The Weekend Recap

Well here I am finally...and though it is past the time I'd like to go to bed...I still haven't even eaten dinner!! Long story - but it all starts with a 4:30-7pm nap that Ms. Charley took tonight...pushed everything back a bit!

So on Saturday 2 of my good friends came over to help us tile the shower in our basement. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you'll remember that we got our basement finished right before Charley was born - well all but the bathroom. Since there is just the 3 of us and we already have one full bath, the bathroom was on hold (that and the wet bar) well we slowly did some things in the bathroom, we painted (well my Dad did), I put down the floor, we had the toilet put in, the sink put in, the mirror and fixtures up. All that was left was the tiling of the shower - well that and the floor molding.

So I was talking to one of my girlfriends one night at dinner about how she and her husband had refinished - completely tore down and re-did - the 3 bathrooms in their house and how we needed to tile the shower in our basement. Well long story short, she said that she and her husband would come one day and help us. Well that day was Saturday.

We got all of the supplies...well all of the supplies we thought we needed - two trips to Home Depot later - we finally had everything we needed. We got rolling - as you can see, we didn't finish, but we got far and Jimmy and I feel confident enough that we can finish it ourselves...now when we will have the time to do that...who knows!!



Saturday night was spent relaxing with Charley - since 2 of my wonderful friends kept her occupied all day so we could work, we missed her and wanted to spend time with her.

Then we went to bed super early because the next day we had to be up at 4 am to get to DC in time for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. See we had to pick up one of our friends, drop Charley off at Jimmy's sisters house and then get to the metro and into the city. So we were up and ready to go by 4:45am!!

We got to the metro in plenty of time...along with what seemed like the entire state of Virginia. It was PACKED...INSANELY PACKED. Jimmy and I were both wondering if they were going to stop letting people on, or if there was a weight limit for the train...if there was, we were well over it we were sure!!

Here we are before the race

Once our stop came - us and everyone else, headed off the train out onto the National Mall. It was cold...but we both agreed, not as cold as it was for our 1/2 marathon. We headed to the bag drop...all the while I was calling Roni - since I had her race packet and we needed to meet up before the run. We got our bags checked and about 15 min or so before we had to go and get in our corrals Roni got there and got all set up and we were off to our respective corrals.

We were all a little off on our corrals...see I was in charge of registering us all - since it is almost impossible to register online and we missed it - so we got in by mail. Anyway, you had to put your estimated finishing time...keep in mind this was back in about October of last year - before all of our training. They close the course to anyone who is not under the 14 min mile mark by mile 5. So you have to finish in under 2h 30m or you get picked up. So as everyone who knows me, knows that I have TERRIBLE math skills. Yes, I graduated college and grad school with honors and all...but I had a calculator :) So I screwed up our finishing times.

Roni and Jimmy started together in the green group and my friend and I started in the purple group. And in the end, Roni, my friend and I should have been in the Orange group probably and Jimmy in the red...but oh well.

Jimmy finished in 1h 19m!! I wanted to finish in under 1h 45m and finished in 1h 42m :) So I was happy.

Here we are after the race :)

Now see this race was INSANE. There was over 15,000 people running in this race...and the race route was very narrow. So usually when you run any race, you are dodging people in the beginning of the race until it thins out a little. Well this race NEVER THINNED OUT. NEVER. There was 10 miles of dodging and running around people, it was crazy. And so crazy that Jimmy and I think we wouldn't run it again. As sad as that is to say, I don't think we would. It just isn't worth it to us. Yes the scenery was gorgeous and you are running in the Nation's Capital and all, but we didn't really get to enjoy the scenery at all, since we were too worried about who was in front, beside and behind us the entire time.

The line for the metro to get back to Virginia...it was packed once again...but we made it back and stopped by an awesome bakery on the way home.

I felt pretty good after the race - yes my legs were a little stiff, but it didn't really feel like I ran 10 miles. I like that it didn't feel like 10 miles...that means I am getting in better shape. I even noticed one thing while I was running...I like my running shadow now :) Have you ever looked at your shadow and realized that you like or don't like the way it looks? Well I like mine now...it looks like a fit runners shadow :)

Oh and on the weight loss front...I was down 2 pounds on Saturday!! I was a little shocked, but am pumped. I am only .6 pounds from my 10%...so we'll see what this weekend brings!!

Alright...got.to.get.in.BED!!