Kauai trip

Well, Kauai was everything I'd hoped it would be.  This is our 3rd trip to the island, but my first as a serious runner.  It was absolute heaven!  Our resort had a 4 mile cement path which ran all along the beach and I took full advantage.  Yes, Kauai is called "The wettest place on Earth" for a reason.  It rains a LOT there but the rain is so light and it goes as quickly as it comes.  Plus, in Arizona it never rains so it was a pleasant departure from the norm.  How are all you running moms doing?  Any fun running/vacation destinations planned?  Where is your favorite place to run outside of where you live?  Let me know and be sure to share photos too!

Summer runnin'

Hey there moms!  Are you surviving summer so far?  With the temperatures rising and the kids out of school it's really hard for me to find time to run unless it's at 5:00 am.  My 3 year old seems to be an extra early riser with the sun so I need to be home by 5:45 to get her going before she wakes the whole house!  It's this time of year I find I'm on the treadmill more.  Between finding time to run before it gets too hot and finding childcare which my gym provides, the treadmill is my best bet if I oversleep.  Here in Arizona, there aren't too many races this time of year so most people head indoors or go on vacation.  I, fortunately get to do the latter.  We are heading to the beautiful island of Kauai this Friday.  I will be sure to post some pics when I get back.  Until then, don't let the boredom of your kids keep you from doing what you love - keep running!

World Famous Camp Pendleton Mud Run!

What a blast my friend, Tina and I had this weekend!  We drove to Oceanside, CA on Saturday for the world famous Mud Run at Camp Pendleton Marine Base.  It was only a 10K, but the hardest one I've ever run.  I had been serious in the weight room for 3 months thinking the obstacle course would be the most difficult portion of the race.  Boy, was I wrong!  The run was mostly uphill in deep sand!  When I say "uphill" I mean serious hills here people.  Not at all was I was expecting.  Of course, my little Tina chugged right up and kept asking "Are you okay?"  I finally told her to stop asking because people would look at me every time she did.  It was as if they all thought I would keel over face first in a mud pit and give up.  By the way, the term "DNF" is NOT in my vocabulary and we finished together (which I KNOW bothered Tina, but I made her swear to do the race with me) with a respectable time of 1:13.  The women's first place time was 49:52.  All in all, we would do it again in a heartbeat.  I've attached some photos.  Keep in mind, they gave us baby wipes immediately after the finish which is why our faces look so clean :-)

Camp Pendleton Mud Run

I won't be posting for a few days because I'm heading to San Diego with a friend this weekend.  We are participating in our first Camp Pendleton Mud Run.  In case you haven't heard of it, here is the link:

www.camppendletonraces.com

This is the original Mud Run.  There are many others out there now, but this is the famous obstacle course held at the Marine Training base.  I'll be sure to get photos and post them when we return.  Until then, keep running moms!