Happy New Year

Workout- 13mile run (2hr on the nose) I would like to say that I kicked 2011 to the curb with a killer run this morning.

I can't.
I think it kicked me in the shin, or tummy, or hip or....everywhere.   I didn't quit though.  Oh, I thought about it.  I really did but then I couldn't whine to you about how sucktastic my run was.
And suck it did. 

The sunrise didn't suck.
I think my legs were still wore out from the hilly Wednesday ride.  You don't hear about marathoners cranking out 30 miles of climbing in the middle of marathon training.  Really.  I may wear a cape but I don't really have super powers.  Shhh, don't tell the kids.  My legs felt dead the whole blasted run. 
Then there was the little fact that I didn't really eat much of anything yesterday, and forget about drinking water, that wasn't happening much either.  What gives?  That is really unlike me.  I payed for it for 2 whole hours.  Lesson learned.....again.  Smarts and super powers evade me.
Oh, and somebody added a few hills in the last few miles. That was pretty crapalicious.

She wasn't crapalicious but I think she is the one who added those hills.  Ok, ok, it wasn't her.  She did throw a good elbow at the one who added them.  My arm still hurts. :-)
I have had some darn good runs lately so I need to shut it.  You have good and bad runs, it is the nature of running.  I just know that I could have made better choices and this run wouldn't have sucked so bad.

Our run finished at Starbucks!  Whoever mapped that run (me) is a genius!


I wanted to do a post with a reflection on 2011, it was a pretty stellar year for me full of PR's and fun.
I wanted to end the post with a few thoughts about heading into 2012, it looks to be pretty exciting.
I wanted to do all that, I did. But......

I started throwing sugar and butter into booze and this happened.

And this.

It ended with Baileys added to a buttercream. Swoon...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

I hope you all have a safe and fun evening. 
My resolution is to write a long meaningful blog post and comb my hair. 
I am hoping to knock those out tomorrow.
Dream big!