Hi All! Five For Friday is back. HERE. WE. GO!
1. Sorry we've been AWOL. Spring break happened and then two busy weeks with the kidlets and half marathons. Then, Girl Scout Camping. Finally, I think things are calming down somewhat, but then I remember that baseball is in full swing as is Emily's Spring basketball season!
2. Speaking of basketball, Emily's team has undergone another reinvention. Only 5 girls came back for the Spring season. The team also underwent coaching change. Things are going well, but Emily's first game was cancelled because of weather. I'm guessing that the Sports Center didn't want all those girls and families in their facility when tornado-producing weather rolled through St. Louis! Hopefully the Shock will be able to play this coming week!
3. Half Marathon reports: Paul paced me to a new PR on 4/2 in Springfield, IL -2:15:39. Extremely happy with that, although I wish I could have cut off those 39 seconds! I should have tied my shoes better - that was at least 20 seconds lost! But, I was thrilled with the new PR and it was awesome to run with Paul. Since he's so much faster than me, it's not something we do often.
The second Half was at home in St. Louis. It was such a fun weekend! It was the first half for some of our friends - Artie, Michele, Jen and Jeremy. This half was HOT, but we all made it and lived to run another day. We were also joined that weekend by my mom. Additionally, the kids ran in the Read, Right and Run race at Forest Park on Saturday. Eily covered just shy of a mile in 8:01! Holy crap, she's fast! Adam had a smile on his face from the moment he started his run.
4. Our next half - May 21st in Indianapolis with my college roommate Lisa. Paul will shoot for his PR at Geist and Lisa and I will enjoy a good 2+ hours of running, laughing, and enjoying each other's company.
5. Easter weekend - this is a weekend for family; however, since we live 5+ hours away from the nearest relative, we just celebrate the weekend with the four of us. We're debating options for the weekend - Six Flags, Movie, donuts, lunch. We just need to sit tight and see what Mother Nature is going to give us before deciding on our family activities. The weekend is going to start off with Emily having a sleepover here with a friend and pizza. Not too shabby!
Hope you enjoyed this week's version of Five for Friday. hopefully I'll be able to get back to blogging more! Since Paul's computer is currently "sleeping", you peeps are getting any pictures today!
