Sub 1:40 for State 40 fail

       State #40, Maryland, complete.

A goal was to break 1:40

B goal was to be under 1:42

C goal was to get a new PR (breaking 1:42:52)

I really didnt plan very well with logistics of what it would take to break 1:40. I FINALLY did the math yesterday on what my total avg pace would have to be...7:37. As you can see from above, I ended with a 7:40 pace, final time 1:41:00.

Although I'm proud to beat my old PR by just shy of 2 min, I did cry a little around mile 10 when I saw the 7:37 move to a 7:39 on my garmin.

I was so focused on that allusive 1:3x:xx that I actually felt like a failure when I realized I wasn't going to hit it. So, yes I do have a new PR under my belt, but its overshadowed by the "oh so close" ultimate 2013 goal for me. 

I'll write a full recap when my mentality is in a little more positive- for now ill be wallowing in my jamocah milkshake while waiting for my flight.

Anyone else out there hard on themselves and have difficultly enjoying their accomplishments if its shy of what you truly are aiming for??

Tuesday Tangents

What a whirlwind of the last few weeks- its funny because I feel like each week SO MUCH happens, yet I don't blog about it

• Skin Cancer- I got a lot of flack from some individuals for just  nonchalantly mentioning it in my April recap that I was having skin cancer removed.   I have 'beauty marks" EVERYWHERE, so its hard for me to keep track when I have new spots or when existing ones change.  Within the last year  a 'patch' appeared slightly above my right boob. It wasn't a freckle, but at first looked like a red zit. Over the course of a few months it changed to a scab, fell off, bled, got scaly, then just was a mark. Since this was definitely a new marking on my body,I made sure to point it out to the Dr. and sure enough after she took a biopsy it came back as basal cell cancer. For those that aren't familiar, its the least threatening of the cancers as it is the most superficial and easily treatable. I opted for the scrape and burn method vs. chemo cream due to it being summer and I didn't want to apply a cream for 6 weeks before having any resolution. Its been about a week since I had it removed and it's still healing. I have to wear a band aid with aquaphor at all times and I try to shower immediately after exercise to wash out the sweat. Once the scar is healed you can bet I will be applying mederma to help lessen the appearance. 
• New shoes: Although I do love the virattas, I know they are not shoes for running my half marathons in. I am partial to Saucony's, so I started research some of their neutral models. Although I tried the mirages 2 years ago and wasn't a big fan, I was also coming off of ITBS and had to be in stability shoe. I kept reading that the upgrades to the 3 were amazing and voted one of the best upgrades by Runner's World, so I thought, why not?

I've ran in them twice- 7 miles and 11 miles--- they are a 4mm drop so I had some slight calf tightness, but nothing major. Aside from the awesome colors, they are also super light- 7.5 oz, so I may be in love.... we'll see how they perform for my PR attempt this weekend. 

1:40 or bust: I decided to cash in on my Southwest points and go ahead and run the St. Michael's Running  Festival - elevation is non existent and I really don't have the opportunity to even attempt to break 1:40 again till probably fall due to temps and elevations of the races i have schedule, it sucks that this will be a solo race for me, but at least I get I get the big 4-0 out of the way so I can finally be in single digits!! 

Moving- This Saturday I rented a U-haul and had P come over to help me load all my belongings and carry over to the new apt. Unfortunately I am taking over for another roommate who won't be moving out till June 1st so that means all my stuff was stored in the dining 'alcove' in the corner and we piled up 7ft high... its quite comical. I'm a bad blogger and forgot to take a photo, then my phone died which is a whole different bullet, so instead just pretend this is my stuff, only taller. 

