Spontaneous, live in the moment type person that I am..

I have decided to run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon on 1/18/09! One of my fellow runners hinted that she might run this, so it would be great to finally meet her and visit con mi amigas, Blanca y Michele!


Now to pay for the registration $75...OUCH. Of course Blanca, the best GF a girl could have, offered up her house and car (well her and her car) for my use. And of course I am going to take her up on that offer.

Now to convince my big ole' stubborn, penny pinchin', what about the kids sayin', bald headed husband of mine!


Hmmmmm, I foresee lots of sex in my future! Feminine wiles and such....

If you fail, try try try again.

So my goal for this past week has been to get up early and run, and leave my afternoon gym time free for ST and XT. Well after repeat attempts and failing, I finally succeeded this morning.

Was up and out the door at 6:30AM (supposed to be 5:30) and ran a quick 3.5 (supposed to be 6, Gary had to be at work early). And this will also help when the humidity and high temps kick in, in a few weeks. Need to get this body into shape. Too much flab flappin behind me during my run.

I am hoping to get 6-8 in tomorrow, and 4-5 in on Sunday. I really need to get this mileage back up there.

Today's workout:

3.5 miles - 38:29

I paid my entry fee to City of Oaks Marathon and Half Marathon today!

According to the Lin-Mark website:


Sony Ericsson City Of Oaks Marathon & Rex Healthcare Half Marathon-2008
Total Entrants 494
Half Marathon 299
Marathon 195

I am realing in happy happy joy joy....

I set out to do 4 miles today ( I have been sucking wind to get this done and usually stop to walk a whole lot more than I used to) well today I am happy to report I did 5.75 miles without needing to stop. I rock! That is all.

5.75 miles - 66.22 minutes

Cuz' I love my kids....

here's the latest and greatest.

GSK Family Picnic 5/17/08

Pullen Park 5/18/08

LOCO POPS Rule!

Sucking Wind...

so my runs have been really hellish. It doesn't help that it has been 80 degree's plus and the ATT has lots of hills. But I am sooo frustrated at fat self. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh.

I bought new Nike shorts and got majah chub rub, gonna have to get some compression shorts to wear under them, other than that they are great. I feel like a runner in them. Most of the time I wear capris or some sort of cotton/spandex pant. My legs have way to much cellulite on them, but I said eff it, it is way to hot to care.

I am thinking of moving my runs to the early morning. I am gonna try tomorrow. With the summer heat kicking into gear, I don't know that I can handle it. We shall see.

My TNT meeting is on Thursday in Cary. I am looking forward to that. Really interested in what the info session is preachin'.

Back to the running...

it's been a while since I ran. Oey Vey! So I strapped on the Asics and headed out for 4.5 miles. OMFG! Thought I was gonna die, because: 1) it was like a gazillion degrees outside (86) 2) I took a route that was up hill 3) I AM FAT!

But I did it, and I feel 95687684321321984984613213548744165% better!

Last month I spoke with someone at our local chapter of Team In Training and finally last week I received an email and signed up for the info meeting on 5/22/08. Excited because they are running a team in the City of Oaks Marathon and Half Marathon, which I am running.

Mother's day is coming up. And the douche Gary calls "Boss" always schedules their annual Spring beach trip to Myrtle, the weekend of Mothers Day. Although Gary always gets his biggest bonus while in SC, it still blows. He is treating me to a spa day on Saturday - massage, facial and mani-pedi, this was his gift to me last Mother's Day which I forgot I had. Doh.

Also this is the first year the twins are going to make a homemade mothers day gift for my MIL and her MIL. This should be quite interesting.

Oh yeah......................OBAMA TOOK NC! Wooohooo

SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS!

Save Our Taco Trucks is a movement to do exactly what the title states. Wow I grew up on these trucks, they are an institution, and they are a cultural landmark of So. Cal. You 'member, coming out of The Dome at like 2AM all hungry, and what was there, off Sunset? Las Trocas por supuesto.

Seriously, I think I made one truck a millionaire, we ate at the same one every weekend after da club.

Breaks my heart that the hard working peeps are facing fines and jail time for making a living. What is our country coming to.

Sign the petition and save your childhood/adulthood memories.

SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS!