Date: June 5
Subject: Sign
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Zooma Women's Half Marathon
Hobby of the Day: Running
Race: Zooma Women's Half Marathon in Annapolis, MD
Goal: Sub 2:19 (which was my last time, for my first ever 1/2)
Problem: Haven't trained as much as I should have...whomp whomp, might come back and bite me
Hoping: That my husband would be at the 10/11 mile marker to finish the race with me, if allowed....
Official Time 2:34
Feelings: Sad and Disappointed, but pleased that I finished
Smiling before the Race
I am overly disappointed with my time. I added 15 minutes to my time, instead of subtracting. No PR there. I would have been happy if I had even taken off a minute. Like I said, I did not train as regularly as I had before. Gary wasn't running this race with me so I didn't have a training partner. It really helped last time when we both trained together.
Last time we drove the route we were running, but not this time so I didn't really know what to expect. And.....Holy Hills Batman! I mean I thought that DC had some, and there was one long one, but Annapolis was like hill and then hill and then more hills. Ugh and of course they are right in the middle. I know what I HAVE to work on now, hills.
I had Gatorade on my refuel belt, but it ended up being too sweet for me and left me just wanting water. Funny thing is that I usually run with Gatorade. I didn't have any sports beans or gels on me. I thought I would try swedish fish this time. I only was able to get down one, that was an epic fail, the vanilla GU that they handed out worked MUCH better!
My friend Jenna and I had signed up to do this race and we had matching outfits, even though we both did poorly, at least we looked cute, HA. I would have rather looked gross and run better though. We started off together, but we each gave the word that if one of us was faster to just go. I just kept plodding along at my turtle like pace. It was nice because our husbands weren't watching, so they ended up being at 5 places that we ran by. Good sports waiting that long in the sun. Truthfully we couldn't have had better weather.
In the end I didn't ask Gary to run with me. Having him cheer me on and support me was Wonderful!!
We ran over several bridges, past the Naval Academy, and then through a park, which was nice and shady, then looped back. They had plenty of water stations and plenty of port-a-potties. Most of them never even had lines at them. This race was no where near as big as some of the races I've run. This one was mostly female. The last like .1 was over grass. I was not a fan of that. They really could have made it go over sidewalks/road, but instead I plodded over grass and then up a little hill to the end. I swear that all races end on an uphill, why is that?!
Still smiling after=survived.
Feelings: Sad and Disappointed, but pleased that I finished
Smiling before the Race
Last time we drove the route we were running, but not this time so I didn't really know what to expect. And.....Holy Hills Batman! I mean I thought that DC had some, and there was one long one, but Annapolis was like hill and then hill and then more hills. Ugh and of course they are right in the middle. I know what I HAVE to work on now, hills.
I had Gatorade on my refuel belt, but it ended up being too sweet for me and left me just wanting water. Funny thing is that I usually run with Gatorade. I didn't have any sports beans or gels on me. I thought I would try swedish fish this time. I only was able to get down one, that was an epic fail, the vanilla GU that they handed out worked MUCH better!
My friend Jenna and I had signed up to do this race and we had matching outfits, even though we both did poorly, at least we looked cute, HA. I would have rather looked gross and run better though. We started off together, but we each gave the word that if one of us was faster to just go. I just kept plodding along at my turtle like pace. It was nice because our husbands weren't watching, so they ended up being at 5 places that we ran by. Good sports waiting that long in the sun. Truthfully we couldn't have had better weather.
In the end I didn't ask Gary to run with me. Having him cheer me on and support me was Wonderful!!
We ran over several bridges, past the Naval Academy, and then through a park, which was nice and shady, then looped back. They had plenty of water stations and plenty of port-a-potties. Most of them never even had lines at them. This race was no where near as big as some of the races I've run. This one was mostly female. The last like .1 was over grass. I was not a fan of that. They really could have made it go over sidewalks/road, but instead I plodded over grass and then up a little hill to the end. I swear that all races end on an uphill, why is that?!
