R2P2

that is the weird name we came up for our little group of crazy runners. ran the american heroes race on saturday. great morning. apache landing, f-19 flyover, bagpipes, national anthem, 21-gun salute, the whole 9-yards. i cried. here's some pics of the powerhouse posse:

looking a little bored, pre-race:

marty, sunny, dave, me, and ange
me and ange checkin' out the apache. i miss that Army smell...it was wonderful and brought back so many memories.we got interviewed for fox 4 news. we didn't make the cut though. :(

came in 2nd in my age group. again. one day i'll get that 1st!!!

R&R (RAK and a Race)

so, i saw little felt keychains made up in the current issue of SBE and i wanted to give it a go. mine are quite different, but i like!

so, now that i've whipped up a few for my local peeps, i will give two away randomly. just cuz...and i have over 35,000 visits to this little old blog...

i'll pick a winner on saturday morning. so comment before then!
just tell me what kind of car key you're going to put on it and i'll let the random generator pick a comment. you can have one for you and one for your bff :) there's a clip and a regular key ring, so you can even clip it on a backpack or something. now, they're just felt, so don't get all crazy with them. they're not cockroaches and won't survive a nuclear holocaust.

i did a race for the Hemi Foundation. i never really think much about the races i do; i just get my number, slap it on and try to beat my best time. but this one got me a little choked up. the pictures of all the little kids...gosh, i can't even write about it. the co-founder of the Hemi Foundation (whose daughter had a hemispherectomy) actually thanked me personally for coming to the race. how often do you get that? it meant so much to him that so many people gave their money to his cause. amazing.

here's a pic of Robert Rose, me, Dave, and James Michael. i like James Michael. his name is fun to say. i've only said about 5 words to the man, but i see him at every race and he can run! well, all the guys in this pic can run...FAST. and then there's me. i did manage second in my age group and 8th overall in women though.

behold gadgets and paper...

long time, no post = long post and no time to post it..i'll get up here what i can :)
first, behold my new toy...notice the batter halfway down and it's only 2:10pm. one needs nothing else. the only thing i figured out it doesn't do: take a picture of itself (without using a mirror).
and i'm a bit late with these. sorry :( projects i did for May's PDW kit...beautiful kit...my fave so far!!! colors are so sunny and cheery!
i made this for meemee to hang somewhere in her new apartment:i've done two races, i think, since my last post. Mayfest in Fort Worth and another in Aledo. both 5k races. i placed 2nd in my age group at the Aledo one and 4th in my age group at Mayfest. getting better, but far off the mark when it comes to winning. one more this weekend, then i take a break and then run the heroes run on may 31st.

later peeps!!!

owen, a flashback, and the zoo run

lots of pics...the first few are from when we got our free tour of the new cowboys stadium. it pays to be in the right place at the right time. or, in this case, it pays to be somewhere you're not supposed to be when the security guard thinks you look dumb enough to lose your tour guide and the entire tour group of about 60 people. pumas rock!!! and so does owen:





and...since mich became infuriated when i told him what owen got to do...i had to remind him that he got to experience the old stadium, which is now gone, back in march of 2005. michael was 4 years old in these pictures. and these are my favorite two pictures ever of this sweet little man:

and here are a few pics from the zoo run...i came in 5th in my age group out of 151 ladies and 158th overall out of 1,942 runners. 24:28. not a PR, but i'll take it.

me and a freaky clown...oh wait, that's me and dave....

and then freaky clown and some lady with a super cool south african accent and some other lady i don't know her name:

1:53:11....and TROY AIKMAN

i think i've typed his name at least a hundred times since yesterday morning. and in all caps. but who can blame me? he's a big dude! you know, you see him on tv and you're like oh yeah, that's TROY AIKMAN and he's a hottie. then you see him in person and you're like, "Holy Crap! That's TROY AIKMAN and he's a real person who is ginormous and even cuter than i thought!!!"

and then you get to run the first 6 miles of a half marathon with him:

so, yeah, my middle 4 miles are slower. he got ahead of me after the 6 mile marker. i couldn't catch back up to him. i wanted to beat him soooooo bad! still though, he only came in 3 1/2 minutes ahead of me. i'm pleased with this race, considering i've been hacking my lungs up for the past 4 weeks. troy came in 190th, i came in 247th out of 1107 overall. 11th out of 90 in my age group for women, and 67th out of 564 women altogether.
ange, me and marty. ange did the 5k and got a mention on the radio as 'purple nike girl' from kid kraddick who was broadcasting live. she set a PR! go ange!!!
marty ran the half with me the whole way and took pics and got me water. he's a running machine, so he totally sacrificed this race as a training run to stay back with me.....me and troy :) lol!
and i didn't even tell you what happened at packet pick-up on friday! another post for another day...

