Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Champagne Birthday... am i crazy?!?!?!

today is not by champagne birthday, that would make me 12 years old.  LOL definitely not the case. However, I will be 31 on the 31st.  
Last night, I read Marathon Anner's post, and haven't gotten it out of my head.  A Super Sprint Duathlon -- 2.5k run, 10k ride, 2.5k run August 31st!! What an amazing way to celebrate my champagne birthday!  All day I've been humming and hawing about it... 

It's official, I'm registered!  AM I CRAZY!  This is less than 3 weeks away, 19 days to be exact!  But I'm so excited!

The other crazy part is that I had also registered for Nike's 10k Human Race, also because it was on my birthday.  I think the local running store where the group and I meet is hosting this event in the evening... 6:00 ish, so I should be able to manage both.  What better way to spend my birthday than virtually running with a million other runners around the world -- considering how much running has changed and impacted my life!  Anyone else doing this run? 

Went for a short 4k run today, felt good... stretched, and iced a lot again.  I may go out for a run tomorrow with the group, will see how I feel.  I don't want to overdo it before Saturday... i figure if i run tomorrow, thursday off/biking, and friday i'll go for a short run, or take a second day off running if needed before the Midsummer Night's 15k run.

So that's the plan.  I can't believe i've just registered for a duathlon!  When I bought my road bike, I was thinking about possibly trying one next year! I thought about volunteering at one this year, just to get a feel for the atmosphere, and what to do!!! But there's really not a lot of time to do that first now!  LOL This is even more crazy to me considering the shin splints, and bike crash, but neither will stop me :)  Thanks for the motivation Anners!!  Hope to see you there now too!

3 comments:

anners said...

YAY! Okay, I guess I have to go register now! :) :)

I just turned 30, so it's kind of a late birthday thing for me...haha. My champagne birthday was when I turned 7!!

Marci said...

Wow, that's great. Have fun and good luck!

Marlene said...

Very exciting, Mel!!!

I'm rooting for you and keeping my fingers crossed that this will stil happen.

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