• Good bye to an era:  I'm fully convinced I repel technology. Sunday I went for my long run and my garmin was wigging out- no big deal, I know the exact route mileage so I should be good. Then I plug in my mp3 player and it immediately dies- gah 11 miles without music? I decide to take my phone with me tucked into my ifitness belt. Around mile 2.5 there is a water fountain and a bathroom so I decided to stop off, get some water, and use the potty. Midstream somehow my phone falls out of my pouch and into the toilet- I grab it, manage to pee all over it and all over the floor- very classy but this is how fast everything happened. I tried to dry it off, but the water / pee had already gotten under the screen-  sigh. I manage to run the remaining 8.5 miles music less and dreading that my phone was unsalvageable. It was. As luck would have it my contract was up, so instead of upgrading I thought long and hard and decided to just use my work phone as my personal phone since its paid for and deactivate my number. I've had my Dayton number for 10 years, freshman year of college. I guess I'm offically a Nashville girl now with just a 615 number. 
• Not a fan of the Iphone: So my work phone is an Iphone- sure there are some cool features such as I don't have the ability to text right now until work updates my plan but I can text other iphone users just fine. What I don't like is how everything is so closed on the iphone- I can't seem to get my contacts transferred from google- so basically I know NO ONE's number and its frustrating bc it looks like i might need to manually add everyone one by one :(  I can't get my itunes from computer to be recognized on my phone, There are no apps to download free music on my phone (which is what I always did w/ droid to make my playlists for running... even the facebook app is different and I can't figure out who to check in or tag people... yes i know #firstworldproblems
• I saw the Great Gatsby this weekend--- Oh emmmm geeee did I love it. I'm a big fan of  the director Baz Lurhman (he also did Romeo and Juliet) and the soundtrack did not disappoint. I really want to be able to gets some of the songs onto my running playlist- hence the frustration with the iphone. My two 'upbeat' favorites are :

Will.I.Am- Bang Bang

Fergie- A little party never killed nobody

• Testing out shoes: Last night at our fleet feet run, Nike came out and let us test out either Vomeros or Frees. Since I'm in a neutral shoe, they recommended  the vomeros. Immediately I noticed they were heavier than what I was used to with the extra cushion, but yet they felt like I was running on clouds. 

The honeymoon phase ended less than 1 mile in and my arches and lateral edges of my feet felt like they were on fire. I was so uncomfortable that I had to cut my run down from 6miles to 4. Good news is that despite feeling like I was moving in slow motion my avg pace for the run was 8:20s. Immediately when I was done running and just walking around in them, my feet were fine?!?! This is the 3rd show I've tested out on a Fleet Feet run and the 3rd shoe I hated. I guess its good to know what you don't like, just as importantly as what you do like. 

That's all the updates for now, anything exciting in your world?

Looking back at April

April was surprisingly a busy month that involved a lot of life changes as well as some unplanned PRs :)

Total Mileage: I finally freaking did it, I hit my goal I set which was 100 miles!! I looked at Daily Mile on 4/30 to see how many miles I needed to hit 100, 7 miles it was (need to start doing this more often)  As you can see below its been a LONG time since I hit 100 miles. The last year is quite laughable at how my mileage is all over the place-only hitting 100 miles twice in 10 months,definitely need to buckle down!!

May Mileage: We've been blessed with much more milder temps than usual this time of year, so aside from this PNW kind of rain we've been having, weather should not be an excuse to not run. Goal is to hit 100 miles again and hopefully increase it by another 10 miles.

Highest Mileage week: 40! Another goal I told myself I'd hit and I did. The first week in April I had a double header so I knew that was my best shot.

May: I'd like another 40 mile week, however my goal this month is to not have any weeks under 20 miles. Seems crazy, but lately  I have a few 15-17 mile weeks thrown in there, and that can not continue.

Races Planned / Completed: 3/2 

State#38- Maine- The windiest half I've ever ran 


State #39- New Hampshire- The tale of the never ending hills and wanting to quit

And the decide to ran night before last minute 5k

May: Originally I had planned a double header mid May in Maryland and Va--- but my traveling companion who said he'd go bailed. I already registered for MD and I'm debating on doing this solo in attempt for breaking 1:40. I will decide in next day or two if the $ is worth it- Have to do MD anyway, might as well get something out of it.
The races I'm for sure doing is a Tap n Run 4k (beer + running, yes please) this weekend, as well as what is bound to be a sucky half marathon in Wyomming @ 8,000ft + elevation -yipee!

Accomplishments for April:

• Getting speed back- 2 shiny PRs: 
• New 1/2 marathon PR in Maine- 1:42:52
• New adult 5k PR @ Dairy Dash-22:11
• Found a new roommate who is awesomely fast, is good friends with Ryan & Sara Hall, as well as Lauren Fleshman...man I'm going to learn a lot. 

• Along with the new roommate came meeting quite a few more local runners- something I've been lacking in since I've been here 
• Yoga consistently 2x a week (HUGE for me) 
• Went to dentist for first time in 6 years
• Got back into church after 5 years
• Finally started contributing to my 401k after 3 years

Upsets in April:

• Men in general and the idiosyncratic behavior
• Haven't blogged about it, but the biopsy that was taken on my chest did come back positive for cancer- getting it removed tomorrow. Elizabeth has a GREAT post on sun safety-- for those who don't know, she works as a sales rep for dermatology practices, so she DEFINITELY knows what she is talking about.

