According to Berni

Wahoooooo!!

I’m on Cloud 9 right now!!!

First of all, one of my goals for this year was to run a sub 30 minute 5k and I’ve been inching closer and closer to that goal all year and really working hard the past few weeks.   This morning I ran the MLB All Stars 5k and finished in 29:47!!  I’m so stinkin’ happy that I wanted to jump up and down and do the dance of joy!   

And if that wasn’t enough…

for those that don’t know, I’m a HUGE Jillian Michaels fan. 

HUGE!

She was at the 5k this morning and while I was running my little heart out my oldest daughter was chatting it up with my girl Jillian! 

I know right?!

How cool is that? 

And check out the picture she got…(bless her heart).

I’m still laughing over this whole thing!!   See that autograph on the T-shirt?  Funny thing is…  that’s my sister’s shirt she is wearing.   Thank God my sister understands just how much I love this lady…she said I could have the shirt.   Mine was a medium so it didn’t fit my daughter…   

Here are some more pics from todays 5k.

I guess if I couldn’t meet her and get my picture taken with her, this is the next best thing right?

Well, have a great day everyone… I know I will!

xoxo

Hello friends!

I hope everyone had a Safe and Fun 4th of July!!   I love that it fell on a Sunday this year and I got Monday off… my plans for today are to do NOTHING.

Zilch.

Nada.

Nothing.

I feel like I’ve been running around like the proverbial chicken with no head lately and I could use a day of nothingness.   Well, after my run that is.  

I got up early to squeeze in a 5k and once I started running I figured I’d make it a quick one.  At the beginning of the year I set a goal to run a 5k in 30 min or less so I wanted to see where I’m at.   I ran the first mile at my regular pace, 2nd mile a bit faster and gave it all I had in the 1.1 and hot damn, I’m not too far off!!!  

Looks like I just need to shave off about 51 seconds off my time and I’m golden!!  Unfortunately that is very easily said, not so easily done… for ME anyway. 

Of course this is a solo run on a course I’ve ran 100’s of times around my neighborhood and the weather was ideal.  My tummy wasn’t feeling too hot though because yesterday some BBQ’d ribs found their way into my mouth…  I’m still so amazed at how much better I feel and run when I eliminate meat from my diet.  But for me sometimes the taste and smell are just too much for me and I cave…and then regret it later.  Oh well progress not perfection right??     

So now I’ve got a 5k coming up this Sunday.  It’s the Angel’s All-Star 5k (hosted by the Anaheim Angel’s baseball team) and Jillian Michaels will be there at the finish line… I’m just wondering if there is any chance, in a BIG crowd of people I can meet my 30 minute time goal.  We’ll see I guess. 

So yesterdays festivities were fairly low key, just me and 2 of the 3 kiddos… we had a quiet, fun and relaxing day. 

We BBQ’d, ate outside, made some s’mores

and did some illegal sparklers… we’re rebels like that. 

Then the kids climbed up on the roof to watch Disneyland’s fireworks.  While I had a heart attack snapped some pics.

It was a nice night…

So tell me what YOU think,  I’ve been having an internal debate over this.  If I run 3.1 on my own in 30 minutes or less would you consider that goal being met or would it have to be ran in an official 5k to be met??   I’m not sure why I go back and forth on this… but really I have.  What are YOUR thoughts?

Have a great Monday everyone!!  

xoxo