I WON!!!!!

WOOHOO!!!

I was one of the winners of the Cupcake Marathon! I am so excited! This makes the first thing I've won in blog land and this is a fantastic win, a dozen cupcakes from the Sugared Bakery I can't wait to taste them! Who wants one?

Thanks again to Jason and Christel and all of the sponsor, especially The Sugared Bakery for putting this all together for us.

Visions of Cupcakes danced through my head...

Cupcake marathon complete!

My first easy run - 3/15 2 miles

Run number 2 - 3/17 6.2 miles a good hillyish run in the wind. But felt good.


Run number 3 - 3/20 8 miles with some of the people from Beginner Triathlete. Kathleen and I ran all 8 together and it was nice to have some company.

Run number 4 - 3/23 2 miles this run was straight out of bed. Good thing it's dark out at 5 am since I'm kind of scary looking that early.
(In case you haven't noticed I really need a newer Garmin too! )


Run number 5 - 3/26 8 miles. I put this run off the evening before and even laid in bed this morning at 5 knowing it would be my only chance to get out there and get it done before the end of the time limit, had it not been for this race I'm not sure it would have happened. So I'm very happy that I had the push I needed. I took the dog out for the first almost 3 miles then stopped by the house to drop him off, potty and head out for the rest of the run. The last couple miles seemed a little rough but over all I was pleased with my pace and effort. Although as usual when a run is a little challenging, I start to question if I will be able to do the race coming up, which in this case is a 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks.


26.2 miles 5 hours 18 minutes...as this last run also kicked off the beginning of 5 days off work I was heading to breakfast and a pedicure with a friend. What a treat after the run. And since I had forgotten to take a pic with my bib here are my much better looking feet with it.

And also in celebration a batch of Buckwheat bake muffins with peanut butter and jelly baked in the middle, not quite a cupcake but close and delicious!

Tons of thanks to Jason at Cook Train Eat Race and Christel at Silly Girl Running for putting this whole thing together!

What's for Dinner?!?!?!?!?

This is a little different WFD post then the last one. I headed out tonight for a my first real run for the Cupcake Marathon. The clouds were pretty ominous but I figured I could get done, and hopefully avoid any rain.

The route I took heads up some hills and it's a little tough for the first mile or so. The wind was blowing that the temps were dropping but it was still pretty warm I think it dropped from 58 down to the high 40's. Feeling good through this run. At one point in mile 5 as I hopped up onto the sidewalk I had this sudden memory from when I first started running. I was near the end of a run and went to hop on the sidewalk, just like today, and almost fell on my face. I could barley lift my leg, and hopping was just not going to happen. Today I hopped up on the sidewalk and just kept running without even a hesitation. It felt good.

Today as I neared the end of my run my phone beeped a text, so I pulled it out to make sure it was not an emergency...this is what I saw....

Yes my dear son, who knows I'm out running wants to know...WHAT'S FOR DINNER!?!?!? I just laughed...needless to say when I got home I told him dinner was whatever he wanted to cook for himself.

And me? I got 6.2 miles done and that much closer to a cupcake! And today I'm feeling strong and ready for that 1/2 marathon.