 Current Book:  No reading this past month-life has been busy 

Current Excitements/ Obsessions:

• Moving. 
• Family vacation in 31 days in Outerbanks
• Reaching state 41 so then I can be in the S-I-N-G-L-E digits for what I have left
• Devising a secret mission race plan that only a few know about--- just found out that one of our local running group members who is 6x all american is going to help me get to what my ultimate race goal is this year. I decided that mum is the word on this until it actually happens, so in a few short months I'm sure i'll quite the post about it :) 

Current Treat: I've been on a cereal kick lately-Capn Crunch peanut butter. Luckily I finished the box last night so thats over. Now I just need to finish my Everything bagels and then its bye bye carbs for a bit.

Current Goal (s):  

• Breaking 1:40 in the half. I guess I should just break down and do Maryland because its not happening in Wyoming, and then not sure when the next half will be. 
• Developing a solid race plan for my secret race
• Getting more involved in local running community 

April Major takeaway:  After the whole Boston tragedy I was reminded how awesome the running community truly is. These past few years getting back into running I have been so wrapped up in the virtual community, that I haven't taken the time to get more involved right here in Nashville. There are so many talented runners that are in my Monday night group that I can learn so much from, so after a few conversations with some of them, I decided to finally stop resisting and start actually training for real. The only way to get better is if I stop going through the motions and start pushing myself. The old saying is quite true "There is no comfort in growth" and that is going to be my motto this summer as I try to whittle down my weight and pace :) 

How was your April?

April was a huge growing month for me. A lot of emotional personal stuff came to a head and now that it has passed I believe I came out a stronger person. Running was a huge outlet for me to let out aggression, and I feel like I'm in a much more stable place now.  

Any Major takeaways?

If you want something and are willing to push for it, you might actually surprise yourself.  . 

Country Music 1/2 round 3.

Race: Country Music 1/2 

Lifetime half: #48

TN Half: # 7

13 in 2013 progress- #6

Official time: 1:47:20

Overall place: 1357 / 17892

13.1 things about this race... 

1. This is my 3rd time running CMM. 2010 it served as my first have ever, (horrible experience)  I skipped 2011, and last year B and L used this to cross TN off their states so I decided to join last minute. This is the first time doing this race solo, not worrying about rushing around doing a photo meetup at Parthenon or trying to find people in the sea of THOUSANDS of runners.

2. For some reason I thought the race started at 7:30. I roll out of bed at 5am, check facebook, and see a few friends already updated their status that they just got to LP field. I thought to myself that was ridiculously early, but got ready in a hurry and was out the door by 5:20. Traffic on the highway was a breeze and I thought MAYBE just maybe i'd get to LP field with no difficulty. To put it lightly- I waited in line for 30 min about 200 feet from turning into LP field- ridiculous. On the shuttle I sat next to some guy and he was joking about how it seemed no one was in a 'rush' to get to the start- it was 6:45.... thats when he dropped the bomb on me that the race started at 7 (and I'm in corral 2 so I NEED to get there)

3. Immediately when the shuttle drops us off (at 6:50) I haul ass (in the pouring rain) across a muddy field to get to gear check (dry clothes and umbrella for after race). As I get there they inform me they are shutting down and I'm the last person they are taking items from (wow what about all the thousands of runners still waiting for shuttles or haven't made their way up to the trucks yet?)

4. I run to the start with 5 min to spare, do a quick hip stretches, then stand in corral waiting for start.

 Turns out there was a car on the course so we were delayed by 10 min- in that 10 min it went from mildly sprinkling, to all out downpour. This also translated into literally 30 sec before the race start my watch went into navigation mode and all that would display on my screen was a compass. Luckily I didn't care how I did in this race since I really didn't want to run it and I'm not a fan of the course.

5. First mile is downhill so I reminded myself to take it easy as there are uphills the rest of the course. I have NO IDEA my pace, but I assume it was faster than I intended considering I caught up to my friend Michael who was in Corral 1 and averaging 8 min/ miles. We chatted for a bit and then I went on since his stride is super short and it always throws me off when we run together.

