Aloha Friday!

Happy Friday, everyone! It's the last day of school (work) for a week so I'm extra excited to have made it to Friday. 

Tonight we are hitting the boat parade with some hot rum cider and hanging out with friends, and tomorrow will be my little family Christmas celebration complete with the annual viewing of Love Actually. It's the best holiday movie ever, in my opinion. 

I also hope to get in a 10.5 miler tomorrow since I'm heading to the land of cold, wind, and snow Sunday morning... brrrr!

Last Christmas in the backyard.

I will miss you, beach.

But I will drink lots of you all week!

As far as running back home goes, we do have a treadmill I plan to make lots of use of, and if it stays above 40 degrees, I may just hit the road for a brief run. But I've planned it so that as long as I get a few mid distance runs in, I won't have to hit a double digit run until I get back from Chicago after Christmas.

I doubt I'll be blogging much from my food-and-drink-coma, but follow me on twitter for some cold weather updates!

Have a great weekend and Happy Holidays!

Aloha Friday!

After a somewhat painful week, happy Friday! If everything is feeling okay, I'm hoping to hit the gym after work, since it's CLOSING today until the end of December. The worst part? They won't let us use the newly opened Super Sport ACROSS THE STREET! How rude.

Also, my neighbors and I are having a Christmas Walk, where we all are making a variety of wintery drinks for a pub-crawl type situation on Saturday. Could (and most likely will) be dangerous.

Gonna get crunk up in here.

Also planned is a 10 miler! Let's hope it goes as well as last week's niner.

What do you have planned?

OMG Thank Goodness

I'm so glad it's Friday it's sick. The real world is not at all what I would like to be in right now. Last Friday at this time I was on a remote beach on a remote island getting' my tan on. And it's not like I am on my way to Vegas for the big Strip at Night race that EVERY blogger in the universe is heading to...

BUT! I get to wear these:

Leopard and furry!

to a Christmas party tonight, so that makes up for everything.

This weekend we are also planning a hike (depending on how hungover I am tomorrow) and some stellar eating, so it should be fun.

What are your weekend plans?

Aloha Friday!

Happy Friday and happy 11-11-11!!

Tonight we are getting ready for a dinner party at our house tomorrow by cleaning, cooking, and more cleaning (we are messy). I'm on the hunt for the perfect drink to serve with spicy chili. Any suggestions?

We also have a planning/coffee date set for tomorrow morning, since we leave for Kauai a week from today. Have you ever been to Alta? Dessert for breakfast is the way to go... and the way to spoil my Hawaii diet.

Kauai.

Sunday I am hoping for a good 9 to 10 mile run. I kicked ass on my 7 miler yesterday on the treadmill, and I'm so ready to pound the pavement this weekend after missing last week's long run. Yes, my back is feeling better, but I am still using Bengay nightly, if not for the pain but the comic relief the rubdowns bring.

So sexy!

What are your weekend plans?
ps Thank you to all our veterans for serving our country so well!

Aloha Friday!

It's a dark and stormy day in Southern California...

Spooky.

actually, the sun is coming out and the weekend is here! I've had a discouraging week, health-wise, but I'm really excited about our weekend plans. We are doing yoga tonight, P90X style, hiking tomorrow, and have a date planned for the evening! Has anyone been to Habana at the Lab before? I can't wait.

What are your big weekend plans?

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend- wish I was in New York!

p.s. Two weeks until Hawaii!

Aloha Friday!

I love Fridays. Not just because, as a teacher, weekdays take forever to pass, but because I can get my longer runs in and then just relax. Usually these runs are followed by mimosas or some other tasty (alcoholic) treats, and it's a nice way to unwind and recover.

This weekend will be full of running, drinks, maybe some beach time, but most of all, laying down. On my couch. And finishing the final few episodes of Friday Night Lights, otherwise known as the best show ever.

via google images

Happy Friday everyone! No work 'til Monday.