End of Summer

I definitely thought I would be better at writing more regularly. The summer came and went so fast, I can hardly believe it! I ran my 3rd 5K of the year this past Saturday and finished in 31:30- my best time this year! I'm in a 10K training program right now and we run twice a week together. I really think that has helped a lot. The 10K is November 3 and we've been training since July. I really like the structure of the workouts. Between working 2 jobs and running 3-4 times a week, I'm keeping myself very busy. There isn't much time for anything else so there really isn't much else to talk about. I plan on running about 5 more races this year and I'll keep you all updated on how they go! My next big goal: a 10 Miler next April.
Oh, and here's a picture I took of my dad on his new Harley!

Happy 4th of July

This is a picture from the Race for the Cure. So many people!! I ran another 5K on June 16 and just as I had hoped, finished in under 35 minutes! 33:41 to be exact!! I don't know when the next race will be, but I'll definitely let you know! I haven't been keeping up-to-date with our movie goings. We saw "Knocked Up"- so hilarious!! We also saw "Surf's Up". It was a lot better than I expected it would be. There are still a few movies I'd like to see while they're in the theatre. I think we're going to see something tomorrow and we already bought our tickets to see Harry Potter next Tuesday night! I'm so excited! If I could only go to 1 movie all summer, it would have to be Harry Potter. Hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!

Race For The Cure

The 5K race was Saturday and it was awesome! There were 45,000+ people there- it was completely insane but lots of fun. I finished the race in 36 minutes which I am very happy with. I'm hoping to finish my next one in under 35 minutes. They had a lot of sponsors and booths set up and I won a 6-roll pack of Quilted Northern!! Other than finishing the race in 1 piece, that was the most exciting part of my day! There's a 5K on Friday night (I'm a member of a running club and this is just a club race) and I really want to run it, but I noticed some swelling on my ankle last night. It's not too bad so it should be good tomorrow. After the injury I had last summer, I'm not going to push it and risk not being able to run for 2 months. We'll see how it goes!

Pirates of the Carribean and a 4 mile run!!

We saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on Friday. It was really good. We hadn't seen the second one, so rented it and watched it last week. It definitely helped that we had just watched that one when we went to see the new one. I didn't have high expectations for the second one, so I was pleasantly surprised how good it was. They were both really good. I don't want to go into too much detail and give anything away! We probably won't go to the movies this weekend because I have the Race for the Cure and 2 parties. But we want to see "Knocked Up", "Surf's Up", and "Ocean's Thirteen" next.
Speaking of the Race for the Cure, it's already 5 days away. Today I ran 4 miles so I know I'll be ready! I'm not looking forward to getting up at 5 a.m., but I'm looking forward to the race itself. My goal is to run it in under 40 minutes which I know I can do. I'll let you know how it goes!

Shrek the Third

Last night was summer movie #2- Shrek the Third. I was looking forward to seeing this, and then when it came out there were a lot of mixed reviews. Many people say the first and second are much better and this one needs to be the last. I was bummed but still planned on going. I am so glad I did! It was funny and cute and I was able to relax and enjoy it. There were many adult jokes in the movie and they were good! If you're looking for a movie where you can just sit back, relax, and don't have to do much thinking, then go see Shrek the Third! On Friday we also saw "An Inconvenient Truth". It opened my eyes and I encourage everyone who hasn't seen it to go out right now and rent it.
Next up: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. We already have our tickets so I guess that means we're definitely going!