6. I took it easy on one of the worst and by far the longest hills- Demonbreun (this is where Country Music Hall of Fame and Bridgestone arena are). I was amazed at how I was getting passed left and right and kept reminding myself I just didn't care- 2 mini goals this race: Just come in under 1:50,  and don't walk. I'll admit, I think having a goal to not walk is a terrible goal because who the heck cares if you walk? (i'm not referring to water breaks)- if you body needs rest, it needs rest--- for me its more a mental battle though and I need to work on becoming mentally tough.

7. Somewhere in the 4th mile this guy got creepily close to me, like within 1 foot, then I feel his eyes on me. I finally turn and its P- he also started in corral 1 and I already feel like I'm running in slow motion, so how the heck did I catch up to him? He's still injured and let me know he was taking walk breaks and keeping it around 8 min pace. We ran together for a bit but I let him know I was looking for my friend Mike's house to grab a beer so I would be detouring off.

8. Mike's house came and went so I started to speed up- low and behold he gave me horrible directions on where his house was, so when I passed it he screamed my name and I turned around and stopped by. He had a bottle of Heineken waiting for me--- under normal circumstances this would have been awesome, however drinking beer while its POURING rain out and you look and feel like a drowned rat isn't as enjoyable as it sounds. We chatted for a bit and then I went on my merry way.

9. Not sure if it was the beer, stopping for almost 2 minutes, or just bored / no motivation, but shortly after I was just "done" with the race.  Somewhere between miles 6-8 I got passed by not one, but two different 1:45 pace groups. The roommate was a pacer for that group, however there must have been 3 separate 1:45s because I did not see her. The race itself is CROWDED, however since I started in Corral 2 it was manageable--- both times when the pace groups were passing it was like a giant stampede coming through.. so annoying.

10. Honestly there was nothing else eventful in this race- I played leap frog with guy in orange (he beat me), tried my best to avoid puddles, and just sang in my head the songs that came on. I tried to shorten my stride on the hills so I could go up them faster, but I decided I just didn't care. I had no concept of time so I just told myself it was an easy long run. 

Shot of shortened stride- PLUS it looks like I have cleavage in this photo... such a rarity I had to share

11. Toward the end my legs were just on robot pace (whatever pace that was)- I didn't go fast, I didn't go slow, I just went. For those that don't know... CMM is a HARD course.... its not that there is anything too challenging, its just that its all hills. Nashville hills aren't the real steep kind that you get a nice downhill after, they are the L-O-N-G and S-L-O-W GRADUAL uphills that just take forever and you wish would end, then when it does, you do it all over again and again and again. By the end your legs are just dead. The good news is, that this is MY town, I know how to run these hills so I'm used to them. Does it make it easy, NO, but it doesn't really eat away at me like it does for others- almost all my practice runs have these hills in them, so I'm used to running on dead legs. 

12. The last mile seemed to be the longest. I knew we'd have a few uphills, then the last .3 or so would be nice downhill (where were those the rest of the course) I'm not sure how, but I managed to catch a lot of people on the downhill and have a semi-kick to the finish- clocked in at 1:47:20

13. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty shocked at my time. Even though I didn't know how far I was behind the official clock, I knew I broke 1:50, but I had no idea I was in the 1:47s. Considering I stopped for 2 whole minutes, I didn't put forth any effort in this race, and I couldn't care less how I did, I'm INCREDIBLY happy with my time. I guess this shows that I AM getting stronger and slowly but surely my paces are getting faster. As an added bonus, Top female finisher for my company, and came in 4th overall. 

13.1 Immediately after race I grabbed a few snacks, headed to gear check, then attempted to change out of wet clothes when I ran into Michael doing the same thing

I love this photo because it goes to show how wet it was. He ran a PR that race, as well as a few others (apparently rain makes your run fast?) We both immediately headed to our cars and said "screw it" to cheering for others. 

This is the first race in a long time where I just show up, run, and leave. I really just don't like the course, the medals, or the size, but I'll admit it is fun coming to work after the weekend and everyone comparing how they did and sharing stories. 

Next year, I fully plan on not being in town for this race and running in Eugene so I can experience some of that magic! 

100% for Boston

Last night is my normal weekly Monday night run with Tin Roof 2 Crew, however it was a very special night. Kyle, the owner at Tin Roof, as well as the owners of our local Fleet Feet, both happened to be in Boston running / spectating for the marathon. They wanted to team up together to somehow help those affected by the tragedy and last night is where all the magic happened. 