have a great monday peeps. almost pick up time but today was very uneventful. kinda blah. tried to enjoy the sun, but the silly clouds are in the way of the sun tanning me. so...i've been getting grocs, putting them away, and grilling crap to eat.
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joe's run...

another great race. let's see, last year when i did this race i was about 30 pounds heavier and ran a 1:13 and some change. saturday i ran 49:46 (6 seconds slower than my last 10k in january...but it was windy as all get out and much hillier than the einstein run course...and i coughed my brains out through the whole thing. terrible chest cold. so...that's my story and i'm sticking to it). and it's still a huge improvement from last year!!! yikes!

i came in 5th out of 45 ladies in my age group. 89th overall out of 454. here are a few pics:

thought this was pretty cool...

http://www.runpix3.com/ftw10/00/finord.php?LastName=5889&lan=&aset=0&dist=21

for all my local peeps who ran, click on restart, enter your bib number and select your race. pretty neat stuff!

ilck...gotta go to work! :(

3 minutes baby!!!

over 20,000 people converged on sundance square this morning. oh joy....

did the Cowtown Half this morning...and after coming off a week of working overnights, i had little hopes of even coming close to my White Rock time...

well, what do you know! i beat it by over 3 minutes! 1:50:56!!! 725th/4,777 total, 175th/2,443 women, 40th in age group.

sweet!

aimee did the 10 k and cut 4 minutes off her time and ange did the k and she cut off over a minute. it was a great day for running!

we didn't get any after pics...i don't think we would have been able to hold the camera up anyway. it took us about 1/2 an hour to gimp back to the car! we were all pretty wiped!

and here's before and after our soccer game on sunday. angie's team whipped us, but i did score a goal...sort off. i kicked the ball and it deflected off ange and then went in. we got our one point off her (female goals count as 2 points). so much fun! i hope i can walk for tomorrow's game though...ugh. i'm sore!!!


my girls are very kissy. and sweaty. blech! by the way i really dislike our team name! who the heck picked it!!! so dumb!

1:54:05

my official time for the Dallas White Rock Half Marathon!!! YAHOOOO!!! i cannot believe it! i'm looking at the official results right now and i'm in complete shock. maybe i'm misreading them.

i came in 91st in the half in my age group for women, 450th overall for the women's half marathon (out of 4,801 women) and 1553rd overall for the half (out of 8,355 men and women half marathoners)!!! is that right? i HAVE GOT TO BE MISREADING THAT!!! here's the link...i am in shock! tell me if i am WRONG!!?!?!

my girls were there in dallas to cheer me on. they completely rock. i had my peeps texting me all along the way and it made me feel phenomenal. but i must say, the last two miles SUCKED! we were on Katy Trail and i couldn't judge anything, my feel for mileage was completely lost...it was the longest two miles EVAH!!! i couldn't get my fat, cold hands in my pouch to get out my jolly rancher and those dopes handing out the oranges really sucked at it. i never get that last little bit of sugar. but i did it...and now my old lady hips are screaming at me!

here are a few pics from my weekend:

check the 'bar' in the room. strange.
we decided Wolfgang Puck sucks. he practically took over Reunion Tower and you can't even go up there and just look around and observe. suckage. ange should have been flipping him off in this pic:

aim, ange and me waiting for din-din. aimee is covering up mort with the water bottle lid. dork.
next year girls, we are all doing it together...and no free chocolate chip cookies for dessert either!gearing up in the purple, baby! how convenient that the 1/2 marathon bibs were purple this year! i think i'm the only tool-box who wrote on her body. whatever. those other people are no fun! if my Korean is any good, this says, "I run kind of fast." or something like that: and this says (again, if i'm correct), "hot like fire" ick. they misspelled my name completely! random favorite number for today:
and b/c...be cuz silly! why do i ever do anything? i'm so dumb...i took this picture of aim and yelled out in a crowd of people, "you look like the unabomber!" duh!!!

i don't have any finish pics. just too many people. i'll have to look at the professional running photos they take at the finish and afterwards.

ugh...needing a nap!!!