13.1

tomorrow matt & i run our first half marathon. i’ll be honest with you, dear friends, and admit that i have not told you this sooner because i did not want your accountability in case i chickened out. ;) and i may still. we’ve been hydrating like camels for the last few days and we’ve even dropped our morning coffee and shared glass of wine with dinner (which is probably bad for my heart, right..right??) in favor of water…yumm…complements my rich fall cooking so well!!

anyway, besides our obvious food and beverage hangups, we are actually really excited. our first (and only) race together so far was a 5k in the spring and we’ve seen so much progress in our training since then. matt, being a natural, has been amazingly encouraging to me and no matter how hard of a time i give him for his matt-style motivational techniques, he is always pushing me to be better and modeling that by pushing himself as well. we’ve trained for this thing together and there is no way i’d be running this half (or probably at all) if he hadn’t figured out a way for us to stick together. he carefully plans routes where he can add extra little vignettes for himself while i can stick to the main course where he’ll shortly meet back with me to run together. he’s mastered training at his pace while also running with me at mine- i think that defies a few science laws. bottom line, he is the best.

just wanted to give a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has been so motivating! family, friends & clients have been so full of advice and encouragement- thank you so so much!

now, off we go for a big lunch at mary mac’s tea room followed a few short hours later by a pasta & gatorade dinner, wish us luck! :)