I will tell you why this Friday is FABULOUS!
I am heading out of town for a marathon with some of my absolutely favorite girlfriends!
Team HCB - Maggie, Judy, Jill and I are heading to Charlottesville and Judy’s daughter Kim is joining us.
Maggie, Judy and I will be running (not racing, let’s be clear) the Charlottesville Marathon and Jill and Kim are running..and Kim IS racing…the Charlottesville Half Marathon.
I liked that Momof3 shared her and RacingwithBabes’ acronym with me – I will be running a P.U. – Personal Underachievement! -thanks G!
Back in January SOMEONE had the brilliant idea that we should run a Spring marathon.
Actually it was all three of us, but we knew after the 50 Miler and the commitment to coach for the 10k January – March, that we wouldn’t be in any shape to race a marathon. We honestly haven’t had the time to train. And to be honest with you, I am over racing for time (but that totally does not mean I wasn’t super stoked with my 2nd place in my AG last weekend) so we decided that C’Ville is close, and supposedly labeled the country’s most scenic marathon, so what the heck.
I love, love, love traveling with these girls and we have been to California, Boston, Florida, Myrtle Beach, D.C.,etc. together and I have never had a dull moment.
Judy – or Dudy as I call her, is the resident “Mom” of the bunch. The woman packs everything and always makes sure anyone in her posse is well taken care of. She’s great at it and we love her for it.
This weekend we will be staying at one of C’Ville’s finest hotel – La Posada Roja de Techo – or as most folks know it, The Red Roof Inn. Hmmm. The roommates situation is easy. Maggie doesn’t mind that I am a night owl and Judy always passes out early. So that is set.
I have scoped out a bunch of local restaurants – and am secretly crossing my fingers for Mexican.
The course is said to be hilly. I never look at course maps pre-race, I prefer surprises.
Anyhoo, I know the night away with be a fun one, and I promise to share the post race recap with you once I get back and have time to write.
I do know I will be enjoying a Big Mac and large fries with my girls around noon on Saturday!
Why do I feel that your running is going to be faster than my racing? Good luck and have a blast!
ReplyDeleteHave a SUPER P.U., because if you're going to do it, do it well, right? I agree with T, your P.U. will probably be faster than my PR. I'll be thinking of you while you go "run" the "hills" in C'ville.
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