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Bring on 13.1
Two years ago this girl never would have considered running a mile. One year ago this girl was training to run her second 5K in under 37 minutes. One week from today I will be running my first half marathon. I’ve come so far and I’ve worked so hard, and I’ve never wanted anything so bad in my life. And its SO CLOSE I can taste it. I cannot wait to get out there and run 13.1 miles. Cannot WAIT. I set out on my long run today hoping to run 10 or 11 miles, as my last long run before the race. At mile 1.6 a huge black cat…
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Summer in the City – Day 1: Pancakes, Wine & Cupcakes
Greetings from Penn Station! Chris and I are now waiting for our train back to Albany. We had a great time in the city this weekend. We got into the city at around 10:30 on Friday morning. We dragged our luggage 10+ blocks from Penn Station to our hotel, which was right outside of Times Square (near Hell’s Kitchen/Theater District). We stayed at the EconoLodge! The hotel was TINY! But that’s okay, since it wasn’t too expensive (for a hotel in the city), and we really just needed a place to sleep. The rooms were even smaller than I thought they’d be. Yeah, teeny tiny. After we dropped out stuff…