WUW: Pilgrim Pacer 1/2 marathon

A couple weeks ago, three friends and I drove to KC Saturday afternoon to get ready to run the Pilgrim Pacer 1/2 marathon on Sunday, November 20. 

 Vanessa, me, Melanie and Mandy

 The day was beautiful! We had a fantastic time running. The course was paved trail and an out and back route. The leaves were gorgeous! Our friend, Deena, was running with us in spirit. 

 My time was 2:46:47. Not my best but since the end was 1 mile uphill and my 3rd 1/2 marathon in less than  2 months. 

And I had my best finish photo!!

 

Weekly Chase: Week 48

Okay folks. I know I've been MIA. Life gets busy, my remote blogger is fussy and so I put blogging to the side. I found a new blog app to use and I think it will work so I'm going to try and be more consistent.

Thanksgiving was busy. We went to see my grandparents. Grandpa is in rehab and doing pretty well 

 Then we headed to Burlington to see Jeff's parents. His dad is in rehab too. It was a long day. 

Friday, L and I got up early and went to the mall for Black Friday shopping. We had a good time and got each other gifts to give each other. 

 I spent Friday and Saturday cleaning, doing laundry and reading. Sunday was prep day. And it's back to work. Three weeks until Jeff and L are off again!

So here are my goals for this week:

1. Run every day. I'm on day 554 

2. Stretch and ice

3. Log my calories 

4. Work on Beck cognitive therapy 

5. Journal 

6. Read

7. Get Christmas decorations out

8. Make Christmas gift list out 

Bean Bagging It

 So we are getting ready to sell our big bean bag chairs. They are stacked on top of each other. AJ says they should stay that way so she can sit on them and be a princess without Oreo hassling her! 

The Bag Lady

So I walked out of the bathroom to find this:

I just about died laughing!  She's so funny. She will jump in a bag anywhere! 

Here's another:

She is patiently waiting for L to get out of the bathroom to go downstairs. I love AJ. She makes me laugh every day! 

 

Fitness Friday: 11/11:16

This week has been eventful! The weather has been all over the place, it's light out when I run in the morning. I got in some good runs. Let's recap:

Friday: one mile (it's my "rest" day) 

Saturday: I headed out by myself for a longer run. I got a later start so I ran 4.25 miles. I ran through Great Plains Nature Center and saw ducks and deer!

 Sunday: still nice outside for a run. 

Monday: back to bootcamp and a mile 

 Tuesday: I ran with my old running group before I voted. I love these ladies! 

Wednesday: the election is over. I didn't stay up to watch it because I needed to go To bootcamp at 5. I dropped Jeff and L off at school and ran my mile in the light!

Thursday: it was a brisk morning for a run! Got my mile in!!

 
 
 
 
 

WUW: Air Capitol 1/2 Marathon

I'm on a mission: I want to run 3 half marathons in 90 days to qualify for Half Fanatics. I blogged about Run for the Rocks in Sept. My second half was Air Capitol 1/2. I ran the day after I returned from Canada. 

Flat me before the race 

The race was okay. It was a double loop. The first loop had lots of people but the second time around it was quiet. 

One of my friends, Stephanie, was manning a water station 

I ran the first mile and then did a 4:1 run/walk. I felt great and had extra gas to finish strong!

It was a great day to run with friends!
 

 
 
 

Weekly Chase: Week 45

This weekend has been a catch up time. I cleaned house, organized my to do lists and we even had time to watch 'The Accountant'. 

Here's a recap:

Run a mile a day-Finished day 532 

Stretch and ice-3/4 of the time

Read daily: no

Journal daily: no

Pray daily: most days 

Make a running plan: doing pretty well. Got the next few weeks done. 

This week's goals:

1. Run daily

2. Stretch, ice and foam

3. Journal daily

4. Read daily

5. Write three blog posts this week 

Climbing on Caturday