Cat's out of the bag

Earlier this year I was planning on running the vegas marathon. Chris signed up for the half and I signed up for the full. Work got in the way and I decided to push it back to the half marathon as well. Then around october when I sprained my ankle, my brother invited our family and his wife's family up to NYC to celebrate her 30th birthday. I hesitated for about 5 seconds while I contemplated the following: Half marathon in Vegas that I couldnt really train for properly because of my ankle, or great time in NYC with our families. It was a surprise that we were coming, so I couldnt post anything and sort of just stopped talking about vegas all together. I didnt get to run Vegas (I hope to run it next year) but we did run a 10K in Central Park. The race was rough for me (hilly and frrrreezing) and I was a little hungover from the birthday festivities the night before. But I managed to put on mulitple colored layers (picture running jacket over hot pink arm warmers) and get my butt out of bed to run. I ended up running a 51 something. Not great, but the hills were killing my legs at the end. After the race I finished up with another 8 miles to complete my long run for the week. The rest of the time was spent eating and shopping and I promise to post pictures later.