Keeping Up With...well not Erin

So went to track practice for the first time in a while today..and yeah I am definitely not exactly were I want to be right not "shape wise" but the good thing is I have 7 months til GO TIME - aka MCM - aka 26.2 miles...aka The Marine Corp Marathon!!

Found out today my teammate and friend Katie will also be running the MCM...good thing about that is..1- I know I will have someone to follow - cuz yeah Katie is amazing and yeah will be leading me in the race..2- someone to share the pain of a first marathon with...3-it will be that much easier to convince Chris at Pacers to order us pink uniforms for the race since now there are two pick ladies running :) yeah Katie...just made reference to grease...i am a nerd

so anyone who sees a HOT pink running outfit..send it my way!! something like in my picture but WAY MORE pink... :)

so i know I have plenty of time to get into 26.2 mile shape..first race is April 2nd...a low key 5k...then two 10 milers in April before 6 solid months of lots of miles!! Here we go!!

Katie I am thinking of a team name for us..either it will combine our names like KatEr.... or our schools.. Wahoo Pack....haha..yeah i told you I am a nerd!!

Fish Peds - Anyone?

Thinking of attempting this Saturday....anyone ever done it? just thought I would put this picture in your mind...haha..wanna join me?

A Completely Perfect Weekend

So yes I just announced my plan to run MCM in 2010 ~ but I also wanted to talk about what I think was just a completely perfect weekend...you know when you have one of those weekends when nothing goes wrong, you are just happy the whole time, you eat awesome food and just OVERALL feel great!!

so you ask why this weekend was so 'perfect'? well let me tell you...the weather was amazing...not too hot and not too cold..the signs of spring are around in DC....the weather made me want to run all day and just be outside, so I tried to be outside as much as I could..including runs, Kangoo Jumping and Dinner on the patio at a local Thai joint....I ate spicy Thai twice this weekend! and although spicy food makes me sweat (yeah that was gross) it was so delicious!! I did a little schoolwork this weekend, caught up on some of my DVR, watched March Madness, saw Meg and S2H on Friday night at a hip and adorable ice cream joint called Dairy Godmother, saw more friends on Saturday night to celebrate KK's bday, cleaned the condo (yes cleaning sucks but nothing is better than having a clean place after), went grocery shopping to get healthy food to cook this week (yes i also want to start eating better- this will only help my marathon training), and just relaxed (took a 3 hour nap Saturday - a first in years), and lastly and most importantly spent time with my cutie Kent...its so great to be in a relationship where even when we don't have plans to go party the night away or plans in general that we can just be doing whatever or doing nothing and I am having such a great time...its hard for me to "not have plans" its definitely not my style...but with Kent I am learning to just relax a bit and just hang out and it is amazing..and completely PERFECT!

Think I Am Going To Do It!!

So yes..my attempt at a blog has failed miserably, but I am hoping what I am about to say I will actually do...so here goes

After a great weekend of working out starting with some Kangoo Jumping with Kent on Friday, a 4 mile tempo Saturday and a great long run today, and not to forget to also mention the fabulous weather over the past week - I have decided that as long as I am injury free I am going to definitely...dun dun dun....run the Marine Corp Marathon on October 31, 2010...so to anyone who is reading this ..mark your calendars...and plan to be in DC that day cheering as loud as you can for me and shouting at me to "Go Faster" :)

So my blog may turn into more of a blog about my attempt at my first Marathon in 2010!! I am really excited to be thinking I am finally going to run one, but obviously very nervous as well! I have never been a high mileage person so a 26.2 mile race is going to be tough, but I know I am ready for the challenge.

26.2 miles...here Erin comes...MCM...October 31, 2010