half-marathon, wedding fun!

My friend Kevin and I ran the Charlottesville 1/2 marathon yesterday. I finished in just under two hours. The course was the same as last year - I had forgotten how beautiful the countryside is in C-ville! The race started downtown at the C-ville Running Store and wound through town and then out into horse country. The 1/2 marathon turnaround point had a great view of the mountains while the marathoners continued their run through some pasture area.
After the run Kevin and I had a lovely breakfast with Jordan. She was kind enough to pick up our packets for us the night before. We were right on time for the race, which started at 6:30am...thankfully the race started about ten minutes late. I was late getting to Kevin's house which didn't leave us much time to make the starting line.
Thanks to Jordan we had our packets just in time! Jordan ran the C-ville ten-miler with Kevin a week or so ago. I'm so proud of her new running habit!
Kevin and I had a few hours to recoup before our friend Brooke's wedding last night. It was such a fun event! The wedding was at the Hilton in Old Town, Alexandria. The ceremony was outside in the garden, followed by a cocktail hour and a sit-down dinner. There was a lot of dancing - I was happy I took some preventative advil so I could join in the fun!
I'm a little sore today but not too bad. What a great weekend!

GA for Easter

I am headed to GA in a little while for the Easter weekend!
I'm excited to get back to Athens and enjoy the family and the sunshine.
Happy Easter, everyone!

Shoutout to Sheila Kahrs

It was announced yesterday that Mom won Principal Of the Year for the state of Georgia! I am so happy and proud of her. Mom does some very innovative and progressive things in her school but I think what makes her unique is her unfailing integrity and compassion for her students.
Congrats on this well-deserved honor!!!

http://www.barrowcountynews.com/news/article/2616/

Opening Day!

The baseball season kicks off tonight and I'm so excited. To me it means the start of summer...cookouts, swimming and skiing, long days and nights, and icecream.
I only made it to one baseball game last year but it was a memorable one...Red Sox vs White Sox at Fenway Park. My friend Kevin and I were in Boston for a conference and were able to score some tickets. We sat beside the green monster and I caught a ball that one of the White Sox players threw to me during bp! It was very exciting.
Hope everyone is enjoying the warm weather and looking forward to spring/summer!

Thought for the day

"the arrow of truth should be dipped in honey"

One of my fav work colleagues quotes this often and I think it's absolutely true.

Oorah!!!

I ran a 10k race on Saturday on the Marine Corpse Base in Quantico. My friend Brooke and I left Arlington around six am for the eight am start. Several of my co-workers were running too and it was so fun to run together and then cheer everyone to the finish line.

The Marines organized the race as part of the 'race to register' series. Anyone who runs one of the shorter races in the series is automatically qualified for the marathon in the fall. The Marines are obviously well organized and put on a great race. There was music every couple miles and groups of Marines lining the course.

The first three miles were on pavement, the next two on a trail through the woods. And that's when the fun started. It's been raining here for several days straight and the mud was unbelievable. About a 1/2 mile into the woods everyone split off the trail and were walking up the sides of the trail. The middle of the trail was literally empty so I decided to go for it. I ran on my toes, through the mud, for the next mile and passed literally hundreds of people. It was such a mess.

After the race we went to Crackerbarrel for breakfast and then to the outlet malls on the way home. All in all a great weekend.

Today's Horoscope is just what I needed

Scorpio October 23 - November 21
For Saturday, March 21 -Lately, your healthy ambition has been feeling a bit under the weather -- and this situation must be addressed today. All you need to do is give yourself a small goal to meet before the end of the day. And once you show yourself that you are capable of getting things done, you will awaken that sense of aggressive ambition that is lying dormant inside of you right now. Pick one thing to do -- meet that new cutie, get someone's number, or just get in an hour at the gym.