Birthday Plans/Change of Plans

I am quickly approaching my (gulp) 31st birthday. My best friend, Kaite, is taking me out for a girl's night, which I am really looking forward to! And guess what's on the agenda? 2011 race plans! Her idea, not mine. Everyone makes fun of me and my planning (particularly her husband), so I have to note that she came up with that (fabulous) idea. I only have one race scheduled right now: Kiawah marathon on December 11th. I've been so focused on that but everyone keeps asking me, "what's next?" Even though I'm focused on the marathon, I'll admit that "what's next" has crossed my mind...more than once. I'm really excited! I spent some time this weekend looking up local races and am excited to plan our 2011 racing schedule! We are especially looking forward to doing the Paris Mountain Trail Run Series. We did the 7k trail run this year and loved it! Unfortunately I wasn't able to do the 11k this month due to marathon training, so I am really looking forward to hopefully doing all 3 (4k, 7k, 11k) next year.


Here's Katie and I after our race on my birthday last year.

Me and Jake on my birthday last year. Wow, he has changed so much! I love his look here. :)

extspan style="font-family:Arial;">Today we had a very early 10 mile run planned before work...which meant I get up at 4 a.m. It was raining hard all night long and still raining when I woke up...but, I had no cancellation text (bummer) so I got up and ready to go. I got to our meeting place and Len was there not looking so excited, like he mostly is at 5 a.m. :) Justin decided the rain forecast was enough to keep him home. We stood there for a while in the rain deciding whether or not we wanted to do this. The verdict: no way! I have to admit, I wasn't excited about 10 miles in that rain. So we decided to try again tomorrow.

Instead of a run I went to the gym. I was actually excited to have some extra time there. I hadn't done a strength training workout in a while. I had more time than usual so I got in a 3 mile run, a core workout, and did some weights. It was great! And the best part, no rain in the forecast for the morning so we'll be able to do our 10 mile run. Let's hope there's no rain on Dec. 11th because I'm not sure we could handle it for 26.2 miles. :) Keep your fingers crossed.