Together, they picked out a family- 2 daughters and a husband who were all cheering at the finish line in anticipation of their mom finishing her first Boston Marathon. The two daughters both swam for University of TN, and one is still an active athlete, Erika, who happened to lose her lower leg. Since she has ties to the great state of TN her family was picked and 100% of all proceeds from the restaurant, the fleet feet store, as well as specially made shirts went toward purchasing a specially made prosthetic limb for her so she can get back into running. If you aren't familiar with Amputee blade runners, its a non profit organization that helps provide free running limbs for amputees since this is something that insurance does not cover.  The Nashville chapter had agreed to design one specifically for Erika with all the proceeds from 4/28/13 as well as had a few of their runners who use the prosthetics there to join in on our run and answer any questions we may have. 

some of the runners from nashville chapter 

I'll admit, I forgot that they were doing this event yesterday, so when I arrived and couldn't find a parking spot ANYWHERE I was a bit perplexed. I've been going to Tin Roof runs on and off for the last 1.5 years, and I could proudly say that this was by far the BIGGEST crowd (both running, supporting, and diners) I have ever witnessed. 

Before we kicked off the run they talked about Erika and her family and I couldn't help but shed a few tears, I can't imagine what it would be like to lose a leg, and hearing her personal story made it more real. As we set off for one of our routes, I ran alongside one of the blade runners Brandon. (3rd from left in photo)  We talked for a mile and he let me know that he was diagnosed with bone cancer when he was in highschool. His leg was amputated and  he was miserable because he was active on the football team and that wasn't something he could do competitively anymore. He got his prosthetic running leg 2 years ago and was slowly working at getting used to it. He ran in the Country Music 1/2 marathon this past week (my recap still to come) and ran a 1:55!!! He finally feels like he's an athlete again and can't wait to get even faster. 

I was actually taking it super easy that night and couldn't keep up with him so I told him go on without me to which he sped along and I never caught back up. After the run I definitely felt more appreciative of my tired sore legs--- they may not always work the way I want to, but I'm lucky they work at all. I think too often we take the little things for granted and need to remind ourselves how very lucky we are. 

B and P are still recovering from injuries, so they met up later to eat so they could still show their support. We also purchased these awesome shirts since 100% of those profits went into the grand total as well

I'm incredibly excited to see what the grand total raised will be and although its just going to one family, I'm happy to take part in what I could to make her running dreams a reality again!!

Five for Friday

1. Headbands: I realized a few weeks ago that a large chunk of my running headbands no longer fit--- either my head is shrinking, or they are so overused and stretched out. I did the math and realized that I haven't really bought any new ones in over a year. As luck would have it Razzy Roo had a contest on facebook for naming their new bus, and those that gave valid suggestions were emailed a discount code and the winner got so much free money toward purchasing. I didn't win, but I did get the code so I decided to buy two sparkly ones since they are so versatile- love me some blue and black!!!

Double score when Angela at Happy Fit Mama was giving away a BAMR band to two lucky readers. Low and behold I entered and I was one of the lucky 2!!! The owner Katie, who is also a blogger, reached out to me on Monday to congratulate me and see what a few options that I liked. I told her my favorite colors of the chevron pattern and it came in the mail yesterday (talk about quick turnaround!)- was so excited it was yellow because I have ZERO yellow bands. 

2. Skin: Remember last week when I was complaining about my Mexican looking spray tan? My face, hands, stomach, and back all faded normally, but I'm a splotch monster on my arms, legs, and chest. My arms are quite hilarious as they are super dark with white around the elbows (where I spray my perfume)

It's very sexy, I know, I know. I had my annual check up yesterday and was so embarrassed at how uneven my skin was, but obviously they were happy I opted for the sunless route. I had a few spots I was concerned about, and the one on my chest the doctor was too so I had it removed for a biopsy. I found out within a week if its cancerous, in the meantime I'm supposed to keep the area dry, yet I'm running CMM tomorrow and its supposed to storm the whole time, awesome.

3. Country Music Marathon- So this will be my 3rd year running Country Music Marathon. Not a huge fan of the race due to crowds and logistics, but work re-imburses us when we complete it, so the steep $120 registration is taken care of. This was the first half I EVER ran, and unfortunately I didn't train for. It was awful and I ran a 2:22 and change. I decided to give it a go last year, was equally as miserable and hot and ran a 1:55. This year all I have is a loose goal to finish in the 1:40s, thats it.

