Mother's Day!

I hope all of the moms had a wonderful Mother's Day!

I got these wonderful gifts for Mothers Day! New running shoes (Adidas), a Moms Run This Town Bondi Band, an entry into the Run Like A Mother Mothers Day Virtual 5K, and an awesome Run Like a Mother Bracelet and 5K charm from The Run Home!

I love it! :)

I received this from Sophie after church this morning! I thought it was so sweet for them to do this for all the mommies! I know she didn't actually do this, but I really loved it! I can't wait to see what Sophie will create for me for future Mothers Days! :)

Sophie apparently has another tooth coming in and she was extra cranky today. :( It made me sad to see her in pain. :( Last night she woke up about every hour crying. :( It was not fun for either of us. I spent most of the day cuddling and trying to avert her attention from it.  At about 6 this evening I decided to head out and do my Run Like A Mother Virtual 5K for Mothers Day! Sophie usually likes her stroller and I hoped this would keep her busy and I was right! She just loves people watching! :) Unfortunately she also loves throwing things out of her stroller...like her sippy cup, her toys, her hat, and her socks...I do a lot of picking things up on my runs! Tonight we lost a sock for good. It was one of my favorite pairs of socks of hers too! They had cute little lady bugs on them! I'm considering going and buying another pair...or two! I liked them that much! :)

Me before the run! :)

Us after the run! She's such a cutie! :)

Other than loosing the sock and having to pause my Garmin and look for it, it was a pretty good run! I stil had to take a few walk breaks, but they are becoming shorter and farther in between! I made it to 1.25 miles before having to take my first walk break and even then it was pretty short! It may not have been a PR, but it was still fun to run in my shirt and know a lot of other moms ran today as well! I even had someone tell me Happy Mothers Day while I was running! I thought that was sweet! :) 

I only have 3 miles left to complete my JoggerMom Virtual Marathon! Looks like I'll be done this week! Tomorrow I plan on doing an easy 2 miles and break in my new shoes! I may not count it towards it if I don't run. I'll have to see how it goes. I've already tried out one pair of shoes and they ended up being horrible for me. They were so heavy and felt like I was running with bricks on my feet and they sent a sharp pain through my right foot up to my knee. It wasn't pleasant. But thankfully I go to a wonderful running store, The Fort Worth Running Company, and they let me exchange! I seriously love that store and everyone that works there! The employees are just so sweet and helpful! :) I can't wait to try these Adidas out tomorrow!  :) 

Soon I will be leaving to go to my hometown for the birth of my bestie's baby girl! I'm so excited to meet her! We are also throwing Sophie's 1st birthday down there so all of the family can be there! I can't believe she almost 1! That is so crazy to me! She's growing up way too fast! 

You should all check out my new blogger header! I finally figured out how to make one myself! I hope you like it! :)

Mayfest 5K Race Recap!

This past Saturday, I participated in my 2nd 5K!

