Number one on my list of good things is that my sister reserved her flight home for the marathon the other day! Yea!! I am so excited about that!! It's been waay to long since I've seen her but she said she 'wouldn't miss my first marathon for anything!" How cool will it be to have my whole family (Husband, Son, Mother and Sister) AND all my friends there at the finish line??!!! Very!!
Second on my list of good things today was that Kevin totally smashed his Parade Run record last night by almost a full minute!! 14:42!! That's a 7:21 mile and a PR!! Way to go Kevin! Saw lot's of familiar faces running last night, Bill, Chuck, Blake, Jill, Libby, etc... Jon ran too, but I missed him... What a perfect night for a race! Hey Jill, how'd you do last night?? Looked like you were running a good pace!!
Third is that I snagged up Kevin's 25% off coupon at the Running Center! Everyone who ran the parade run received one in their packets.....Of course I asked him and he said 'sure'.... That means I'm getting new shoes today! I've heard more than once, and Chris at the running center advised me too that I need a fresh pair of shoes 4-6 weeks out from the marathon.. Now a good pair of running shoes are supposed to last 500 miles, but with putting way over 400 miles on them (460 to be exact!) with training, why run your marathon on an almost worn out pair of shoes!?! That's how Chris explained it and it does make perfect sense! And since I'm 5 weeks out AND have that 25% off discount, todays the day!! And to think that I almost went yesterday!! I got hung up tho on another errand and ran out of time!! I'll test them out Sunday morning during my 12 miles with Kathy and Patti... why Sunday?? That leads me to my.......
Fourth good thing about today is that it is Patti's '20th Anniversary of her 30th Birthday' and she is having a big party tonight.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTI!! So we are holding off the run until Sunday so we can all relax and have fun tonight!!
And finally, it's FRIDAY which is always a good thing!
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Kari,
Thanks for the support last night. I didnt get a chance to see who supported me last night, but I saw you and it helped. Keeping Kevin at bay is a challenge. He is becoming a speed demon. Tell him congrats on a great time.
Very cool that you will have your family there to support you at the marathon. When the going gets tough out there, there presence enough is what is going to keep you driving to the finish line.
BTW, 25% off...that is an awesome coupon. What more reason to get new stuff!
Everyone rocked last night. Are you and Kevin going to the Fair Sat. night? I think its the SRRC socail...you know socialize at the beer tent. If so, I think its the Miller tent at 7 pm.
Tell Patti Happy Anniversary for me too.
It was nice being on the sidelines cheering for a change!! I don't get to do that much!!
Yeah, 25% off but when I went to use it for shoes today at lunch, she said it was for clothing only!! my bad..
LOL.. you have weddings on the brain, don't you?? It's Patti's birthday, not anniversary!!..
kind of doubt that we're going Saturday night.. with partying tonight and all.. plus we're running 12 sunday morning..
460 miles on your shoes????? HOLY MOLY GUACAMOLE...that is like running to chicago and back plus some!
I can't believe we come from the same genetic pool....
you rock.
I am psyched to be coming home...i wouldn't miss it or trade it with anything. I'll be the tall one sobbing on the sidelines SO proud of you!!
xxooo
can't wait!!
have fun this weekend and have fun at the party!
love
tamara
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