Almost Wordless Wednesday

I can't wait to take our boat out this weekend. Madelyn is stoked about getting back on the tube this year. I keep telling her that the water will be much too cold this weekend, but she is tougher than me so I imagine she will be on the tube regardless.

Count Down to San Diego Marathon

It's official..... I have a race number and corral number (I guess runners are treated like cattle in a marathon!). My race number is 23458 and my corral number is 23.

In less than 3 weeks I will be completing my first full marathon. I am anxious, excited and nervous, but mostly I'm ready for race day to be here. I feel like I've put in the time and miles and it is time to Get R' Done! I will run 20 miles this Saturday and then it will be the downhill slide to race day. I am so happy that Ryan encouraged me to sign up for the full marathon rather than the 1/2 marathon. Running a full has been on my bucket list and I will be so proud when I can mark it off my list.

However, my body is tired and needs a break from training. I'm looking forward to the day that I can just go out for a 5 mile run because I want to not because it is on my training schedule.

If anyone is interested I can give you a link when it is closer to race day and you can track my progress that day. Kind of a nifty thing.

Hillbilly Girl Living in a Hillybilly World

After a torrential down pour the first thing Madelyn wants to do is play in flooded ditch.






We sold the go-kart from Santa because Madelyn wasn't thrilled about driving it after a she crashed into a tree. It was replaced with a very used 4 wheeler that she loves.

5th 1/2 Marathon

Sunday morning I completed my 5th 1/2 marathon. But, prior to running 13.1 miles I met up with several TNT (team in training) gals to run 7 miles. We were scheduled for a 20 mile training run so we just added miles to our 1/2 marathon. I met up with the girls before sunrise in Wichita. We put in our miles and had about 30 minutes to spare before the 1/2 started. I had worn brand new running shoes for the 7 mile run and should have changed into my old shoes prior to the 1/2, but since my legs felt great I decided to stick with the new shoes. Let me just say by the end of the race that was a lesson learned. The race started out well, when I was at mile 4, the runner in first place was already on his way back and only had 4 miles left. That was one fast dude! At the second water spot I decided I had overdressed and stripped off my long sleeved wicking shirt and just wore my TNT shirt. Unfortunately that added time to my run and I spent the next three miles trying to catch up with a TNT member. I finally caught her and stayed with her for a bit and then I decided that I needed to slow down a bit or I was going to be crawling to the finish line. I was so happy to receive an encouraging phone call from Ryan and Madelyn to keep me going. At mile 10 or 17 (if you're counting) I started to hurt, at mile 11 (actually 18) I was really struggling. I stopped to walk and called Ryan. I wasn't sure how I was going to make it, I had decided that I may just walk the rest of the way. But, after some coaching from Ryan I was on my way. With 1 mile left Madelyn and Ryan called to cheer me in. Love them! I came in at 2:11:02. Unfortunately that was my 2nd slowest 1/2, but I guess for running 7 miles prior it wasn't terrible. After the race, Madelyn came running up to me and told me how proud she was of me. Of course that made me cry.

Right after I crossed the finish line.


Participant Medal... even us slow runners get one! :)


My achilles are really sore and I have a nasty blister on my big toe...that was the lesson learned from wearing new running shoes.
I am officially less than 6 weeks out from the San Diego Marathon.

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Weekend Wrap- Up

Saturday morning I was up at the ass crack (sorry mom & dad) of dawn to put in a 17 mile run. It wasn't terrible for being my longest run ever, but my legs were screaming at me by the end. That afternoon I took Madelyn to a birthday party and while she was partying I went home and took a nap. By the time Ryan brought Madelyn home from the b-day party it was time for fun night at Madelyn's school.

Madelyn received a fake injury from one of the assitant wrestling coaches.


She fished

Walked the cake walk (a bazillion times)

Completed a ball toss

And won one too many sweat bands


After about an hour of fun at fun night we headed to a wedding reception in ElDorado. We made an appearance, dropped off a gift, ate a few bites of yummy bbq pork and then headed home.

Sunday morning Madelyn and I went to Church while Ryan went fishing. After Church I made lunch, and decided I was crabby and tired and needed a 2 hour nap. After naptime the five (Belle and Chance too) of us headed to ElDorado public hunting land for a nature walk.

Almost Wordless Wednesday

I really enjoy the new breakroom centerpiece at work. :) Gotta love people with a sense of humor. Thankfully they are just fake leaves.