Today I Turned 36 Years Old :/

I began my day with meeting up with Amber (also her birthday) for a run. We ran 5.8 together before I met up with the cross country kids. I did add speed into my run today. 4 x 1200 repeats around Christensen’s loop (well .72 almost a 1200). I ran 1 with Amber and 3 more while the HS kids were running their 3 mile warmup before they began their 4 x 1200 repeats.

My 1st one was a 4:00, 2nd was 4:00, 3rd was 3:56 and the 4th was a 4:04. I was really tired. I ran my cool down while the HS cross country kids were doing their workout. I would run back and forth until they finished their loop, read off their times, send them off again on another repeat, cool down more, etc. I ran for 1:17.31 minutes. I felt great today… Getting older has nothing on me! 😉 The minute I came home from practice/running (at 8:15 a.m.), I was bombarded from the girls. They wrapped up presents for me… So cute.

Corom did get me a floor steamer (a Shark). I organized a good chunk of the morning (the girls entertained themselves for awhile- thank goodness). I went out to lunch with a few friends. They took me our and we went to Simply Juicy. A place with great wraps. So good!

We came back to my house and they surprised me with cake and ice cream. Then another friend of mine stopped by with more treats. I have really great friends! I did more cleaning and then Corom and I (and the Carter’s) went out for dinner at a Thai restaurant. The food there was great. Later, we took the girls up to the ball fields in our city for movie night. They were playing the Lego Movie.

It was a fun way to spend time with the family on my birthday. The city played this movie and gave out free popcorn and drinks. I love it here in Salem. Very family oriented. It has been a great day… I was tired throughout the day though. I need more sleep!!! 🙂