Woohoo! Three-day weekends are the best because I actually feel like I get a weekend. I’m especially excited for:

- The Trent/Waldron Glacier Half-Marathon tomorrow morning.

- Bridal shower Saturday afternoon.

- BBQ with friends.

- Sleeping in.

- Spending time with Craig—we’ve talked about going on a bike ride and playing disc golf.

- The nice weather!

Today

Last Friday

After work I stopped at Target to pick up a few things. Isn’t the dollar section the best?

I wanted to pick this up for you, Mom, but thought I’d just take a picture instead.

I also picked up this shampoo and deep treatment conditioner by Shea Moisture based off a friend’s recommendation who also has fine hair like myself. I was super excited to find it on sale!

Now that I can finally think about wearing less layers of clothing, I am looking for a recommendation for a self-tanner. Any recommendations? I read good reviews about these Tan Towel towelettes. Has anyone tried them?

I’m excited for the half-marathon in the morning. I don’t have any big time goals—just to run as fast as I can. I know I won’t be able to set a PR, but I’m hoping to at least be under 1:40.

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Question

I can’t believe this weather we are having!!

Yes, that would be snow on my windshield on my way home from work.

Seriously Alaska! I am just glad it isn’t really sticking. . . . . . .yet!

Last year on this day we were celebrating my sister’s birthday (Happy Birthday, Kristy!) and the last day of school for me!! In the sunshine of course!

Luckily I didn’t have to run in the snow this morning during my run. It was raining though.

Distance: 4 miles

Time: 33:10

Nice easy run before my long run tomorrow morning.

I signed up for another race!

My sister and I ran the Trent/Waldron Glacier Half Marathon last year. It is one of the smaller half marathons in Anchorage, but it was still fun. I set a new PR last year, but I am way behind where I was last year in my training, so I will definitely not be setting a new PR this year.

I can’t believe it only cost me $30 to register for the race.

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I can’t decide if I should run the half marathon or full marathon in June at the Mayor’s Marathon.

Reasons to run the half-marathon:

- I am not in that great of shape to run a full marathon.

Reasons to run the full marathon:

- I love running marathons!

So, I do want to do the full marathon, but I’m worried I am going to crash and burn since I’m not sure my body is ready to run another marathon so close to the Boston Marathon. I really don’t have much time to prepare and don’t know if I will be able to squeeze in a 20-miler beforehand (although I could probably make it happen). But I don’t know this would be the best thing for my body. I could wait until August to run a different marathon, but I want to do this one! I did it two summers ago, so I know the course and it is the marathon of the summer for this area. But. . .I would be very unprepared, so maybe I should just stick to the half.

Any thoughts?

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I can’t believe I actually like this song

Light ‘Em Up – Fall Out Boy

This is much heavier music than I usually listen to, but I love the beat to this song. I could see this being a good pump-up song when running. Maybe I’ll have to change my musicless ways and put this song on repeat for my next marathon. . . .or at least for the last couple of miles.

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Questions

What is something you can’t believe happened?

What are your running plans for the weekend?

A few random photos from the week. . . .

1. I was a little too matchy-matchy on Wednesday this week.

2. This Chobani Key Lime Crumble was like dessert! It even had white chocolate chips in it!

3. Sportin’ the free swag from the Twin Cities Marathon during my 4 mile run this morning.

4. Coffee date with my main man this morning.

5. I was lazy for dinner tonight and grabbed a salad from New Sagaya. I was really craving a salad, so it hit the spot.6. I spoke too soon. After I wrote about “fixing” the power cord for our computer on Tuesday, it literally died that night. So we had no choice but to buy a new one.