How Did I Not Know About This, and Other Randomness

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  It's been years since I've celebrated this holiday, but if you're getting crazy tonight, more power to you!

Last week, I was lamenting the fact that I couldn't check my results from the 2013 Runner's World Half because they weren't on the website anymore, and thus didn't know how far off my PR I was. Well, little did I know there is a site out there that apparently stores results from ALL your races?!?! How did I not know about this?  Jenny (from Run Jenny Run) was kind enough to comment on that post and share the site with me, so today's post goes out to her! Thanks Jenny!

The site is called Athlinks and when I logged in I was happy to see race results from the past few years, including the RW Half!  Yippee!!  Perhaps I'm the only one out there who's never heard of this site, but if you're in the same boat as me, check it out!  It's so fancy.  So now I know I ran St. Luke's 33 seconds slower than my PR, and I can sleep easy tonight.  Ahhhhhhhh, glad I got that cleared up.

On to some other randomness.  On Friday I went out for happy hour.  Which apparently goes from 5pm to 2am.  Oy vey.  This is what happens when you're no longer training for a race and don't have a long run scheduled for the next day.  Wild debauchery ensues.

Those empanadas were yummy

 

For most of Saturday, I felt like death (obviously).  Drinking at 36 is whole different ball game than drinking at 26.  Sober Jill knows this.  Happy hour Jill does not!

 

I babysat late Saturday night and by that time was feeling much better (TONS of Gatorade).  I ended up catching an old movie on PBS that I had never seen before - Three Coins in the Fountain.  It was made in the 50's and set in Italy.  It was a lovely little movie, even if the sexist undertones were wildly outdated.

 

 

 

The weather in Baltimore is currently PHENOMENAL.  Summer is here!  That means open-toed shoes, which means I had to paint my toenails for probably the first time since September. 

On another note, it was WAY too hot to be wearing leggings yesterday.  Time to break out the shorts.  FINALLY!

 

 

And lastly, I pre-ordered this book and just received it in the mail. I have been following Jeff Goins for awhile and this book comes highly anticipated.  I can't wait to get into it. 

 



 

 

Tell me something random!

Did you know about Athlinks?!

 

Is it finally open-toe shoe weather in your neighborhood?

 

 





Weekend in Pictures

What did I do this weekend, you might be wondering.  Or maybe not.  But here we go anyway :)


1.  I had my cats do my taxes:

source via Pinterest (not my cat)

 

They didn't get very far, so I had to finish for them.  I don't know where they get their work ethic.

 

 

2.  Met up with one of my favorite ladies for happy hour/night out downtown, in the neighborhood where I used to work:

 

Jillyruns on Instagram

 

Wherein I gave my real digits to someone who I pretty much knew I had no intentions of dating.  Ay yay yay.

 

 

3.  Toured the Baltimore Basilica, finally! This is a historical and religious sight I had been wanting to visit for years.  It was gorgeous and awe inspiring.  I love old churches.  We even got to tour the underground crypt.  Coolio!

 

 

 

4.  RUNNING IN SHORTS!  It was 62 actual degrees in Baltimore today.  What?!  I'm not even going to question what this wacko weather has to do with global warming.  I'm just soaking it in after this bananas winter we've had.

 

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5.  I mentioned my new found love for Bolthouse Farms vanilla chai tea a few posts ago.  Well I decided to try this green tea drink from the same line:

 

 

 

Ehh. I'm going to file this one under a 'miss'.  It's not terrible, but it kind of taste like leaves.  Mixed with grass.  And maybe a little dirt.  So what are you waiting for - go out there and get yourself a bottle! HAHA

 

 

Hope you all had a great weekend!

 

 

How was the weather in your 'hood this weekend?

 

What were you up to?