Phils Tavern 5K...and other nonsense

Ran with a few of my guards last night: Bethany, Chris, Kyra and Ryan. We collectively ran the Phils Tavern 5K sponsored by the Ambler Area Running Club. We all finished! I came in last out of the group :-) I don't know if I thought I wouldn't or not but to be honest, it was a tough run for me last night. I had a hard time breathing and I threw up/stopped once in the middle. And nearly again at the end. Yuck. I think I'm definitely a morning runner. ING Rock and Roll here I come!! ha :-) I did have a great time though. Definitely makes a HUGE difference running with friends. A few pics:

Pre-race



The Ladies



and Post Race:




All in all it was a fun night, like I said. I accomplished my goal time by going under 27 - I finished around 26:10 (give or take). Ryan finished first just around 21, Kyra and Chris finished in 23:40something, and Bethany finished in 24:50ish. Like I said, I stopped once and had a tough time breathing. I don't think the short races are my thing. But here's my story for the ending...and I wish I had my camera with me....

As I'm finishing the race - there's a small hill close to the finish line and we're pretty much surrounded by woods. I'm feeling pretty defeated at this point, like I'm not doing that well....and out of nowhere a huge butterfly starts flying with me. It stayed with me for awhile - until my friend Ryan could come and jog with me for a bit....it was, amazing. To say the least. It made me smile and gave me a sense of hope. I should've worn my RTFoundation shirt last night. I didn't even think of it. But that butterfly - Rachel was with me last night. :-)

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On to the nonsense:
This week has been pretty interesting to say the least. Monday I was "reprimanded" at Cabrini because apparently I don't seem like I'm happy when I'm there. So I asked one of the ladies who work in the office and she was like, "I have no idea why anyone would say that about you - you're like the happiest person here. They're crazy." So that put my disconcerting to rest. It really caught me off guard but I am honestly a pretty happy person - true I've had some hiccups this summer but nothing where I'd let it affect my performance at Cabrini. It upset me more that the Dean thought I was projecting that image. Nothing I can do about it now.

It's rained both days I worked so far this week; so the pool hasn't been busy. It's definitely nice to get a few things done when I can.

Went to see Despicable Me on Tuesday night. It was hilarious! I want to go see it again. Seriously - it's adorable and cute and totally adult friendly. Lots of things I was laughing at that the kids weren't. Awesomeness :-)

Parker texted me Tuesday night telling me he is making his trip (finally) to PA. Gettysburgh then Harrisburg. Not super close to here but I'm going to try and convince him to swing this way at some point. It's so last minute but I'd be pretty upset if I didn't get to see him and he was in PA. Hopefully we can work something out.

I'm off today - lots of errands/things to accomplish. I need to pick up my new contacts, spin class at noon or maybe I'll go for a ride on my bike (afterall I did get it!), study a bit of my praxis, possibly get a manicure, watch the Open Championship (c'mon Tiger!!!), maybe go to Scoogi's tonight.

The rest of the weekend I have to work (early every day) but I think I'll be able to accomplish a lot this weekend.