Whine and Wine Wednesday!

Let's just get right to the whining shall we.

Whine:

I have looked like this all week.

Grumpy.  Moody.  Some might even say bitchy. 

Blame it on the raaaainnnn.

Dang Texas storms did this to my parent's house on Sunday morning.

It also caused us to have to run a half marathon in the rain.  Well, almost a half marathon.  It also caused them to shorten the course by .6.  We also had a race delay.  I know, I know.  A race report would be nice.  I'll get to it soon.  I plan on getting my waterproof camera developed tonight.  That means possible race report tomorrow.

Sunday's race was hell for me.  I could not breath.  90% due to being sick.  10% due to the humidity. 

From the first mile I was having issues.

Why the hell am I so hunchbacked?  I might could breath if I stood up straight.

I was definitely the bitchy runner after this race.

Everyone else was talking about how "great" they felt.  How much "fun" they had.  I wanted to slap all of them.  Shut up and get in the car!

So Monday and Tuesday we had temperatures in the 40's.  In Texas.  In May.  Stupid  Thankfully it looks like Spring is returning and the weather is looking better.

Trent and I will be running the Mom Run 5K on Saturday.

This was us at last year's race.

Trent's race plan:  Sprint.  Stop.  Repeat.  It's exhausting to keep up!  I'm trying to talk him into letting me pace us.  We will see what happens.  Last year we got 3rd place in the Mom/Child division for his age group.  He got a trophy and thought that was super cool!

Ahhh, and I'm getting a massage and facial on Saturday afternoon from Cynthia!  I can't wait!  Happy Mother's Day to me.

Wine:

Last night I had a glass of Reg Guitar Tempranillo.  That is some darn good stuff.  The purple section of the wine cellar is getting low.  I might have to break into the good stuff.  Shhh..don't tell Doug!

Tears of sadness when this happens.

Oh yes, and I get to go on a date Friday night.  Yes, with Doug.  We are going to Empa Mundo for a BYOB wine gathering.  Sounds fun.  Only issue.  They only serve Empanadas.  I do gluten free.  Empanadas are full of gluten.  I'll have wine, and maybe try to sweet talk the chef into whipping me up something special.

One last piece of adivise.  Drop everything and order this book immediatly.

I'm just getting started, but it is greatness. I do believe Dawn is a bitchy runner! 

What is your whine and wine for the week?

We're Freakin' Famous!

Workout:  Yogilates.  Well, kinda.  My back is still jacked so my form was all to hell.  But I tried.

I'm pretty sure that Oprah will be calling anytime now.  SkinnyRunner would be the running world blog queen.  We were featured as her Cat Lady Blog of the day.  Oh yeah.  Check out all the awesome things she I wrote about us.

Major user error was causing me to not be able to print screen.  So being the genius I am, I took a picture of the screen with my iPhone.  Hence the reason for the crappy quality.

I got this text from Talia and her sexy legs while I was at work.

Focus on today's conversation.  Not us talking about her sexy chicken legs.

Anywho, I was on my way out the door to get my super tight hammies rubbed.

Ahh, the adorable Cynthia and her magic hands.

I really think we should have a girls night out at Cynthia's shop.  Massages and facials for everyone.  Heck, we could even get drunk and all do Brazilian bikini waxes on each other!

My rub down was marvelous.  The hammies are still tight, but do feel better.

Then it was off to pick up the little people from school.

All this construction was messing with my relaxation.

The kids were in great moods.

I'm sure she was saying "Mom you're super cool."

Trent thought it was Christmas when he got to the front door and found this....

The new Nerds book.

He keeps trying to read the book to me out loud.  "Mom this is seriously the best book ever."  Um, I'm sure it is.  But your mom is kinda famous now and has a very important blog post to write.

Blogging snack of champions.  Nut Thins.  Havarti cheese.  Broccoli.  Tomatoes.  Sausage.  Hummus.  Riesling.

I really did eat more then one cheery tomato and one spear of broccoli.  I thought I was starving to death and sucked down half the plate before I stopped to take a picture.  That was also a new container of hummus.  Don't judge.  It's normal to eat one entire container a night.

What the hell ever happed to Randee you ask?

She is at home bitchin' about something I'm sure.

I called to tell her we were famous.  She has even agreed to make a guest appearance on the blog again sometime soon.  I refuse to let her quit running.  She will run with me.  And she will like it.

That's all I got for today.  Tune in tomorrow for Whine and Wine Wednesday.  I got tons to whine about.  Oh, and of course there will be wine!  The purple section is stocked and ready to go.  I think a good night of foam rolling and sippin' wine sounds fun.

Happy Tuesday!

What would Angie do?

If you were Angie how would you spend your pre-race Saturday?

I stated with a lazy morning of coffee and facebook.  Perfect!

Then went to let Cyn's magic hands rub on my hammy!  Very nice!  Sorry I did not get a pic to share.  Cyn, can we do a model shoot during my session next time?

Then we met the parents for lunch at Sonny Bryan's BBQ.  I did some carb loading with my baked potato.

My daddy munchin' on the wolds largest onion ring!

My beautiful momma and me.  What the heck was up with my hair?

Trent smokin' some celery.

The adorable Audrie

When we got home we watched True Grit.

It was actually very good.

Then the lovely (and possibly a bit inebriated) Cheri called to see if we wanted to hang around the fire pit in her backyard.  After telling her I had an early bedtime and could not drink she called me a few choice words.

Cheri and Brittany by the fire.

Little Brittany and her mommy Gloria

Don't be jealous of my wild and crazy life!  I was in bed by 10:00pm and up by 5:30am to get ready to run!  A pretty darn good weekend if I do say so myself!

We Won't Back Down

Randee and  I have had a rough start since the new year!

My problems started when I did something to my hamstring during our first run of 2011.  It was a gorgeous day in Fort Worth and we ran four miles.   My legs felt tight, but I don't remember one defining moment that I knew I had hurt my leg.  However, since that time my hamstring has been really angry with me!  I need one of these....

Randee has been battling plantar fasciitis for a while.  This is supposed to be one of the worst injuries to overcome!  She keeps pushing on, and is hopeful that her new shoes will help!  Not sure how she would run, but she might need one of these....

So we both have done our share of bitching about the injuries.  We have rested.  We have ran when we should have rested.  We have been to the chiropractor...multiple times.  We have iced. We have heated. 

On Saturday we are going to see my friend Cynthia to let her try some deep tissue massage on our issues.  Hopefully her magic hands will make it all bettter!

Anyway, we will persevere!  We will not quit!  We will run Chicago!  Even if we look like this in the end....

We will finish!