Livin' the Dream in Lima

Boston. What an experience.  By God's grace, I was not anywhere near the finish line when the explosions happened. I had finished the race around 1:40pm, and walked the couple blocks to the family meeting area to meet up with my Business Man and BFF Talen. After visting for awhile, we headed to the car around 2:40pm, ten minutes before the explosions happened. We didn't even realize anything had happened, because we were in the car on the way to our hotel about 10 miles away. After receiving several texts & calls, we flipped the news on to see what everyone was so concerned about.  It was so surreal. Just one hour before, I had run by the same exact spot. Crossed the finish line with a smile on my face.  Immediately, I started contacting my running friends that were at the race. After learning they were all okay, we sat there in the hotel room for 3+ hours, just watching the news coverage.  I have such a bittersweet ball of emotions about the whole experien

Well, it is here. Time to head to Boston! The original plan was to drive the 13ish hours today, but after spending some time on Priceline last night, we ended up with a great deal on flight + car rental.  16 weeks of training, and I'm ready to go! It's crazy how much the taper helps... just a few weeks ago I was so over  running. Just get the darn marathon over with already. But now, after having a couple laid-back weeks and lower mileage, I am ALL ABOUT THE RUNNING! I cannot wait to toe the start line on Monday and unleash the beast.  Kicks for the race I have been so blessed to have awesome training partners through this awful winter... despite the nasty snow, wind, freezing rain, I got in more outdoor runs than I ever have in a winter. So a big thank you to Amy and Jim for motivating my butt out of bed at 5:30am multiple times a week. So glad we are done with this weather. I was talking to my students about the race yesterday, and told them that I have run ove

One of the best parts about being a teacher is spring break, for sure. (And Christmas , I mean winter break, and obviously the three months of summer vacation.) Life has been insanely crazy busy the past few months... between teaching, filling orders for  Sara's Sweets , making desserts for The Met , and training for Boston, there hasn't been much down time.  My Business Man and I booked a cruise with my parents months  ago for spring break, and it was the best decision ever. Seriously, it came it exactly the right time. After such a long, nasty winter (and running through a long, nasty winter), it was so nice to spend a week in the sunshine and 80-degree temps. The cherry on top was that we had no cell phone service at all! No distractions, no emails, no voicemails to tend to. No responsibilities for an entire five days! We almost didn't know what to do with ourselves. Don't worry, we managed to fill the time. ;) We cruised with Royal Caribbean on the