics class :) . The majority if the day was spent baking with Vanessa for Amelia's birthday and let me say we are not very good bakers. We attempted to make cookie cups, and chocolate covered pretzels. Vanessa made a bunch of cookies before i got there. The cookie cups didn't come out quite like the picture but I still thought they came out cute. of course we forgot to take pictures. However, the chocolate covered pretzels took us forever. I never knew melting chocolate took such precision. It took us forever. And ultimately her husband had to give us instructions, but they came out great. So after our day of baking and eating sweets all day, we headed out to our friend Johanna's house for some girl time, and to discuss a future bible study she will be holding. It was great being able to hang out, and just talk. (these are the girls who will be traveling to DC for the marathon trip).
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| Kathryn, Johanna, Darryl Me, Vanessa Christmas time- 2 years ago |
Saturday consisted of my 20 mile run and car shopping.So lets begin with the success- the run. I was nervous about a 20 mile run, especially because there was a warning of snow. Luckily there was not much snow. Anyway I headed our prepared for the 20 miles in front of me. I planned the course of my run. It started out a normal run, and seemed to just get better as I went on. i think all the sugar I consumed the previous day gave me the energy to make it through the run. I have to say it was one of the greatest runs I ever had. I had to stop at mile 7 to use the bathroom. I thought I was going to explode and then I saw the big yellow M. i literally sprinted across the street and ran into McDonald's to use their bathroom. After that I felt like a brand new person and continued on my run. I had a piece of chocolate at around mile 11, and opened my energy gel at around mile 13(i think) and held onto it till about mile 19 or 20. However at my mile 11.5 markers and my mile 20 mile I ran past road kill and each time I screamed, and nearly lost my breath. I was petrified, and I zoomed past out of fear. The rest of the run went pretty smoothly except toward the end I was like OK this is enough running, but I made it home. The result.....21.2 miles....3hrs 5 min even...Avg. 8.43 min miles...not bad for a long run. I am hoping to get one more long run in before the race, and hopefully between now and race day i can work on speed and drinking during running. Once again I failed at drinking anything during my run...I just hate carrying stuff when running, and then having to stop for the bathroom. But these are things I will work on in the weeks to come.
So Saturday continued to include unsuccessful car shopping. I found a a decent car and then it wouldn't start. This is the second time this happened to me. Geez...At about 6pm, a lot o f the car places closed. We called it a day and decided to go to the cheesecake factory (I had a gift card). We shopped around the mall until our wait time was close to over. Justin had the Romano crusted chicken, that I always tell him to get. I had it once and it was delicious, but its not very healthy. I got the Vietnamese Shrimp Summer rolls. I pretty much get them every time I go, they are very delightful. Our next stop was Barnes and Noble, to check out some magazines and books and then off to target to get some snacks for the work week.
Party Time!!!!
Given my car situation, I didn't make it to Church but when I don't I usually watch the church I attended in Buffalo over the computer. Then It was off to the party. The party was at the gymnastics place Amelia had lessons at on Friday. It was so much fun to be childlike and frolic around. We did cart wheels, the balance beam, the trampoline, and just plain old child fun. I couldn't stop jumping on the springy floor. lol I really had a great time. Amelia had a lot of fun, and sugar. I was truly afraid since I had babysitting duty so that Vanessa and her husband can got o a valentines gathering at church. We went to Vanessa;s house, got the girls ready for bed, they headed out, and off the girls went to bed. The baby was a little fussy but they were both asleep in no time, and me and Justin spent the rest of the time watching some dumb movie, well he watched and I read a magazine, and then we finished off the evening with fear factor.
It was a great weekend as I relive it again.
There are still a couple of things I would like to talk about but I promise to do it in the next couple of days as this post is quite lengthy.
Training Updates
Marathon Training: Week 10- February 6-12
Mon- 5 miles (5.82 miles- 43.37 and outdoor leg workout)
Tues- 8 miles (1:05:51)
Wed- 5 miles (5.60 miles- 44:45)
Followed by a quick arm workout
Push ups- wide (20), angles (10) angled slow (10) 30 second hold
Tricep Dips- 50(2 sets)
3 minute plank on bench- leg raises (20 sec each), Knees ins, Knees criss-cross, Spider man, plank
hold with knee bend
Thurs- cross train ( abs/circuit workout)
Fri- 5 miles (5.82 miles- 48:18)
Sat- 20 miles ( 21 miles- 3hrs 5 min)
Sun- rest
Marathon Training: Week 11- February 12-19 ( plan and update all in one) :
Mon- 5 miles (5.82miles- 45:40 ) Not completely sure on the mileage
Tues- 5 miles (5.82miles- 43:40) Not completely sure on the mileage
Wed- 5 miles (5.60 miles- 44)
Thurs- cross train (abs/yoga/5 min jump rope)
Fri- 8 miles (8.17 miles- 1:13:35)- I ran into my best friend at the 8 mile mark and talked to her for awhile. I am not sure of the actual time. I think it was about 1:08.
Sat- 13 miles (12.05 miles- 1:39:53)
Sun- rest
(What I actually did)
