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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A Summer Break


Just a quick post to let everyone know we're still around!

The three of us had an enjoyable vacation together in Scotland in July.

We visited the HMS Britannia ... 





Hit up a distillery ...

Climbed a mountain ...


 Posed in front of some large majestic buildings ...

Went shopping ...

Drove on the wrong side of the road, in the wrong side of the car ...
 We drove down to Hadrian's Wall in England, where a Canadian man expressed astonishment that my friends' husbands "let" them take a vacation on their own.


And we did not eat Haggis.


Slick and I went for a run in Edinburgh, where we predictably enough got lost. Edinburgh is very, very, very hilly. We got a very good workout! We didn't need to exercise anymore after that, because aside from walking ten miles a day, we climbed a freakin' mountain. Seriously. Arthur's Seat. 250 meters! I was sore from that for days. Then at Melrose Abbey, we climbed up a winding circular staircase that was about a half-mile high. So we got *lots* of exercise!

So, on to the races ...

I have only ran four races so far this year, 3 5ks, a 6k, and a 10k. That's five races, isn't it? I'm not known for my math skills. For the remainder of the year, I have signed up for the Navy Air Force 5-Mile run in DC on 14 September, and Slick and I are going to run the Metric Marathon Relay in Columbia, MD, on 21 September. 8 miles each. I'm currently working up to that! I'm at 5 miles now.

Now that I'm in my stride, I'm probably going to stop running the 5ks (except for the Halloween Dash at work, where I hope to be Wonder Woman this year). At $25-$35 each, I'd rather save my money up and run the bigger races. I am hoping to run a half-marathon in April -- the 3rd Annual Irongirl Half Marathon, which is for women only. I have run the 5k portion the last two years. If I take it slowly and am careful, I am sure I can get up to 13 miles by the end of April 2014. It certainly gives me something to work towards.

The last couple months, every time I see one of those 13.1 stickers on someone's car, I am just filled with both envy and determination. I really want to earn one of those stickers!!