~ Happy Birthday! ~

Congratulations Super Star!

Congratulations on your promotion. I'm super excited for us both! What exciting opportunity this is, and how neat to be so much closer to home. If no one wants to run the go! relay, I'll just run the 1/2 by myself... and maybe you can run with me and mom for the 5k? Might be a fun way to get some exercise in! I'm not stressing about it - we've got a lot on our plates... I just sort of like the race distraction from everything! :-)

~post race recovery~

So of course I'm thinking about what's next. Isn't that my style? The lost dutchman is on Valentines Day. I wouldn't mind doing that event. I know because of the marathon - I'm not going to be fast. In fact I expect to be slow... IF I can do it. I just think it might be a lot of fun. IT WAS afterall ranked by runner's world magazine as the best small marathon in the USA. Which is pretty flippin' cool... and right around our neck of the woods! There are some other events... but of course, only time will tell.... Otherwise, I just wanted to thank you for participating in the Changs with me. I had a blast. I understand now we are on our own, as you have your Ironman to prepare for. So... good luck - and maybe- we can do some shorter races my pace, along the way... if not... I understand. (frowney face)

Monday = HEAVY RAIN

The Gods must be smiling on us today... because it is pouring. I'm so happy to have had nice weather for the race day... and icky weather the day afterwards. That is good luck indeed!

http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=72648851&rsID=88864

Results!

Now you can enjoy the resting period before you take on the task of training for your Ironman. Derek, you really ROCK!

ASU PAPER - College times.

http://www.ecollegetimes.com/media/paper991/documents/73lpwse3.pdf

We're on page 12!! What a cool discovery before the marathon!

3 more days!

The race is only 3 more days away. I hope that these 3 more sleeps are restful. I'm sure Sunday's we will CRASH. HA! So the great running duo, will be at it again! I'm looking forward to the race. I think, even though I've had a few painful hiccups along the way, I can only think of one bad run. So I think training for this one, was more fun, less painful. It was faster too, by not taking a week to recover in between each long run. Maybe Vegas is a false sense of security, but I FEEL ready. I'm ready for some fun, and running with you is always a blast!

10 days left!

The marathon is only 10 days away. I am so excited that you've agreed to run this with me! We're going to have so much fun! Just think only a few weeks after that and you'll begin your Ironman training. I'm very excited for you.