13.1 miles, uhh CHECK

This weekend was phenomenal!

Friday after work I went to Laugh Out Loud to learn how to do lights and music for the show (teching a show for those of you in the biz). After a 40 minute training sesh, a bartender needing to leave, and us scrambling to fill every position, I ended up teching the second show all by myself. Was I a little proud of myself? Uh you can bet your sweet as I was.

Race Day! My oh-so-handsome man

Saturday was Date Day for John and me. We went to the race expo in Chicago to pick up our numbers for the race and to get our SWAG bags. So many free samples of protein and soy products. We went to Navy Pier walked around and went to Margaritaville. The drinks there were outrageously delicious.

I ordered the fish and chips. When it arrived I dove right into eating it, breaking apart a piece of fish, I noticed there was writing on the breading. I gave it to John to look at. The manager walked by and John (with a complete straight face) said Is this how we get our checks? A receipt must have fallen into the batter while the fish were frying. We ended up getting the entire meal for free along with a dessert. It was righteous and awesome. Don’t worry, I left our server a great tips.

Then it was Sunday. Race Day. Day that should be known as I’m outta my (semi) right mind. Got up at 2:45am to pick up John by 4. Got to the city pretty fast and walked to the food tent to get some bagels and bananners. After waiting in the port-o-potty line to poop, we were on our way to the start line. Blah blah blah. Run run run. I finished in 2 hours and 13 minutes. Which is insane! Last year I finished in 2 hours and 27 minutes, so I’m essentially amazing.

Overall, pretty incredible weekend. My knees hurt. My feet are cramping up but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Here’s to an awesome week ahead!