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I Run to Be… October 19, 2010

Filed under: Food,Happy,Marathons,Races,Running — Kelocity @ 7:15 am
Tags: Expo, Food, Friends, Happy, Nike Women's Marathon, Running

This weekend I flew up to San Francisco to run the Nike Women’s (Half) Marathon for the SIXTH time!! Here was where I ran my first Marathon back in 2005, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. Since then, I ran the half five years in a row. It was an excellent race!

Backing up to Saturday… the expo!

My flight landed at 7:30a so I got there really early before the lines formed.

I wizzed through the bag pickup, got a free massage and collected all the goodies before the crowds even got there.

The bag check bags were awesome this year! The race is “going green” so it was a sweet magenta reusable bag!

I loved the POM photobooth this year! Cheeeese!
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The theme at the race this year was “I Run To Be”

I Run To Be:

I Run To Be…ME!

And yes, I totally wore my Boston Marathon gear all over the place on Saturday. Woot!

I headed over to Niketown after the expo to look at all the (overpriced) swag. I didn’t buy anything this year, my collection of running clothing is getting a tad bit out of hand as it is. 🙂

On the wall outside the store, they have everyone’s names posted. I found mine!

All six? floors of the store were decked out in marathon gear! (But I used self control and walked out).

Who’s excited to run?!

After I fully exhausted the expo, I met up with my friend Niki and we went off to explore San Francisco together!

Lovely sights of the city

We headed towards the Ferry Building to look around.

Such a cute place inside. I hadn’t been in a few years.

Later, we relaxed in the hotel that Niki (graciously) offered to share the night before the race.

Then it was time to find a place to carbo load! We ended up at Olive, which ended up being a nice surprise. It was a really nice restaurant. It was a bar, but we stuck to water!

Since the name of the place was olive, we got a bunch to share.

And a few tempura battered ones too (for good measure).

We split two of their thin crust pizzas (which were AH-MAZING).

Now… it’s race time! Check back later for the official race recap!

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Filed under: Uncategorized — Kelocity @ 1:42 pm

Loving the Nike Women’s Marathon expo!!

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It’s that time of year again!!! October 15, 2010

Filed under: Marathons — Kelocity @ 9:01 pm
Tags: Nike Women's Marathon, Running

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This weekend, I will be completing my 6th (Yes, SIXTH!) Nike Women’s (Half) Marathon! At this point, I’ve been doing this race for so long that I feel like I just have to run! Every year I get butterflies thinking of the expo, the course and the TIFFANY’S NECKLACE! I can’t believe it’s here!

Seems like just yesterday I was at the starting line of my very first marathon!
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This time around, I’m doing something I’ve never done before… walking the entire course. I haven’t really been running as much as I should, and I don’t want to get hurt, so I plan on power-walking the whole 13.1 miles, while snapping amazing pictures like this along the way:
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It’s going to take a while, but I’m just so excited, I hope it does. It always goes by too fast anyways.

You can expect a full race recap next week (with lots of pictures)!

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And if you want to see my race recaps, here they are!

Wish me luck!

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Columbus Day Weekend at Home October 12, 2010

Filed under: Dogs,Family,Food,Happy — Kelocity @ 9:21 pm
Tags: Dogs, Family, Foo, Happy, Home, Sisters

After Linsay’s shower, I spent the rest of the long weekend hanging out with my family and enjoying the beautiful weather.

I was SO excited that Shelby drove out for the weekend too. She’s the proud mama of the adorable Harper.

I saw her in July, but she’s already grown SO much since then. It’s just crazy how fast they grow!

She got passed around a lot when she came over. Mikaela got to hold her!

And my dad! (I think he misses little baby girls!)

Even my cousins wanted to snuggle with her too!

Thanks for coming over, Shelby! I miss you!

My grandparents came over for brunch on Sunday. It’s always nice to catch up with them in person.

So anyone that knows my mom knows that she can’t sit still for three minutes (in a good way!) She always has to be doing something. And when the weather is nice… that means working in the garden!