It may have been my 2nd, but it was my first early morning race. Yes, 8am is early for me! HaHa. I really wasn't worried about myself as much as Sophie. She wakes me up at 8, so I knew getting up at 6:30 would be different for her and I was unsure how she would handle it. At first she cried! I was so sad to be getting her out of bed! I had already gotten dressed and gotten everything ready to leave before I woke her. I then just had to change her diaper, get her dressed, nurse her, and go! I'm lucky that the park is only about 15 min. from me, but they had said to give yourself 30 min. to walk from the parking lot to the starting line. The starting line was at a duck pond, so I was able to entertain Sophie with the ducks as we waited to start. They had a 1K fun run 15 min. before we started and this is when I knew it wasn't quiet as organized as I had hoped. They started the 1K at 7:55. They had them running half way, turning around and then running back to the starting line! I knew it was going to be chaos and I knew we would be running late. Sophie had started to get cranky, so I gave her her sippy cup which usually makes her happy, but she ended up spitting in the water playing and soaked through her bib and shirt. I couldn't let her sit there for the next 45 minutes with the wind hitting her and making her sick, so right before the race started, I ended up having to change her shirt. Luckily I had brought something extra, but it was still stressful! But at least she was happy! Then we started! I knew it was a chip timed race, and I had to be at the back of the crowd because of my jogging stroller, so I wasn't worried about getting to the starting line quickly. The street we started on quickly turned into a sidewalk...where people were walking 4 people across...It was so very frustrating. I had to run on the grass, with my jogging stroller and my child bouncing up and down just to get around them! I kept saying "excuse me" and "passing on your left" and everything else nice you are supposed to say, but they wouldn't move. I hate having to be at the back. I may be a slow runner, but I'm not walking!!! This lasted for the first mile. Then I saw people starting to run BACK at us! The front of the 5K people were already heading back and they had to use the same sidewalk to get back! WHAT?! 1300 people on one sidewalk? Yeah I wasn't too thrilled. After about half a mile of crossing with those people, I was finally able to turn myself and the sidewalk finally started to clear up a bit. Of course the main reason for that was I was stuck back with all of the walkers! It's very hard to maneuver a jogging stroller around all of those people. But I did it! The last mile and a half I concentrated on keeping a steady pace and not running the walkers over with my stroller as they made comments like, I wish I could be riding in one of those! Yeah I wish you would get out of my way please! (I may or may not have road rage even while running! HAHA) The race ended on a good note though and I knew for the last mile and a half I gave it my all and I was happy! The race timer said I had crossed at 46 min., but after I remembered to stop my Nike, it read 43:53. I think it was actually about 42ish, but I will never know for sure since they DID NOT CHIP TIME THE START! Apparently they only used the chip for the end of the race. As I sat there at the back of the group at the starting line, my time was ticking away. I'm pretty upset about that as well. Looks like I will just have to do another 5K to see my real time! I don't think that will be a problem though! I'm a 5K race addict now! :) I'm just looking forward to that first race with no jogging stroller! :) I'm hoping it will be a half marathon after I have done all my training with the stroller! No telling how fast I will be then! :) I will be flying! :)

I am still running for the JoggerMom Marathon this month as well! It's going great! I have put in 17 miles so far! Now I just need to take a pic of me with my racebib on! :)

I'm loving that my runs are counting towards something! I think I like this whole Virtual thing!

In fact I like it so much, that I signed up for a Virtual 5K on Mother's Day!!

 I have to admit...I'm mostly doing it because of the shirt! At least I'm honest!

They don't have pic up of it yet, but as soon as I get it, I'll get a pic! It says Mother's Day 2012 and I really just wanted a shirt that has my First Mothers Day on it! This day will be special to me and now that I have  A LOT more running in my life, it's special that I am able to run on this day! In fact, my Mother's day presents have to do with running! I will post a pic of them as soon as I get them! 

I'm excited to be a mother, but I am even more excited to be a Running Mother!

to all of the moms out there!

(Especially to my mom, who is the best mom in the whole world! I LOVE YOU MOM!)

Relaxing Weekend

I took the weekend off after my 6 miles on Friday. I was seriously exhausted, sunburned, sneezing, and just felt like I needed a break! It was very relaxing! Saturday, Sophie and I just spent the day at the house and we had lunch and dinner out on the porch! It was such beautiful day! And then today, my hubby was off and we just hung around, had a dance party with Sophie (because we are awesome like that), and relaxed again! I also spent the weekend talking with a lot of awesome ladies in MRTT (Moms RUN this town, I will be calling it MRTT from now on haha). I have so many ideas, I'm ready to get started planning things with these wonderful moms! Now I am refreshed and ready to run this week! Can't wait! 

I start the Joggermom Marathon on Tuesday! They just posted a pic of our race bib on Facebook!

I plan on printing it out and keeping it like I would do any other bib! I will try to get someone take a pic of me wearing it as well, but no promises! haha :) I'm excited to do this! In about 3 weeks, I will be leaving for a whole month, and I know this will help keep me accountable in running back in my hometown! I have to do it now! I have to finish the Marathon! I'm hoping to be able to run with one of my dear running pals,  Jesica over at Syked to Run, while I'm down! We have been talking about it for months now, and I think we will finally be able to run together this time! :) So excited! 

