It was another weekend of racing for us. Yesterday (Saturday) we drove up to Big Bear, Ca and did "run the bear". Dave did the marathon and I did the 1/2. It was a nice change of scenery from what we are used to. The course was around the lake up there with tons of trees and a 'mountainey' feeling. It was actually really fun. We had to get up super early to drive up there but it took us less time than we had thought so we had time to hit Starbucks and relax before the run started at 8:30. Both races started at the same time, but the 1/2 marathoners were bused up the route a bit. It was a fairly small race so it never felt really crowded which was nice. I got to see Dave on the course twice. Once when he passed me a few miles in and then after his turnaround. I wasn't sure if I'd run the whole thing but I actually did...except for the 1 big hill I walked and the times I drank water from the aid stations, but other than that I ran. They kept saying how we needed to make sure were were hydrating because of the elevation so thanks to that I had to hit the restroom 3 times by the time I got to about 10 miles. I guess it gave me a little break though. It was warmer up there than I had thought it would be and poor dave was really hot when he finished because it took him about 1.5 hours longer than me and it had warmed up quite a bit in that time. Its funny because when we first got there.. maybe 6:30 am.. it was really chilly and I was worried I'd be cold. After the run we headed back home to eat lunch and shower before our massages which felt really well deserved! Then we headed home and picked up dinner from Tio's mexican restaurant and went home for some mojitos and mexican :)
The weekend before this one we were in Huntington beach for Dave to run another really small marathon. It was along the path right by the beach there. We took the dogs with us so I took Red and Aspen and walked 3 miles down to the dog beach there in Huntington and walked a little on the beach and then headed back. In total we got 8 miles of walking which I could tell was more than plenty for Red. We had some time to hang out at the car waiting for Dave to finish so they got to cool off then we sat on the grass with a blanket and waited for quite some time. It was really hot and humid that day and Dave was feeling it so it took him longer than expected but it was still a fun day out at the beach (at least I thought so)! After that it was back home for Dave to sleep before he had to go to work that night!
We've got one more marathon next weekend in Boulder, CO. I actually signed up for the marathon but am kind of regretting that choice. I guess we'll see how it goes. It'll be a test for the Chicago marathon which we've got coming up in October.
