Bridge Run weekend...

Ahhhh, the race... I woke up at 5:15 am to get ready to meet my girlfriend and her husband before the race. We had such a good time catching up (they live in Richmond). There were tons of people there which made it that much more amazing. Luckily, it didn't rain. The weather was actually perfect!! I felt exhilarated by the crowd but had a hard time trying to maneuver through people which really slowed me down in the beginning. Going up the first half of the bridge wasn't as bad as I thought, but going down felt pretty good. Once we got off the bridge, it was a lot better with the crowds lining the streets. As soon as I turned down King Street everyone was cheering-it made it easier to pick up the pace and finish. Afterwards we headed to lunch where I chowed down on crab cakes and mac and cheese. Anything would have been good at this point!! It was a great day, I felt great afterwards and look forward to doing another one soon...

RACE RESULTS!!!

Great race today-more to come later but I finished 51:41 chip time!!! Whew-hew! It was so packed too...I lost a lot of time at the beginning because of the crowd but I was pleased with the time. My goal was to run it in at least 52 minutes!! Garmin gave me an 8:15 minute mile, but Active.com says 9:00-I think I believe Garmin!! They also have me placing under someone with a longer time in my division so I believe my Garmin instead of Active.com....

I feel like I've already done the race....

This morning was the Bridge Run expo. Whewwww! is all I have to say. There were tons of vendors and freebies. Three floors of swag...I got Lara Bars, Clif Bars, Jelly Belly Sport Beans, you name it, it was there. I won an Asics singlet, normally $30...it's adorable. I also scored a irunlikeagirl headband-now that my hair is shorter I need these to keep it all in one place-it's adorable!!! It was actually a bit overwhelming with all that was there. Oh and I got a running jacket for 15 bucks for the cooler weather...made by Brooks-so freaking cute. The downside is that it was 80,000 degrees in the building and I had to manuever a double stroller (and mine is not that big, Maclaren twin traveler) through a very crowded area with lots of stairs and only one working elevator. I also kept getting that "she's got her hands full, glad it's not me" look. I'm becoming very familiar with that look! And finding our packets, it was like a maze!! They had us go to one side of the building to "look up" our number, then take that number to the other side of the building and pick up chips and bib numbers, then go down to another floor and many stairs (some nice gentleman helped me) to pick up our packets...I was sweating like I had already done the race. Harrison was so GOOOOD! He got freebies too-Chic-fil-a lemonade, ice cream, Cape Cod chips, jelly beans-I think he was in Heaven!!! He kept saying the whole time we were going home-"I loved it there, can we go again?" Gee, I wonder why. The boys were really all troopers-we didn't get home until 1:00, ate lunch and they are now down for naps. We have a "happy hour" playgroup at 4:00-so excited for that-and then several neighbor ladies are going out for dinner tonight. Tomorrow morning I'm doing one last run before the race!! Hope it doesn't rain...

We now have a walker...

Oh my, oh my-Jack is now walking. It makes me so happy to watch him walk because HE is so happy doing it. It also makes me a little sad that my babies are growing up. Brady is still just a cruisin' so no rush there. I'll have to get some video of it on the blog because it's pretty funny.

In other news, just waiting on the new couch and chair to arrive! Hooray! I'll post pictures of those too. Also, my handy husband did a tile backsplash in the kitchen this past weekend, see pics at bottom. It looks AMAZING!!

The Bridge Run is on Saturday. I'm so excited!! It's pretty big, so I'm not setting my expecations for a great time or anything, just looking forward to running 6.2 over the "big, big, big bridge" as Harrison calls it.