I hope everyone has a great Monday and a great week!

Moms RUN This Town!

I announced yesterday on my Facebook page that I am now the leader of the Fort Worth chapter of Moms RUN This Town!!! I am so excited to be a part of this! I am working on getting our name out there right now and trying to find more moms to join! We already have 9 moms ready to get together! We will be running a few local races and getting together for running, walking, and chatting! I can't wait to get to know all of these moms more! I'm sure you will be hearing more about it in the future from me. :) 

 I've been doing really good with my running these past couple of weeks and I'm pretty proud of it! 

Yesterday, I got a bunch of stuff together and decided to head to the park with Sophie. Only I decided to run there! I had google mapped my route and it said it was only about 2 mikes. Well I had forgotten that those 2 miles only led to the trail that leads to the park. That trail was another mile long! So 3.1 miles later...We made it! Then we had some swinging fun!

We then sat out on a picnic blanket while Sophie had some snacks and water and played a little. Then we met up with a friend and her daughter and swung some more! It was then time to head back hoe for some lunch! Another 3.1 miles later (and a nap for a certain little one) we made it home. I was smart enough to put suntn lotion on Sophie, but completely forgot about myself...of course...And I had just bought me a brand new tube of Sport SPF 50 the day before!Now I am sunburned! I don't think I will be forgetting it next time! haha :) It was fun though and I ended up running a 10K! It might be something I do every once in a while, but I think I will bring lunch next time and have a picnic! :) 

After we got home we did a little of this...

She loves the water! I hope she loves it when we go to the big pool also! :)

In other news...I have signed up to do a Virtual Marathon! 

I am so excited to be doing this as well! I have to complete 26.2 miles in 31 days!

I will be recording my time and taking pictures of my Garmin as I go along. There are a bunch of prizes (randomly chosen, so I actually have a chance since I am certainly not the fastest lol) and I have to admit I am praying for a new jogging stroller! Running with this one for almost 10 months has made me realize I need a better one. This one has almost died and is headed to jogging stroller Heaven, but I certainly cannot afford one of those expensive amazing strollers... Oh how I long for a Mountain Buggy or a BOB! lol I know it's silly, but I really think it would make life easier for me! lol :) The "Marathon" starts in 2 days! May 1st! Can't wait! I'll be printing out my Race Bib and everything! :)

I'll be posting how that goes as well! 

Lots of exciting things going on for me right now! :)

Plus I get to do it all with my beautiful little princess!

I just love being her mommy! :)

Did I mention she's WALKING NOW! It is CRAZY to watch, but I love it! And she just thinks she is so smart and just walks in circles! lol She is so entertaining! Have I mentioned that I just love her! :)

Birthday! :)

Yep...today is my birthday! I turn 29 today...last year of my 20's! 

What special thing did I do today? I ran 3 mlies! 

Then did some laundry and still working on a mountain of dishes. 

WooHoo! Party girl right here! 

The rest of my day was spent with this little adorableness :)

She's so good for me on my runs! This morning, she didn't even take a nap like she usually does! She talked back and forth to me and kept looking at all of the dogs and people walking by us. :) I think she will like being outdoors as much as I do. :)

And look what came in the mail today!!!

My new Fivefingers I won from MyFiveFingers.com! :) 

They are definitely different from my other pair, but I like them! They "almost" look like real shoes! haha I will write a post more about them once I try them out on Friday. I'm taking a day off tomorrow to spend with my parents, who have come to Dallas for a conference for my dad's job. :)

I'm ending my evening with some yummy Nachos from Fuzzy's Taco's and watching Mission Impossible 4 with my amazing hubby. :) He's getting me an awesome bday gift, but it won't be here for a little while. I'll show you what it is when it shows up on my doorstep! :)

Hope you all have a wonderful evening! :)