Guess who's back?

Well looky here! It's me again! And I'm back to share my proudest moment to date, a medal, silver to be precise, won this morning for coming second in my age group at the Mission Hillstomp 5k in Mission BC. Kickass eh?



I never once claimed to be photogenic...


So during my hiatus, lots of sheet went down, hence the hiatus. I'll save the boring details for another day(s) but essentially the bf and I called it quits (after 4 years? holy shit I'm getting old!), I work two jobs now, hence the lack of blogging and I have found a new love... yoga!

Seriously, yoga has made me a completely different person. I look at life differently, and I am a calmer, happier person overall. Running and yoga, that's my life now! Oh and my puppies of course!

Back to the race. Last year I ran this race, well kinda, they changed the route and name, but yeah, same shit, different pile. Well last year it was the first race I ever ran and I was so proud of myself for running that I knew it would be a race I would do every year. Fast foreward to this year, new route including trails and *gasp* hills and I rocked it! I had a blast! The trails were crazy nice, I was in a wonderful mood, thanks to my cheering squad of my mom and sister in law, who were rockstars for getting up at the ass-crack of dawn on a Sunday to cheer me on, and the fact that the rain held off the whole time! Oh and I am 22 lbs lighter this year ;) All the makings of a good race! Oh and the pizza served afterward didn't hurt either. The race started off at the top of a hill, so we raced down, along the road for about 1/2k then it was onto the trails. It was all fine and dandy, running down the windey hills but I am no dummy, and what goes up must come down! I hit the turn back point, the 3k marker, grabbed a water from the water station, almost puked up my water because clearly I have not learned how to drink out of a cup yet, and headed back up the hills. They were clow and gradual for about 1/2k then we hit Big Bertha (insert slight exaggeration here). It was enough to make your calves scream and I kept saying to myself "earn the downhills, earn the downhills", but that didn't work. I walked half the hill and i swear it would have been easier to run it. Curse! Oh well, last leg of the race, up the road, loop around the track and through the finish line, whoo hoo! I was early enough that they were still calling out names as people crossed the finish line so there was a bit of a rockstar moment there. We stuck around for awards and prizes, I didn't win the $750 gift certificate for Wenton's Cycle but a little girl did so I didn't pout too much! Grabbed a Starbucks on the way home, and parked my lazy ass on the couch for the rest of the afternoon, I sure deserved it!

Looping the track at the end.

Coming in for the kill! Final chip time, 34:30



My plan is to carve out more time for writing so I hope to see you all soon, namaste.