She made me grab a shovel and till the garden for the spring.

Gardening is NOT my forte, but we did a great job!

One night, I was puttering around looking through some of my old childhood things, and I came across some old floppy drives. I put one in an old computer and the files were STILL there!!! I was SO excited. I thought i lost some of my old stories I wrote (circa 1993) but they were all still there!

It was a story about a Brain Transplant, and for 5th grade, I thought it was pretty good. HAHA It was over 20 pages long!

It’s silly, but I’m glad I found it! PS… how amazing is this orange text? Technology has come a long ways, my friends!

Monday morning, I met my friends Courtney, Steph and Katie for breakfast at Friendly’s. I hadn’t been to this one since high school! (We used to go after the Football Games I think)!

Later, we went over to Grammie and Papa’s to enjoy some afternoon sunshine. We picked up some authentic Lebanese treats (Zartar and SimSim)!

I brought some home with me because I was craving it…big time. I really hope we can find some when we’re in the Middle East. Mmmm!

And before I jetted off to the airport, we had a family dinner at home.

Sisters! (We missed you, Laurie!)

My dad and I coordinated colors!

I’ll miss this cutie!

These three day getaways are just perfect. Always a little short, but it’s so refreshing. When I go home, my soul gets nourished.

Thank you Christopher Columbus for sailing the ocean blue and giving me three days off to enjoy every drop of it. 🙂

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Sunny with a chance of showers!

Filed under: Food,Friends,Happy — Kelocity @ 9:14 pm
Tags: Food, Friends, Happy, Shower, Wedding

My oldest friend, Linsay, is getting married in February and this weekend was her surprise bridal shower near Boston. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world so I booked a quick trip back home for Columbus Day weekend so I could celebrate with her and see some family.

It was a GORGEOUS weekend in Boston… warm breeze and sunny skies, the perfect New England fall weather everyone always hopes for. It was just beautiful. I always wonder why people in New England put up with the cold winters… but it was weekends like this that definitely make it worth it.

First thing’s first… Linsay’s shower! There was more food than I’ve ever seen at a single party. And it was all prepared by Linsay’s aunt and mom. It was just amazing. The morning of the big party, everyone pitched in to get everything ready.

Here’s just a sampling of some of the food we had. The theme was “autumn” and everything fell right into place. It was just lovely.

A variety of homemade muffins

Scones

A Cheese Ball that was made to look like “logs” and a “pumpkin”. It was GORGEOUS.

Her colors are aqua and brown… so these cake bites were PERFECT! (And delicious!)

My mom made these. They were frosted sugar cookies made to look like bacon and eggs! SO CUTE!

Tuna Salad stuffed pastries

Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits in cute bride and groom shot glasses!

Mimosas

Cream Cheese Cups

Shrimp Cocktail in Shot Glasses

The highlight (in my opinion) These are Nilla Wafers and chocolate chips that looked like Acorns!!! How AMAZING is this?!

A cheese block that looked like a pinecone. (They thought of EVERYTHING!)

Chocolate dipped spoons (for coffee) with autumn sprinkles. (Funny story, Linsay found one of these TINY sprinkles on the floor a few days before the shower and asked what they were. I think her mom made something up, but close call!)

You guys, there was SO much more than this. There were sandwiches, bacon, omlettes, spiral ham, potatoes, casseroles, fruit, desserts, breads, cookies, egg salad sandwiches on crackers…. you name it…it was there!

But enough about the (impressive) food spread… What about the Bride to Be!?

She was incredibly surprised, she really had NO idea!

She thought that her brother, his wife, she and her fiance were all going to ‘take couples pictures’ together. And she INSISTED they all wear matching black shirts and tan pants. HAHA luckily they’re all great sports and did what she asked. It was really funny when they all showed up wearing the same thing though.

They are just adorable (Note: Nolan, her fiance, said he “forgot” his tan pants at his sister’s house, where the shower was) which was ‘why they had to stop there first’. Nice work!