Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Richmond Race weekend


What a weekend! Some highlights of our Richmond Half Marathon weekend...

*the expo with mom and katy~ free fun tshirts, samples, people watching and of course fabulous sayings on tshirts
*pasta party with my fam and dear friends katy and hunter including a fabulous cheese ball in the shape of a pumpkin.. thank you Southern Living and Katy
*race day... cheering for mom, vijay, brandon and katy for the 8k and then meaghan and i's half marathon
*the friendliest half marathon in the country ... which has lots of cheerleaders, dj's and treats along the path including Yuengling at mile 9 (we had to take a sip and CHEERS, just because!) and "jumk food" at mile 7 to include gummy bears, cookies, pretzels and coke.. no thank you!
*the course was filled with hills... but we kept each other going and beat our last half marathon time by almost 5 minutes!
*the new running outfit was PERFECT... for the temperature ... and a little drizzle at the beginning of the race
*a yummy place for celebrating in richmond, The Capitol Alehouse which was quite yummy for a raspberry beer and a huge pretzel for sharing to start us off!
*a birthday celebration for meaghan... 13.1 miles when turning 31.. go Meg girl...
*a great road trip home that took a bit longer but we learned that our puppy is a SUPERSTAR in the car! 8.5 hours later and she was still snuggling!

*and LILLY LOVED her sleepover with dear puppy buddies Ellie and Crosby... she loved playing in their backyard, going on walks, playing and even snuggling on the couch! (pictures to come soon!)

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