120 Hour Rewind

Hold on folks.  We are about to do a quick rewind from this morning's workout all the way back to Thursday evening.  Hold on tight...here we go...

Monday morning at 4:45am - Marathon Training Day 1.  3 miles at 9:52 pace.  Our goal pace was 10:00, so we were basically right on the money.  It was in t he 70's and extremely humid.  We were both sweating like whores in church.

Day one of training...smiling at this point.  Check back with me in a couple of months.

Already bitchy and it's only day one.

Sunday was Mother's Day...just in case you did not know that.  Anyway, we spent the afternoon at my parent's house.  It was super.

My lovely parents cooked up a delish feast.

Four generations of fantastic women right there.

I considered this my personal bowl of peel and eat shrimp.  Love that stuff!

We were having crawfish, but apparently Doug thought we were smoking doobies.

I was gagging and showing off all my wrinkles.

Alecia was trying to pierce her nose.

I got Alecia from Tin Can Treader this kickbutt wine glass for Mother's Day.  The other side says Loverboy.

Sunday morning was fantastic!

This tray was delivered to my bed.

Courtesy of Audrie.  She made toast and coffee all by herself.  Then Trent wrote me a poem and Audrie made me a card.  She even adorned the tray with my flower from the Mom's Run.

Saturday night I had a lazy night at home sippin' wine and reading.

I finished this book.  Super enjoyed it.  Expect a book review soon.

Saturday Afternoon I had a marvelous massage and facial from Cynthia.

This picture is from a previous massage, but I'm sure I looked just the same lying there.

The gorgeous Cynthia.

Saturday morning Trent and I ran the Mom's Run.  You can read the race review here.

We had a great time, and ran the 5K in under 30 minutes.  Whoot.

Friday night Doug and I went out with some friends to Empa Mundo.  It was a hole in the wall and was great.

The empanadas were not gluten free.  I cut them open and ate the filling.  However, they told me if I gave them advance notice, they would make me gluten free ones next time.  Awesome!

There was definitely lots of great wine going around.  Tom & Martha tasting the Riesling.

Jim and I were chatting about scuba diving and sippin' on something red and delicious.

The owner serenaded us with a couple of songs.

Then Doug took a turn on the guitar.

Thursday night Randee and I had an impromptu Cinco de Mayo celebration.  I only had an hour while the kids were at drum and piano lessons.  Don't all good mom's gulp down margaritas while waiting on their kids?

Those things were super cheap, super strong and super yummy.

I was responsible and only had one.

We took a quick self portrait in the parking lot and then we were off to be moms again.

There you have it.  The past 120 hours of my life.  Now you can go on about your day.

Happy Monday!

Warrior Dash Review

I have been so excited for this race!

The Warrior Dash North Texas was on both Saturday and Sunday.  They had waves starting every 30 minutes all day long. We were in the 9am wave on Sunday morning.  The first wave of the day.  Brilliant decision.  It was not nearly as hot.  Parking was a breeze.  Shuttles from parking to the race site were not covered with mud upon arrival.  Obstacles were fresh....if this made any difference.  Oh yes, and the port-a-potties were clean.

Talia even said..."that port-a-potty smelt good."  What the hell?

Six of us crammed into my car ready for the race.  Doug stayed home after having to work until 5am.  Bummer!

Starbucks as always.  Then on our way.  Parking and catching the shuttle was quick and easy.

Super Model Talia and Wrestler Brittany.

Alecia and her redneck prom date Brad.

Entertaining myself on the school bus shuttle with self portraits.

 Packet pick up was painless.  We had about 45 minutes before race time.

Our running group minus Randee.  Remember, she does not do mud.

While waiting to start, Brad and Brittany decided I needed my sleeves ripped off.  Teeth were involved.

And we're off.

Obstacle 1:  Slithering Swamp

Look Mom, no hands!

Obstacle 2:  Terror Town.  Brittany looks real scared.

King of the Hill.

Obstacle 3:  Road Rage

Dazed and Confused.

Obstacle 4:  Barricade Breakdown.

That prom dress isn't slowing her down.

Obstacle 5:  Great Warrior Wall

I got this.

How are the nails Talia?

Obstacle 6:  Teetering Traverse.  It was a race.  Brad won.

Obstacle 7:  Arachnophobia

What the heck is going on here?

Alecia found her a better lookin' prom date along the way.

We did have to actually do some trail runnin' between the obstacles.

But then there would always be another one of these signs.

Obstacle 8:  Blackout.  You had to crawl on your hands and knees (or roll in Alecia's case) in the pitch black.  My cheap butt throw away camera didn't have a flash.  So no inside pics.

Obstacle 9:  Chaotic Crossover.  Get that butt in the air.

Obstacle 10:  Hay Fever.

Jumping off the hay stack.

Obstacle 11:  Cargo Climb.  My favorite!

Still lookin' good in the prom dress.

Obstacle 12:  Deadweight Drifter

Trying to get my tired butt over the log.

When you first get out of the water and try to start running it is very slippery.  Alecia did a spread eagle, face first.

Obstacle 13:  Warrior Roast.  Look at the lovebirds hand in hand over the fire.

Obstacle 14:  Muddy Mayhem.  Alecia had just done a belly flop into the mud.

 Oh my goodness that was fun.

Obligatory muddy picture.  Ignore my ridiculous arm pose.

After all the fun we got sprayed down with a couple of  fire hoses.

Then free beer!

Me and my little (cough, cough) brother.

Gloria jammin' to the live band.

Gloria brought her camera and took a ton of pictures of us at the finish.  Stay tuned for more pics.  I know you can't wait!

Big butt pile of donated muddy shoes.

We quickly caught the shuttle and headed back to the car.  We all smelled like wet dog and ass.  I can't even image what the bus smells like by the late afternoon.

Starting to look a little haggered.  Well me anyway,  Talia is still lookin' fine.

 Bonus!  They had showers right by where we parked.  We were able to clean up a little and put on dry clothes before heading home. But believe me, there was still dirt in places it shouldn't have been.  Second Talia quote of the day:  "I'm gonna have to clean the dirt out of my cootch."  Yikes.

Then we kicked Talia's tired butt (and dirty bits) out and grabbed some grub.

OMG that was delish!

Gloria and Little Brittany.

Look at the different expression on each of our faces.  And yes, I went to Chili's with my warrior paint still on my face, and smelling like a dog's ass.

 Here's the bling:

 We had a blast.  We are already talking about our costumes for next year.  I'm thinking wedding dress and tux top for Doug and me.

Mud Run....now checked off my bucket list!