Vacation...no Problem! PR'ing every race!

Kiddos watching the waves during our family photo shoot.
It has been one crazy summer! My family and I have had the wonderful opportunity to travel a lot this summer visiting our extended family. By the end of this month we will have traveled coast to coast and spent time in Pensacola FL, Atlantic Beach N.C., and Seattle WA. The hardest part of all the travel has trying to be consistent with my workouts and half marathon training.

I started out really strong on our trip to Florida. I went to the gym and lifted weights, did yoga and Pilates. My friend in the picture below and I ran twice. She got me to sign up for a 5k and I was hoping to hit a new PR, but then we went for a 6 mi run that ended up being just over 4 very sweaty miles. I was afraid there was no way I could run fast in the heat/humidity. I am happy to report that I was wrong in underestimating myself. I hit a new record of 27:19 and placed 7th in my division. My first top 10 finish!
At the finish of the Firecracker 5k in P'cola with my friend Amy.
We were back home in Fort Collins for two weeks before we headed to North Carolina. During that time everyone in the family ended up sick at some point and we celebrated 4th of July with loads of shenanigans. Needless to say that all took a toll on my training plans, though I did manage to go to my personal trainer's class a couple times and I always make time for my Pilates session. 
Rocky Mountain Half Marathon! Done
I returned from our 12 day beach vacation on Wednesday and headed to Estes Park the following Friday to run the Rocky Mountain Half Marathon on Saturday Aug. 1st. I was worried about the elevation after spending so much time at sea level. However I finished the race with another PR of 2:20:55. I was so happy with that time on that coarse. It was a great race. Now it is time to relax and enjoy the end of summer.

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