Wine and fun runs

My weekend started out with wine, food and great friends on Friday night.  I haven’t seen them for a while, so there was a lot of catching up to do and quite a bit of wine was drunk between the three of us.  Never mind that I had a run to do at 8am the next morning, I still had a great time with catching up and laughing.  When I got home it was almost 11pm and my husband was sound asleep.  Well, that was until I went to bed.  Usually I give him a kiss and a snuggle, but not Friday night.  I tapped his arm a few times and was out.  It pained me to get up at 5:30am and I felt terrible.  But I sucked it up and did it anyways as I had a run at 8am. 

My girlfriend showed up at 7am, I told her that I was feeling icky from drinking last night and she said the run would do me good and I could sweat it out.  So off we went to go run in Bubbles (more on that in a bit).  She was right, not only did I have a great run, but I felt so much better afterwards.  Whether or not I do that again, is a different story.  I prefer to rest before a run, but more than likely I will do that again as it was a great source of carbs and I did have a great run.

MUD RUN

Back in March my nieces school was doing a fund raiser, so they had their second annual mud run.  Now this is a fundraiser I can totally get behind and every school should do it.  Not only does it promote kids being active, but also encourages the parents to get out there and be active with the kids.  AND it’s for a good cause.  We have always participated in the fundraisers the nieces do.  They know they can count on us to help them reach their goal and support their cause.  The run was held at the school and we had an hour to play in the mud pits and jump over obstacles before the second wave was released.  What started out as a serious run, turned into a sister wrestling match in the big mud pit.  It was much fun

WANDERLUST

My very first Mindful Triathelon.  First we ran a 5k, then did yoga (my first official yoga class) and a meditation.  It was great.  I loved it.  Went with a co-worker who does yoga, so she guided me through that portion, and this was her first 5k and she rocked it. Was so proud of her.  We got a taste of what each other does in their spare time and it was great.  Am not that flexible, but that’s okay, it was still fun

GIRLS RUN THE WORLD

I took the opportunity to also use the mud run to also complete my virtual run for Girls Run the World.  I am a Flex it Pink girl and they do the best virtual runs.  You have a week to complete it and it’s always for a great cause as well.  So I did my miles and sent them a muddy picture of me getting it done.

BUBBLES

Saturday was my fun with Bubbles.  It was great.  My girlfriend Sandi that I go running with has never done a run like this before.  She normally does the regular courses.  She had a blast.  We got to run through waterfalls of bubbles of different colors.  3.1 miles of bubbly fun.  The crowd was very interesting to watch.  There were people in costumes, some guy with a huge cat face cutout over his head.  People with strollers and nothing to protect the little babies faces from the stinky bubbles (they did stink).  We were let loose in 15 minutes waves and we were in the third wave.  This was a great run because of the night of drinking before and I had to get it out of my system.  I had also forgot my water bottle so Sandi played coach and was squirting water at me to drink.  Lesson learned: NEVER forget your water bottle or gum.  Gum is important to keep the spit flowing so you don’t get dry mouth

KAISER WOMENS FITNESS FESTIVAL

Sunday was another run.  I was tired from Friday night and the hectic Saturday only to get up early again and go run. This time it was at the state capital and at a fitness festival put on by Kaiser.  Sandi ran the 10k and I ran the 5k.  Not quite ready for a 10k yet.  At least that’s what my brain tells me, my body may say something different.  I could feel how tired I was at 1.5 miles, but at that point I told myself to still do my best and I was halfway done.  That was the longest final 1.5 miles I experienced in quite awhile.  I knew I was almost done when I could hear the microphone guy and the crowd got louder.  Then I saw the finish through the trees and knew I could keep going. I smiled for the camera people who were out and about and finished strong.  Well as strong as I could

It’s not the best time, but it’s my worst to date.  I have a goal to get back to 37 minutes and then will knock it down again.  All in all, it was a great weekend and am glad I have the next few weekends off to rest and play.