Speaking of racing, Seth, Daddoo and I ran the Happy Trails 5K last weekend. Nerves were in check, race was super fun… and got my celebratory ice cream afterwords. It was a good morning.

(The only cameras we had were our phones.. and of course there had to be a pointing picture!)

My main goal for doing the race  was the experience of it. Not speed or rank. Whenever I have a scheduled event I need to be a part of, I tend to get very anxious and nervous, specially when there are a lot of people involved. Plus I wasn’t completely sure how these things are organized, this being my first race. Sooooo I decided to not worry about anything other than just going there to have a nice run. 5K distance is about my usually run distance  so it wasn’t anything difficult. Repeatedly telling myself that its a normal run, in a pretty park, with people who love doing something I do, helped tremendously.  And it WAS fun. I loved being able to run next to someone, then pass them and fall beside or behind someone else. It was interesting… thinking about what everyone’s stories might have been… if they trained, what their goals are, and how many races they have run.
My new goal is to try and get over this threshold of 3.5 miles i find myself running. I’ve gone farther, but only when I’ve felt I was able to and the decision was only made during great feeling runs. I want to be able to go longer more often and more reliably. I would love to do a 10K next. When trying to run longer I start to feel very heavy. I know I am not overweight, but I do carry around a certain amount of ‘puffiness.’ Plus, I need to do more strength training.

Speaking of puffy… look what I found!
GIANT MARSHMALLOWS
OMG they are the awesomest things EVER.

(I know I know… this MAY be why I am puffy) 

Oh yeah, here are my stats for Happy Trails 5k.
I think there was about 523 people who participated, 255 of which were female.

One of my favorite lunches. Avocado, tomato, corn (from the cob) with cumin, cayenne, salt and pepper.
I <3 avocado and cumin.

Rowan being a good studio cat today.

Summer times by the river.

I know I haven’t posted in a LONG while.  I miss you, and I will try and keep it up.