Sometimes

Sometimes I feel like nothing in my life goes right.
My mom and my dad were both taken from me (and my sisters, brother, and family) too soon. I feel empty despite having a beautiful husband and daughter. I feel bad about this, but I don't know how to change it.

Hood to Coast!

Here we come!!!
Corey, Lauren, Jennifer, Molly & me at Nuun HQ. We leave tomorrow! :)

Not the best week

For those of you that aren't my friend on Facebook, I've been absent from blogging for a couple reasons...the main one being that my Dad suddenly passed away on August 3rd after a motorcycle accident in Montana.
My family is still in shock.
I don't feel like this is real.
I just want to wake up from this nightmare.

Couple this with another devastating family event the same weekend, and another friend's Dad's death the next day....and I'm emotionally drained.  I have nothing left to give.

I'm an orphan.

The London Olympics

YESSSS!!!!  

I LOVE the Olympics!  So excited!

Photo by Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times

So far the opening ceremony has been spectacular.  The transitions from each "era" were amazing.  Simply stunning choreography and so many people involved!  Can you imagine being able to take part in an historic event like this?  So fun!

What's your favorite part of the Olympics?  Favorite sport?

I love watching Swimming, Track and Gymnastics...oh and synchronized swimming is so freaking cool too.

Another Mother Runner House Party

So, the busy busy busy week that led up to the Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon included this amazing house party thrown by the two authors of “Run Like a Mother” and the newly released “Train Like A Mother:” Sarah Bowen Shea & Dimity McDowell.  There were yummy treats (thanks to the awesome host!), some fun swag, and A LOT of momma runners! 

It was great having Sarah and Dimity read excerpts from their new book, as well as mingle with us readers.  They are some really fun women!  Very glad I got to meet them in person. :)

Photo by Kristy Harrison of Full Heart Photography (Website here), Twitter: @fullheartphoto

Day 2 of "Hell Week"

It’s crunch time for moving out of our bigger house and into the small, urban rental house in Seattle. Travis and I have already painted the rooms in the rental, and now we are going to bug bomb the crap outta the place tonight. The house has FLEAS! It sucks! Poor Trav had over 50 bites on his legs after we were done painting last night. :( THEN, the carpet goes in and we MOVE all our stuff 35 miles north on Saturday.

The reason this is Hell Week is that Goober is now enrolled in daycare *sniff* near our new house. So all week Trav has to drive me to work, drop Goob off and then backtrack to Downtown Seattle for work. Then after work he picks me up, we pick Goob up and then paint/clean the new house for a bit and then make the trek back down south to the big house. These past couple of days we’ve been getting home really late, around 10pm, and poor Goob is just exhausted.

But hey, this isn’t a lifestyle blog is it? No, it’s a running blog that has life thrown in it every so often. So apologies if you are looking for recaps, as I’ve (undoubtedly) been busy. I have most of my Relay recaps ready, but all the pics are on my iMac…and I haven’t been home to use it (I’m typing on my work computer…shhhhhhh!). The dilemma.

Anywho, last week was amazing with the OnlineShoes.com and Brooks Running Girls’ Night Out on Friday, the Another Mother Runner Party last Thursday and OF COURSE, the Seattle Rock n Roll Half on Saturday…so much to write about! So little time (at the moment).

Lesley, Tiffany, Harmony, Tressa, Kerrie, Mel, Stacie, me, Jamie, Jamie's friend, Jill and Tricia
OH, and Jesse on the ground.  Prior to the start.

More later…

2 Weeks and Counting

Still no running. :( 

I’ve been doing light upper body weights and some hip abductor strength exercises to help keep my knees supported, but there hasn’t been a run in my book since the Rainier to Ruston Relay.  And with the Seattle Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon less than a week away, I’m a bit worried. 

Should I run?

Should I just walk it?

Should I DNS?

Of course I want to participate because there are a ton of people I know from the blogging/running world that are coming to town for this fun race.  And goodness knows that if I don’t end up racing, that I’ll most likely be losing my voice cheering for my fellow runners. 

The dilemma!  In the meantime I’m still icing, compressing and resting the hell outta my knee.  ERGH.

Oh, and Happy Father’s Day to all those amazing Daddies out there!  You know who you are!  Including Travis…thank you for being a fabulous father to our beautiful Goober. ;)