Just Plodding Along

to my best friend and most favorite person. I am excited to spend another awesome year with you! and May the 4th be with you.

Tomorrow is my birthday! Why thank you! I have a hot date with a mani- pedi, froyo and some other stuff but I wanted to take this opportunity to inform you all of some very exciting news other than it's ALMOST MY BIRTHDAY! (Yep still get excited about them). Because this year is the year of the relay (Smoky Mountain, Wild West, Hood to Coast) I am embracing the opportunity to run through wine country because I feel this relay reflects what I am truly about... I will be joining the wonderful Cathryn from My Heart's Content and her relay crew for a little jaunt from San Fran to Napa for the Napa Valley Ragnar. Doesn't that just sound like the best! It is funny to think that about a year ago I was wanting to do a relay and now it would appear I do all of them. How lucky am I!!!! Now excuse me it is time to *by party hard I mean the big bucket of froyo and a housewives marathon. I live big. 

Whelp today I turn 29. So that is awesome I guess. I have exactly one year to get in 13 more half marathons. TICK TOCK. I also need to start thinking about a marathon for real, as in which one I want to do for my 30th birthday. I gotta say it has been a great start. Birthday highlights: Waking up to flowers and mini-cupcakes= breakfast of champions Best card ever from my best friend New running skirt! I am gonna kill the best dressed category at my next half Wait what do you mean there is no best dressed category.....     Birthday pig cookie jar, it is so cute! So I smell like something other than sweat New shoes...are they not just the best color ever! Love that new shoe smell What is a girl to do if she can't run....why shop of course! Can not wait to spend this! Thank you everyone for the birthday boxes and birthday cards! I feel very loved and send all the love back at ya! The other reason I am excited it is my birthday.....t...

Things have been pretty non-runny around here lately. That is not entirely true. I ran 16.6 miles this week but I wanted to run between 26-29. But no my hip had to be a big old baby and was like:  'hey, hey head case who just ran up Mount Lemmon the day  before yesterday and is not forcing us to run five miles followed  by strength training involving squats and lunges. This is not happening.  And for your stupidity you get a sore groin and hip and a weird butt  pain that just won't quit. Now face palm yourself.' But no oh no I still had to go on an 8.6 mile run and a 4 mile run before my brain registered the fact that my hip was very, VERY unhappy. So today no long run. And we shall see about the running this week. I have become very close with my foam roller, stick and baseball in my effort to roll away the pain from every part of my body that might be contributing to it. So at least this has resulted in stronger bonds with those torture devices. It...