...Racing....

Hi all! Well, it's been an eventful few weeks of running and racing. I ran my favorite race, the Hot Chocolate 15K, on Nov. 4th. It's a 9.3 mile race, and I fell around mile 5. I wasn't seriously hurt and I was able to keep running and finished 3 minutes faster than last year! I'm doing a pie/pi 3.14 mile race on Thanksgiving and a half marathon 2 days later. That will probably be my last race of 2012! I think that means I'll have completed 9 races this year :)I'll be running with my sister, Maliha, and friends. I've been doing a lot of training runs at the arboretum with Marcia. It's such a great time for us to bond and catch up on what's going on in our lives. We get to encourage and push each other through tough times when we want to stop. Our friendship has really bloomed as we rack up the miles. And it's always great to have a post-run coffee in the cafe afterwards! On one of our runs a couple of weeks ago, Marcia spotted this strawberry plant:

Amazing that she saw that! I'm also trying to finish scrapping summer and fall pictures. I made this thank you card for a friend recently:

Looking forward to meeting my race goals in the coming week! And to a relaxing Thanksgiving!