Race Blog Catch Up: 6 Days Left!!!!!!!

I have been so busy with things at home that I haven't been logging my miles or keeping up with my blog.  As Sunday gets closer, I'm starting to get nervous.  I have 2 more short runs before the big day!  I'm excited, but I know I will start getting snippy the closer it gets.

Last weekend we ran the CIBC Run For the Cure.  I got to run with River.  This was her very first race and she ran like a champ!  She loved running the race.  She didn't even want to stop at the half way point for water.  She looked at me and kept running.  James loved all the pre-race stuff and loved our t-shirts.  He likes doing this race.  Once River and I finished she kept watching for James.  When she didn't see him she made me run back to find him.  It was so cute.  They both got to run across the finish line together.

Here are a few pictures from the race.

Today I ran the KW Oktoberfest 5K Fun Run.  This is my 4th year running this race.  It leads off the Thanksgiving parade and follows the route.  It's hilly, but a lot of fun.  I ran in my chicken hat this year. 

James liked that it was easy to find me.  I ran a pretty good time and felt strong the whole way.  At some point my hat got turned around though.

Because of my chicken hat, I won the Spirit Award!  I got a bag of all sorts of Oktoberfest swag.  Here I am displaying it all.

It was a fun day.  I have to think of how to top my chicken hat next year.

Only 6 more days until I run my first half marathon.  AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

It's Friday!

It's finally Friday!  Although this week seemed to just fly by so I can't really complain too much.

Last night I made James' Halloween costume.  He's been so excited that I just broke down and did it last night.  He's going to be Toad from the Mario games.  Here is the finished product.

He's pretending to drive a car.  It really turned out well.  I just used some scrubs that I got at Walmart for the pants and vest, yellow duck tape for the edge of the vest, and the hat was from a clearance Toad costume that was too small for him.  Add a brown t-shirt and you've got Toad!  It was super easy.  Since the scrubs were too big I just cut and hemmed up the pants.  I had to remove the pockets from the shirt and pants as well as the sleeves.  That was the most time consuming part, but overall it was super simple.  He can't wait for Halloween now.

This morning I was going to go for a short run after walking James to daycare, but decided to rest my ankle and just walk home.  It is feeling better, but I don't want to have it hurting too much since I have to run a race on Monday.  The course is pretty hilly too so I want to be as pain free as possible.  Next week I'm just going to do the bike for the week to really give it a chance to heal.  I'm not happy about that, but I have to let it heal before I can go back to a good running schedule.  Plus next week our Disney jar will get a lot of money put in.  I usually do about 10-12 miles on the bike when I ride.  I guess that means we have that much more for Disney.

I have this weekend off because it's Thanksgiving.  I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend.  I'm going to get the house in order on Sunday since Mike leaves for Ohio.  Monday I'll just relax after the race and watch chick flicks and cross stitch.  It will be a nice quiet Thanksgiving for me.  Tomorrow I we are doing Thanksgiving at Mike's parent's house.  It's not the big deal that it is in the States and I can't get used to that, but it's still family.

Today I'm baking a blueberry pie as James requested it for tomorrow.  So off to the grocery store I go!  Have a great day!