Story of my life. (Besides the other chapter, entitled Study and Work and Class and Class and Work and Study and Sometimes Sleep.) I seem to spend many of my days chasing sunrises, sunsets, and finish lines. Here are a few recent examples.
David and I took some time to check out a nice little local museum for sunset. It's a nice little place we like to call The Getty.
Nice place.
We got up extra early on another day to catch the sunrise at another place with a lovely view of downtown Los Angeles called Griffith Observatory.
It's right next to this big white sign that I guess is famous or something.
Last time we did a color run, we had such an amazing time that we signed up for another with some friends of ours. Run or Dye!!
A little sloppy on the logistics, but once we got going, we had ourselves a fabulous time.
And finally, there was Canyonlands Half Marathon, take two. Or take ten if you're David - he's done it so many times, they have a special club for him. True story.
I actually trained for this race, like, legitimately. I did all my long runs and cross-trained and squeezed in as many short mid-week runs as I could. And I didn't get injured beforehand (unless you count IT band pain, which I don't), so for this race, I was actually adequately prepared. To add to it all, it was an overcast day in Moab. Optimal weather conditions! Bonus!
I had a great race - 1:56:29, and I was feeling strong at the end. It was fastest of all the half marathons I've ever done by about 4 minutes, and my first ever that was under 2 hours.
We had a small fan club cheering for us this year - David's parents and sister came down for the race. Aunt Jane had come down to run the 5 miler, and she was there rooting for us, too. David got to join the rest of the 10-year clubbers after the race in an exclusive tent with lemon frosted cookies and a massage therapist, but I got my own massage on the grass from Emily and Mom Chipman (which I'm pretty sure rivaled the one David got). In short, it was just an amazing day.
I know this is really going to surprise you, but while we were in beautiful southern Utah, we also caught a few sunsets/sunrises.
David and I took some time to check out a nice little local museum for sunset. It's a nice little place we like to call The Getty.
Nice place.
We got up extra early on another day to catch the sunrise at another place with a lovely view of downtown Los Angeles called Griffith Observatory.
It's right next to this big white sign that I guess is famous or something.
Last time we did a color run, we had such an amazing time that we signed up for another with some friends of ours. Run or Dye!!
A little sloppy on the logistics, but once we got going, we had ourselves a fabulous time.
And finally, there was Canyonlands Half Marathon, take two. Or take ten if you're David - he's done it so many times, they have a special club for him. True story.
I actually trained for this race, like, legitimately. I did all my long runs and cross-trained and squeezed in as many short mid-week runs as I could. And I didn't get injured beforehand (unless you count IT band pain, which I don't), so for this race, I was actually adequately prepared. To add to it all, it was an overcast day in Moab. Optimal weather conditions! Bonus!
I had a great race - 1:56:29, and I was feeling strong at the end. It was fastest of all the half marathons I've ever done by about 4 minutes, and my first ever that was under 2 hours.
We had a small fan club cheering for us this year - David's parents and sister came down for the race. Aunt Jane had come down to run the 5 miler, and she was there rooting for us, too. David got to join the rest of the 10-year clubbers after the race in an exclusive tent with lemon frosted cookies and a massage therapist, but I got my own massage on the grass from Emily and Mom Chipman (which I'm pretty sure rivaled the one David got). In short, it was just an amazing day.
I know this is really going to surprise you, but while we were in beautiful southern Utah, we also caught a few sunsets/sunrises.
