Memorial Day 10K for grandpa

I ran the BolderBoulder memorial day 10k today. I didn't have a great finishing time, but I had fun. I didn't really train for it, have just been relaxing and hiking and whatnot with the hubby for the last week or so, and since the marathon I've been mostly doing shorter tempo and interval runs. So, I just decided to go run it with some friends and have fun! And I did :) It's no Bloomsday, but it'll do. Not quite as scenic, the waves are better, quite hilly, post run goody bag is good, but hydration opportunities at the end are poor. The first 4 miles are pretty much all hill, then the last two are downhill. Downhill is painful.

After the race our dirt was delivered and we filled our two 8 foot X 12 foot X 1 foot vegetable garden beds with dirt, so now we just have to plant! I'm exhausted so time to go lounge around some more :) Hope everyone has had a nice memorial day full of great memories of those we love.

New Laptop! With linux :)

Hot dogs and Slushies

Matthew and I did our first 5k today (Matthew's first race ever), and there's talk of him doing it again next year! Since we each get 2 tickets out of the deal it brings him in. The race was fun, but there were a lot of people with very poor race etiquette. Although there were several announcements asking walkers to start toward the back, walkers lined up at the very front and didn't even move to the right as is also running etiquette. We were dashing and weaving but it was still fun. I lost Matthew up a big hill about mile 1, he was doing a better job of darting in and out of people, and I got stuck behind a couple of inconsiderate girls who abruptly stopped right in front of me (without moving to the side) so we got separated. I doubt I could have kept up with him anyway. Our first mile was 7:45, wow! That's compensating for the 2 minutes and 40 seconds it took to get to the start. Matthew finished in 25 minutes and I finished in 27:20. I was really happy with that time, although the race clock said 30, it doesn't really matter. There weren't any timing chips, and a very informal tag pick up so I really doubt the recorded time will be anywhere close, which is too bad because I was hoping to use it as a qualifier for BolderBoulder. In any case it was a lot of fun running a race with Matthew and I'm really happy with my time. I would boast it was a PR but it's really the first 5k I've ever ran, aside from a very informal school race I did with a friend in college in which we just ran for fun, we didn't push it or anything. I must admit I'm a little jealous that Matthew can run so fast without training. His training consisted of one 1.6 mile run and one 2.5 mile run. And he finished the 5k in 25 minutes. I'm happy for him. Really. ;)

My new computer is supposed to arrive tomorrow then I can play with posting pictures and stuff, I'm so excited! And only FOUR more days of work with my final on Wednesday, so Thursday I will be free for a short time. 2 1/2 weeks until I start my Doctor of Physical Therapy...AUGH!!!

Oh yeah, and at the 5k there were free hot dogs, slushies, bagels, bananas and beer in addition to 2 rockies tickets each and a pretty cool t-shirt. Good deal for 30 bucks.

Home Run's, Streakers, and Weddings, Oh my!

The Home Run
We were at a baseball game awhile back and there was an ad for the "Home Run for the Homeless". I didn't pay much attention figuring it was some kind of home run derby to raise money, then Matthew mentioned if I was every going to do a race I should do the one where I get to run around the warning track! It turns out it's a 5k run where I presume it ends with running around the warning track and Coors field, you get a t-shirt, 2 rockies tickets per entry, then free hot dogs, beer, etc. at the end of the race. The entry is only $30 so I convinced Matthew if he thought he was so cool to run around the warning track he should do it, so he is! We've been running together quite a bit this week. Usually when we run together he goes my pace, and I know he's slowing down for me so since we have been doing shorter runs I told him to go his pace and I would try to keep up...holy crap he is fast! Our first run of 2 miles we were doing 7:30 to 8:00 minute miles and I thought I was going to die. We did 2.5 the other day but my GPS battery died so I don't know how fast we were going but it was a good pace. It's nice to be pushed, I didn't even know I could run that fast!

The Streaker
I think it was about the 7th inning of the game when "Matty Babey" as Matthew calls him came up to hit, and a lady streaker ran across the outfield (very drunk of course). It was my first streaker experience. We've been to quite a few baseball games since we moved here and this one, a Tuesday night, and had by far the most noticeably drunk people....weird

The Weddings
Our July wedding is becoming a bit of a stressor for me. I have anatomy comps the morning of the rehearsal dinner, but luckily I have the afternoon off. We have finally found an afternoon takeoff that gets in before 8-9pm...about 6pm I think. Now we're just waiting hoping the cost goes down a bit. Turns out for all the weddings I probably can't miss any classes regardless. There is a process you have to go through to miss class, and only a few life events qualify. I have at least most of December off so I'm hoping to come home for an extended period for Janae's bachelorette party and to help with as much as I can since I won't be around most of the rest of the time. In July Matthew is going to stay longer since he has vacation and might as well use it. I'm kind of nervous to be home alone in this big house for so long, but it's silly for him not to take advantage of already paying for a ticket, being there, and having the vacation time.

And yay for Lyshy getting into nursing school!