4. Healthways shirts for Marathon-
Due to the reimbursement for colleagues to particpate in this race, lots of co-workers sign up every year. To keep it it fun, we always order shirts (for free) to hand out to all the colleagues. Although I'm in charge of organizing and distribution, I didnt pick out the design, but I do like them

back of shirt, front just says Healthways

After Boston tragedy last week, one of my co-workers called the print shop to make an adjustment to our shirt- Boston on the sleeve

Due to large crowds and traffic on race day, I decided this year that no meeting up in the morning to take a photo, its stressful, hard to find individuals and we have a lot of first timers who I want them to just enjoy the experience and not worry about having to get there at an insanely early hour. We decided to have everyone wear their shirts yesterday and meet in our lobby for our team photo. Granted it is extremely difficult to get 40+ colleagues together where everyone is free, so here is who could make it

5. Boston Tribute at the Expo- I'm not sure if RnR is doing this for all their races, or if this is special due to it being one of their first events after the Boston Tragedy- regardless they had a nice booth set up and tons of different "walls" you could sign about Boston. The line was incredibly long to do this, so I skipped the signing.

Also when you picked up your bib you got a free Boston arm band that has  the date on one side and the #Run Now on the other. I'm sporting it at work today... along with my alcohol wrist band. I tried to class it up by covering it with a gold bracelet- you hardly notice it right?

It's supposed to storm all day tomorrow during the race--- combine that with the never ending hills and I'm not too sure how I feel about that. At least the one good thing is that it will not be hot... AMEN!!

Are you racing at all this weekend?

Good luck to all those running Eugene, so incredibly jealous!!

Ryan Hall and kickball!

First off a Huge thank you to all the amazing comments, texts, facebooks, and best of all Kim's angry "what is wrong with guys" voicemail, in regards to yesterday's post. Although the "men" topic of change was short, lots picked up on the significance and it means  the world to me that I do have a virtual support group of ladies I can turn to when life isn't always peachy.

Monday we had our weekly night run with fleet feet and what I was told was going to be  a "slow easy run" turned into us speeding up and mile 3 clocking in at 7:20--- good news is I was somewhat able to talk while doing it, bad news is I couldn't hang and got left in the dust. Afterward a bunch of us sat around for 1.5 hours talking and eating. One of the gals, Ashley (who is in the process of trying to qualify for elite status at Chicago- which is 1:21:59 or lower) is on team Oiselle and although she doesn't blog, we were laughing at all the Oiselle ladies we stalk via blog land Difference between her and I is I know the details via their blog, and she's actually met them all... details. Apparently she is the only person on the team representing TN so she's trying to convince me to apply-- I'm not on the same level of any of the other ladies in terms of speed, is that okay? After about 20 minutes of chatter around that, I told her I would think about it.

Later it came out from my super awesome roommate Leah (how this came up in conversation I cannot remember)  went to Ryan Hall and Sara Hall's wedding... ya no big deal. Apparently her and Sara ran track together in college and were good buddies and still talk to this day.

Naturally I was all like "oh my God how are you THIS awesome, you have so many cool points in my book" blah blah blah (sadly that really did come from my mouth)

She mentioned that one of his sponsors is Nissan and their HQ is 400m or so from where I work. She said next time he comes to town she will invite him to our Monday night runs--- wait WHAT?!?! Then I jokingly said how cool that would be, but nearly not as cool as having her and her roommate take him out to dinner to which her response was "I'm totally going to ask him!"

Ladies and gentleman, I have hit the roommate jackpot and girl crush commences... 

If / When this happens, I'll try to keep my cool, but no promises.

In other less exciting to you, but still exciting to me news...

My Tuesday night kickball team FINALLY won a game. This is a huge deal as we are last in the league. We are a 'free agent' team which means we all signed up not knowing anyone and the Nashville Sport's League put the team together. It's not that we're bad, its just everyone else has been playing and practicing together for years and we're just trying to figure out one another's strengths and weaknesses. We only had 9 show up and you need 10 to play, but we convinced the ref we were okay and low and behold, it worked---- booyah

one of our girls left before we could take the photo

I'm also on a work league kickball team that has yet to play a single game due to rain out everytime its our turn. Our first rescheduled game is tomorrow and naturally its storming all day today, so looks like it might be another week--- oh mother nature how you like to play games. 

Anything exciting going on in our week?