Still smiling after=survived.
I thought we were going to be getting a medal, but we got a necklace instead. At first I was a little disappointed because I like having that medal, but then I realize, I don't wear it and we don't have room to display them, so the necklace was nice and different touch.
Snow-balls, great idea!
Girl Power!
* If you know of anything, let me know!*
Sunday, June 3, 2012
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Photo of the day for June
June 1, 2012
Subject: Morning
Funny thing, I don't drink coffee, but it reminds me of my father drinking coffee every morning (so does my husband), two very important men in my life!
My Belated Weekend at a Glance
Did you have a nice weekend?
Was it as warm there as it was here? I thought I would melt several times during the day. Thank goodness for A/C!
My mother came down for the weekend. She always comes in the beginning of school and visits my classroom and meets my kiddos and does an art lesson with them. I like her coming at the beginning of the year because she gets to see how immature my students are. Then when she comes at the end of the year she gets to see how far they have grown. I'm so proud of my kiddos!
She never comes for a Holiday weekend so this weekend DC was full of events! Rolling Thunder was in town, as they are every Memorial Day. So thankful for what they stand for, but MAN are they loud! Vrooom! I loved that they all had flags on the backs of their seriously fancy bikes!
Here's my weekend in Pictures(mainly food- SHOCKER! and a few words:-)
Friday Night: Clydes
Crab cake with sauteed spinach and garlic mashed potatoes
Strawberry Mimosa
Saturday: National Art Musem
Favorite Artist of all time!
Fun Fact: I painted in his garden in France!
Claude Monet
Who loved to paint ballerinas?
Give up? Degas
How bout this guy?
Van Gogh
Saturday Night Dinner: Fire and Sage
Crab and Corn Chowder- lovin' all the crab!
Gary got a Caesar salad with steak and a side of mascarpone macaroni
Dessert: The Sweet Lobby for macaroons of course
Flavors we got: red velvet, hazelnut praline, green tea, pistachio, cappuccino and olive oil walnut and pecorino- I know! Weird Right? But so yummy, it just works!
Sunday: Native American Museum
So tempted to jump in here, it was H-O-T!
They have a horse exhibit going on right now
Beautiful
They were also having a Polynesian performance/celebration
Super cute little girlies!
Lunch- my mother loves eating here. If you are ever in DC, hit up the Native American Museum for lunch, they always have interesting and tasty food!
I could eat this wild rice salad EVERY day!
Fry Bread- Native American Style, well maybe Americanized Flat Bread:-)
Rolling Thunder
Um....crazy Trike!
BBQ: How many people does it take to locate a ball?!
My mother came down for the weekend. She always comes in the beginning of school and visits my classroom and meets my kiddos and does an art lesson with them. I like her coming at the beginning of the year because she gets to see how immature my students are. Then when she comes at the end of the year she gets to see how far they have grown. I'm so proud of my kiddos!
She never comes for a Holiday weekend so this weekend DC was full of events! Rolling Thunder was in town, as they are every Memorial Day. So thankful for what they stand for, but MAN are they loud! Vrooom! I loved that they all had flags on the backs of their seriously fancy bikes!
Proud to Be an American!
Here's my weekend in Pictures(mainly food- SHOCKER! and a few words:-)
Friday Night: Clydes
Crab cake with sauteed spinach and garlic mashed potatoes
Saturday: National Art Musem
Can you guess who did each picture?
Modern Art Museum, don't know who did it, but it makes cool pictures!
Fun Fact: I painted in his garden in France!
Who loved to paint ballerinas?
How bout this guy?
Saturday Night Dinner: Fire and Sage
Crab and Corn Chowder- lovin' all the crab!
Flavors we got: red velvet, hazelnut praline, green tea, pistachio, cappuccino and olive oil walnut and pecorino- I know! Weird Right? But so yummy, it just works!
Sunday: Native American Museum
So tempted to jump in here, it was H-O-T!
They were also having a Polynesian performance/celebration
I could eat this wild rice salad EVERY day!
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