Cherry Blossom 10 miler and a new record

Sunday was the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. It was lots of fun, a little chilly, and a lot crowded. There weren't a whole lot of Cherry Blossoms to see. Our freakishly warm weather the last few weeks and now cold weather have all plants in a WTF state.

5 am wake up call. Pretty excited to hit the Metro

View getting off the metro. We basically started right at the Monument

Start/Finish line

We walked with purpose to the first porta potty we could find. I read there would be 180 - which I was pretty sure I'd use them. I used the porta potty two times before the race. Pretty normal.

Lining up in our choral. Naturally I feel the need for the bathroom again

Holy cow there were SO many people.

First potty stop was at .2 miles. This is at 3 miles. 15 minute wait. ugh

I felt terrible waiting 15 minutes for the bathroom, but I had to. I had no idea when the next one would be.

As always Sam is super happy

Drum circle. It was awesome

Some times Sam pushed the pace

Sometimes I pushed the pace

The only group of Cherry Blossoms I saw

Beautiful flowers everywhere

At the end of the race my bathroom stops totaled 5. Who does that? That's my record for sure. Two before and three during the run. I really need to figure out how to fix that. I spent 22 minutes on bathroom stops during the race. Not what I want to be doing.

The race was great. The sun never came out and the water stops were plenty. Sam really liked the distance - nice that he did a 1/2 marathon (first time) and then the 10 miler (first time). My only complaint about the race was the post food stuff. We had to walk a while after finishing for the water. Normally it's shoved right in your face. We eventually found wrapped muffins - but we found no other food at all. We decided to just get to the metro and eat at home.

Classic ask the stranger to take our pic

Line for the metro. Went pretty fast. 

I think next year my 10 miler will be the Army 10 miler. I haven't done that one yet. I do love to run with military peeps - seriously motivating.

A week in the life....

 A full time working mother of two (sometimes 3 - sorry Sam). I have a small amount of time to get shit done:

Sunday: 8 mile run, Easter Egg hunt in neighborhood, Sam takes boys bowling. Then this happened:

Mason dropped a 15 pound bowling ball on his toe. He said he will never bowl again. :( Good thing I got so much done already. Spent the rest of the day snuggling my poor guy.


Monday: Full day of work and meetings with Mason at my side. Come home to give 2 hours of private therapy. Run 2.5 miles and do 30 minutes of yoga. Sam biked while I played with kids. Sam cooked this for dinner:

It was delicious. I'm pretty lucky that he is such a good cook.

Tuesday:  Work a full day. Pick up Sammy's Kindergarten packet. Come home and bike while the boys play outside. Sam cooked this for dinner:

Wednesday: Work a full day. Do a quick jog. Pick up the boys and find that Mason's toe is leaking. Neighbor cleaned it for me. Called the Dr's office to make an appointment at 4:15. They had a 4:30 opening! I picked up Mason and flew to the car. We were x-rayed, seen by the Dr. and out the door by 4:50. It was great! No break, no infection. Just keep an eye on it. Went to in-laws for dinner.

Thursday: Busy day at work. Spring Break starts tomorrow afternoon - crazy buzz at school when that happens. I'm thinking tons about our race on Sunday. Cherry Blossom 10 miler. I have the boys sleeping at Grandma's for the race and packet pickup will be Saturday morning.

Friday: I cannot predict the future (Sam thinks he can) but I do know what my day will look like tomorrow. Why? I'm a clipboard. That's what we do. I'll work. Give 2 hours of therapy. Play with the boys. Head out to a jewelry party.

Something great that happened today? My picture is featured on one of my favorite blogs!

Happy almost Spring Break! I'll be back with a Cherry Blossom report Monday.

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