College Days--Oh how I long for thee--And a 5K PR!

Happy Monday!  This is my last Monday of the school year, so it's especially happy for me! :)

On Friday night I met up with two of my BEST college girlfriends for dinner and drinks!  Kylie and Angie are the best ever and it was so nice to have a little girls time with them.  Kylie is getting married in August and Angie just had a baby 7 weeks ago, so there was always something to talk about!  Kylie's wedding drama was hilarious.  If any of you know Kylie you understand her craziness.  I didn't get a a chance to snap a picture of the three of us, I'm really terrible at this, but I'm going to make an effort to get better, but I was able to snap a picture of myself before I met up with them.  My mom bought me the top I'm wearing, so I initially took the picture to send to her to show her how cute it is, but since it's the only picture of the night I'll post it here as well! :)  The night and drinks flew by and I was sad to leave these girls, but it was so great to catch up and we decided to make it monthly date so I'm looking forward to next month!

On Saturday morning I ran my 2nd 5K of the year (4th race total).  I ran the Go Girl Run in Olathe around the medical center and it was the best course I've ever run.  

It was so flat!  There were no hills...not one single hill.  The best part of the race is that I PR'ed big time.  I started the race in 2nd place, but that only lasted about a minute before people started passing me.:)  My goal was to keep the leader in my site, and I was able to do that for most of the race until close to the end when she took off to the finish line.  After the race was over I saw that the overall female winner ran a 20 something minute 5K so to be able to stay with her for a bit was a big accomplishment for me.  (Plus she had a college team cross country shirt on!) Paired with the fact that I was up way too late the night before and had one too many drinks I was incredibly impressed with my time!  I woke up and had peanut butter toast, coffee and a banana like I always do before a race, but my stomach wasn't quite right until I really got going.  The Go Girl Run was a fun one and one I will definitely do in the future!  I, once again, forgot to take any pictures of myself or the two friends that I ran with, so a picture of my watch (which was off because I forgot to stop it when I crossed the finish line) is all you get!  :)

According to the race website my official race time was 23:55 which was an average of a 7:44 mile pace.  I finished 1st in my age group (25-29), 6th for females and 10th overall!  We didn't stay for the medal ceremony, so I missed out on getting my medal!  Oh well, those things don't really matter anyway! Right at the finish line a volunteer was there waiting to clip off my shoe timer thingy, so I totally forgot to stop my watch which added a few seconds of idle standing time to my average pace.  Either way though, not a bad race for me.  I'm already looking for another one to see if I can beat my time again! :)  I ran a 5K with the Hubs in March and ran a 27:15 race, so this was a significant improvement for me.  I guess all of the half marathon training has really improved my 5K time!  Whatever it is, I'll take it! 

The rest of the day was spent taking a family nap...this never happens and it was glorious!  Around 4:30, Sean headed to Manhattan for boys night with some friends and the girls and I ate pizza and strawberry shortcakes!  I rented "Silver Linings Playbook" from On Demand and watched that after the girls went to bed.  Not a bad movie, but a little slow for my taste!  In this case, I'll take slow any day to see Bradley Cooper! :)

On Sunday after Sean got home from boys night we hung out--he napped with the girls while I worked out a bit.  I did a HIIT Cardio and Abs Tabatha style workout from Fitness Blender and I am feeling it today!  It was a pretty tough workout, and one that I'll definitely try again soon!  We headed to an early dinner after my shower as I was supposed to go to graduation for the high school I teach at, but it was cancelled because of bad weather!  First time ever they've had to postpone graduation!  Crazy stuff, but we're back on for tonight, which will make this Monday a long one...a lot like this post!  

Hope you have a happy Monday!

Talk soon,

Brit