Way to go, Blondie!!

Time: 6:15pm
Location: Old School, Burnet Rd
Workout: 4-5 miles easy
Weather: humid, but sprinkly, nice, and cool
People: Cookies! Lori, Dee, and I
Comments: Ahhh, what an enjoyable run. We met on Burnet Road where we used to meet two years ago when we were in the regular marathon training. We would run these roads over and over and over. It was nice going back. It the back of my mind, I was reminiscing about how much I've grown since then. I've become a better person in just a short amount of time. I've learned to stand up for what I want, I've learned to do what I want to do, I've got all the joy I can possibly contain right now.

Over the last 6 months, I've gone from being on top of the world to being lost, unsure of myself, and within the last few weeks, I've really felt like everything in my life has fallen into place. Work has been stressful with our transition, but in the last week, I've found my stride. I'm making headway and moving forward with work. The love of my life has re-entered as I dreamt of and we're taking things slow, but it's amazing how much joy we were both missing from each other. He's my everything and I'm looking forward to our future filled with laughs. My friends couldn't be anymore kick ass. From poker friends, that are finally realizing that when I say I can't go because I have a run, they understand and wish me well. To my running friends, that have become my life. To making new friends, to becoming closer to ones I don't know, and etc.

Ok, to the good stuff. The run was excellent. We ran almost 7 miles because we were talking, talking, talking. Dee and I have since moved to Ruth's group and so far we're really enjoying it. Blondie was on fire tonight. She didn't even realize how fast we had her running, we just need to remember to talk Obama and she keeps up without any fight. I think 3 out of 4 of us let out some toots, and that was hilarious. I won't get into details, but we all shared some much needed girl talk and it was awesome. I love them!!

Totally stoked about IBM coming up this weekend. PR city, here I come!!

Cookie Run

Time: 6:00pm
Location: ART on Anderson
People: Cookies, the cookie - Dee and Lori and the creamy center - me and Linda
Weather: kinda humid, but nice
Comments: Well, we are getting closer to having a full on reunion. We were only missing our Nemo (Courtney) or this would have been complete. We originally had planned to run at 6:15, but I had a hot date with the boyfriend, so I got it moved up to 6:00, thanks guys!! The run was nothing short of fun, fun times. Dee and I talk on a regular basis, against my better judgement, so Lori and Linda had some catching up to do. We had to tell them about Dee's awesome Silicon Labs Relay, we had to talk about husbands, girlfriends, new/old boyfriends, haa! I had to tell them all the mischieft Dee and I were getting into on our runs and it was just a grand ole time. I miss runs like these where we can just run, talk, and laugh.

Friends are awesome and we've seen each other through more than just running ups and downs. I've said this numerous times, but I really can't imagine my life without Rogue and the friends I've made through all the programs we've done. We should get a gold circle for all the ones we've done. Between the four of us, we've done regular marathon training, Performance Project Marathon Training, Team Rogue marathon training, Trail Series with Joe, Iron Chicks, Iron Chicks II, 5k/10k class, Summer Running Program, Long Run Program, Program before the next Program Program, we've done it all. It's been fun and we've got soooo many more years to come.

Awesome run, and Lori... thanks for the shout out in the parking lot!! I think the security guard even heard your gift to me :)