Where's the Beach?

Recently, Angela at  Happy Fit Mama   passed along the Very Inspiring Blogger Award to me. And I thought it'd be perfect for Fun Facts Friday . Thank you so much Angela. I think you're incredibly inspiring! The Rules: Display the award logo somewhere on your blog.  Link back to the blog who nominated you.  State 7 things about yourself.  Nominate 15 (or less) other bloggers for the award and provide links to their blogs. Notify those bloggers that they have been nominated and of the award’s requirements.  7 Random Things About Me 1.  While I love the beach, the ocean, the waves, I don't actually enjoy getting into the water. I prefer to sit back with my toes in the sand and just listen and watch. I'll wade out no farther than my knees. When I was a kid, I did actually get in and play, swim, ride the waves on rafts. But now I know there are "things" in the water. 2.  I've mentioned before that I'...

Free Friday Today is going to be a rest day for me. My body is begging for it, and I realized last night that my last rest day was last Thursday. I usually don't like to go more than 6 days without my rest day. So today it is. I guess I shouldn't have bragged about our nice weather, we have rain and much much cooler temps in the forecast now. Darn it. I was hoping that race day (Sunday) wouldn't be too terribly cool, but it's now looking like it'll be around 33 degrees at the start of the race. That of course means having to fuss with gloves and such. Wearing the race bibs makes layering much more difficult too. I have to have a bib on front and back so no real way of shedding a layer that I can think of. I guess at least I won't have sweat pouring into my eyes though....trying to find a positive.... Today I did pick up my race packet from the marathon expo. I can't explain just how nervous I am or why I am so nervous. At this point, I am wishing the ...