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Sunday Funday Hike! June 13, 2010

Filed under: Friends,Running — Kelocity @ 11:23 am
Tags: Ashley, bananagrams, Dogs, hike

This morning, JR, Timmy and Erika and I got up really early to go for a hike. It’s nice to go really early before the sun burns off the fog layer and it gets too hot.

It was gorgeous!

It was Abby and Muggles’ first time meeting each other.

I think they really hit it off. haha

We hiked to the Nike Tower, which was an old military missile control site during the cold war!

It’s so high up, they can see almost all of LA from there.

The old guard shack:

We climbed to the top of the tower and JR watched the pups!

It was a gorgeous hike though.

Where’s Erika?

In 2 Hours and 15 minutes, we did 6.25 miles!

Good job Abby!

PS…. yesterday, Ashley and I played a few great games of Bananagrams. lol

So far, a great weekend!

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An evening jog… June 12, 2010

Filed under: 20 before 30,Run DFMC,Running — Kelocity @ 9:01 pm
Tags: 20 before 30, Boston Marathon, Running

I just got done with a 2.5 mile jog around my neighborhood. I love that hour of twilight between 7 and 8pm when the sun is setting and all the neighbors come out to play. I felt like everyone was out tonight. Kids were riding their bikes, parents were laughing and sprinklers were watering suburban lawns. It just reminds me of home, it’s so nice. I just took my time and really enjoyed everything that the summer evening had to offer.

Then I started thinking that I should set some kind of long term goal for myself. I’ve run 11 long distance marathons over the past 6 years (8 half-marathons and 3 full-marathons).

Then this brilliant idea was born:

The 20 Before 30!

I think I would love to do 20 endurance races before I turn 30. That gives me just over 3 years to complete 9 more. I plan to do two more half marathons in the fall… so then I’ll have 7 more to do in the next 2.5 years. Do you think I can do it?

PS… I finally bought my Boston Marathon photos…. It was totally worth it (I found a coupon for 30% off, SCORE!)

Here’s a few teasers!
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Sunday Funday June 6, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Running,Workout — Kelocity @ 10:18 pm
Tags: Aroma, Pilates, Running, Weeds, Yahtzee

Today was just the perfect mix of friends, exercise and fun!

It started out with a 5 mile run with Erika and Timmy and the Los Angeles Racers. It was awesome. Started out cloudy and got bright and sunny by the end. What a great way to start the day!

We completed the 5 miles in 1:07 (burning 465 calories!)

Mile 1: 12:29
Mile 2: 12:18
Mile 3: 13:42
Mile 4: 15:03
Mile 5: 13:26

After the run, I came home and caught up on the three episodes of Kendra on my TIVO. Classy.

Then headed out to TWO HOURS of Pilates at Mind2Body! They were having an open house, so Erica, Janet and I headed over for some free classes.

I ended up doing 4 back-to-back 30-minute classes: Mat, Magic Circle, Tower and Reformer.

I had never done any kind of Pilates classes before, so this was a great intro into each aspect of it. I left feeling like my muscles were exhausted, but not in pain, it was so much fun. Totally relaxing. I focused a lot on breathing and I know I zoned out a couple of times. I totally needed this!

Then I met my friend, Danielle, for some iced coffee at Aroma Cafe.

We spent an hour or so just chatting and laughing and catching up. It was a lot of fun.

Irving and I had a simple dinner together.

Just some Trader Joes stuffed foccacia, veggies and a salad.

…and watched three episodes of Weeds…

…while munching on Chocolate-Banana popcorn!

The night ended with a competitive “best out of three” game of YAHTZEE!

I WON!

What a great weekend! Whew!

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Wedding Recap: Run with the Bride! July 11, 2009

Filed under: Running,Wedding — Kelocity @ 10:09 am
Tags: Run with the Bride, Wedding Recap

I knew I wanted to run the morning of my wedding… so the “Run with the Bride” was born! A whole bunch of my (very dedicated) friends woke up really early to come run with me! It was another gorgeous morning!

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