San Francisco Women's Marathon 2011 Video

NWM 2011 official time

hahaha!!! no training = a REALLY slow time. but i got my necklace and that's all that matters.



big big big shout out to my cousin kimmie for helping get my necklace! THANK YOU!!!

SF Nike Women's Marathon 2011 (half) Race Report

this morning i ran the nike women's marathon again, the half not the full. haha, i'm beginning to make a habit of running these without any training. my last run was the san jose half marathon two weeks ago. i was a bit nervous knowing how many hills this run has and not having done any training, but i challenged myself to push through.

and to my surprise, i actually felt like it did really well. well, i know i won't be making any records, but i did feel like i ran pretty strong with all the hills and no training. my runmeter app clocked me in at about 2:53, which definitely beats my run from hell last year when i had just got my wisdom teeth pulled, lmao! that run was PAINFUL!

this year, being my third time on the course, i felt like i knew the course fairly well. i knew when to expect the hills and what was going to be at the aid stations. i only made a complete stop once to refuel in between mile 6 and 7. and i definitely was looking forward to the oranges after mile 8. i slowed down a bit but didn't stop 3 times to indulge in the juicy goodness that is sooooo refreshing at that point. and i slowed down again around mile 11 (i think) to grab a sip of water. sometimes the gatorade or whatever it is the race is offering is just too sweet and needs to be watered down. after that i just tried as best as i could to keep my running up and finish strong. i know my pace slowed down at times more often than normal, but i only stopped once and i battled through every hill, and didn't walk once on the course.

i'm curious to know what my official time will be, even though it's not under my name. but what ever it is, i finished and got my necklace!

and here's my collection SF NWM 2009, 2010, 2011

San Jose Rock n Roll Half Marathon Video

ok i hope it's fixed

did i really just kick this cold in 24 hours?!

i've been seriously lacking sleep for the past 2 weeks. last week i worked just about 12 hours each day, monday through thursday. and this past monday and tuesday nights i spent with friends. needless to say, i didn't sleep much either of those nights either.

well lacking all that sleep must have been catching up with me b/c i was NOT feeling good AT ALL yesterday. i was soooo tempted to call my boss to ask her to go home, but i've been so busy at work, i decided to suck it up. and all day long i guzzled down water with emergen-c. and as soon as i got home, i took a dose of dayquil (nature fusion), and guzzled down more emergen-c. and when i got home from dinner, i took a dose of nyquil. this morning, i took another dose of dayquil (nature fusion) and 1 dose of oscillococcinum, a homeopathic medicine.

well it looks as though i kicked my cold. i didn't feel any symptoms all day, expect for feeling a bit tired, but that's expected with the amount of sleep i've been getting. i'm currently contemplating taking some nyquil tonight just in case my sickness isn't fully gone. maybe not. if i have any symptoms in the morning, i'll try the same routine.

Rock 'n Roll San Jose 2011

Yesterday I ran the Rock 'n Roll San Jose Half Marathon. It was my first time on that course and I was a bit nervous. I hadn't had a chance to get many workouts in let alone runs. My last real run was the Giants half at the end of August and my next run after that was the Susan G Komen 5k last Sunday, not really a run that I could call training.

But I ran anyway. I knew I would be able to do it, but I also knew I wasn't going to make a new PR (personal record, aka PB personal best).

The run was pretty flat expect for 2 mild hills. I stopped a lot more often than I normally do, perhaps b/c it was pretty warm. I can say they definitely needed more Cytomax on the course and I will be telling them that when they send me the survey.

Regardless, I got another medal to add to the collection and I'm proud I was able to push through.

Here's my official time:

Here are some pictures from our day.

timing chips

starting line

the roomies are done!

some running divas

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quick bachelorette party bags

here are the quick bachelorette bags that i made for my friend, erin's bachelorette party. i totally wish i had more time, but here's what i came up with. we didn't have a bachelorette weekend, but we did have a bachelorette day, and i put in a couple of items that i thought would be useful for our whole day of events. we spent the day in the city, first taking pictures with fred pique (can't wait to see those pictures), and then having lunch in ghirardelli. for the evening we had dinner at asiasf and spent the night dancing at infusion.

here's what the bag's looked like:

here's the contents card i made for the front. the pearl embellishments are different on each card and this is what i was able to pull together in the short amount of time i had.

Some other items that you can include in a bachelorette bag:

-shout wipes

-if you are going somewhere in the sun, sunblock

-if you are going somewhere with a beach or a pool, you can make the bag itself a beach bag

-little $1 brushes

-eye masks

-instead of the dinner mints, you can use mini altoids

the ideas are endless...but i like to make the bags according to where we are going or what we are going to do.