Heart Walk 2011
I had a great birthday on Saturday! I'd love to say that it was one of the best but it wasn't fully complete because my husband wasn't home. We started the day off with the Heart Walk. There were less people than in years past and I'm pretty sure they shortened the route. I mapped it and came up with 2.42 miles. But overall it was a good walk. It wasn't always fast paced and my mom pushed the stroller most of the time but it was still nice to get out and stretch my legs. Speaking of legs, my mom is only 4'11" and that woman can move!! There were a few times where we wanted to pass people so she'd kick it into high gear and I had a hard time keeping up! I SO hope I'm like that at 56. It started off chilly in the morning but was beautiful! I love walking along the river. Zack got out at one point and walked but it wasn't for long.
I'm not sure what this is called (other than the sun) but it was cool!
While my mom got her hair cut and colored the boys and I met my friend Kim and her son at a Mexican place for lunch. I tried to be as good as I could and ordered a taco salad and hardly ate the shell. Have I mentioned my struggle with eating out? I try and want to be good but always struggle! I felt good about my food choice.
My Dad came up later in the afternoon and we all went to dinner at a local Mongolian place that we like. I'm not even sure what the points were but wasn't counting, took the day off for my birthday. It was delicious though!
Then I had drinks with a good friend. I was just going to stick to beer but made the mistake of trying her lemon drop martini and ended up having two of them. Yummo!!! It was so nice to get out and have a little me time. Thanks Lynds!
This was an even earlier race and I was regretting it when I woke up. Ryan slept HORRIBLY last night which mean this momma got no sleep. So when I woke up and looked outside and saw dark clouds and a wet ground, I wanted to crawl back into bed. But I didn't! We got up and at 'em. Again it was chilly but I was warm towards the end. A couple of friends were there and it was nice to see them. We were towards the back of the line but definitely not the last. We had many stops along the way to fix the blanket, recover the binky, settle fights, etc but made it in 1:02 (I believe). It sure seemed longer to me than a 5k and when I mapped it out, it was 3.29 mi. I loved that we were walking in memory of my grandpa and raising awareness for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Glad you had a good birthday weekend! Sounds like the longer course on Sunday made up for the shorter course on Saturday!
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