WOHOO! That's the number (37,149) of my placement in the 30th annual BolderBOULDER 10K race on Memorial Day out of 54,040 people. I had no idea that a 6.2 mile race could be so much fun. I had no idea that any running race could be fun, as it was my first one, ever.

I talked to my dad yesterday after the race and he quickly said "Oh...boy, how was it? You and I just aren't built for running." That's an understatement. The thick Getzan legs are perfect for short sprints on the hockey field or side shuffles on the tennis court, but I certainly am not tall, with lean legs, like most runners. However, I do have endurance, so I got that going for me.

I had to participate in the 2nd largest 10K in the country this year (as this is the first time I've been in town in the almost 4 years that I've lived here). It's nothing but a good time with bands playing along the way, people offering you bloody marys as you're running, and a good supply of sprinklers to run through. I wasn't aiming for speed, by any means, as I ran about a 12-13 minute mile. My goal was really to at least jog the whole time, which is exactly what I accomplished. I ran it with 3 friends, who were awesome BolderBOULDER partners - thanks Megan, Burn and Kate! I should get a finish picture emailed to me within the next couple of days, so I'll make sure to post it - it's bound to be a good one.

Some stats for you:

• My division place (females who are 31) was: 566 out of 673.
  
• My gender place was: 18,692 out of 26,287.
• The course starts at 5,300 feet with the highest point being at 5,391 feet and runs all through Boulder.

I shouldn't leave out that my favorite band playing along the way was doing an awesome cover of Van Halen's 'Running With the Devil'. If you happen to know who this was - let me know!

Tags: boulder, working out, bolderboulder

I've been really busy lately and now I'm just too tired to post anything of significance. I had planned on it, but it's just not happening.

So, I thought I'd share our poker night pics with you from this weekend. Enjoy.

Here are the cards I was dealt most of the night:

Here's a few more:

If you want to check out pictures from the night and others - check out my pics on Fllickr.

Tags: friends

Okay - so I don't really want to 'be in New Jersey', but I wouldn't mind it this weekend. My nephews and my dad are out on the east coast tooling around town in a convertible having ice cream. Now, that's the life.

My sister is graduating from nursing school this weekend. I have no idea how she did it, with a family - and included within that family are twins, no less! But, she did. I wish I could be out there celebrating her accomplishments, as well.

Erika - I hope that you have a fabulous weekend and know how proud all of us are of you!

By the way - my sis needs to uproot her family and move here, soon - those little boys are getting Jersey accents, I swear to it. Just check out this pic from the younger years. Tell me you don't hear a Jersey accent.

Tags: family

Basically, he's older than a lot of 'modern day pleasures' that we take for granted. I mean - imagine, when he was growing up there was no FM Radio, Ballpoint Pens or Golden Gate Bridge.

You may have already seen it by now, but Things Younger Than McCain is really worth your time. Plain and simple, it's damn funny.

Some of my favorites include: The Chocolate Chip Cookie, Scientology, Alaska (and Hawaii), McDonald's and Teflon. Are you kidding me? Geez, McCain, you are ancient.

Actually, putting down Scientology as one of my favorites just allowed me to post the awesome Saturday Night Fever pic below. When I was little, I used to dance on our oriental carpet and pretend it lit up like the SNF dance floor. Or, wait, was that after the 'Beat It' video came out?

Thanks to Andrew Hyde for the Tweet about it!

Tags: younger than mccain, blog

I'm not joking.

You might think that I would spend my precious blogging time expressing my thoughts about Obama picking up 26 super delegates in the last week, global warming, the recent earthquake in China, or the cyclone that devastated Myanmar (latter day Burma). However, that is not the case. I've chosen to entertain you, my dear readers, with my intelligent musings on my findings while thumbing through the latest issue of SkyMall.

Now, I have actually consciously tried to resist my love of SkyMall, but it hasn't worked. I've tried to not pick it out of the seat-back pocket in front of me, but to no avail. People who have traveled with me know my problem and those who have flown to see me many times, know to bring me the latest issue. However, every time I board a plane, I can't help but reach for the special in-flight entertainment (would it be considered that?) of the ever so popular random product magazine that is filled with the most useless crap you can think of. I do admit, though, that while thumbing through it this evening, I found some things that I might have actually ordered - like the marshmallow shooter, the talking R2-D2 robot, or the 206 bird song identifier.

So, without further adieu, I give you my favorite products of SkyMall, Late Spring 2008 issue:

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Tags: travel, skymall, awesome crap