My Super Awesome Weekend

My weekend started out on a great note. Remember the two part test I took, part one in April 09 and part two this past August?? Well I receive an email Friday afternoon (I had Andy stalking my email since I didn't have access) and I got word that I passed!! I am now a Nationally Certified Interpreter!! It was a longgg 7 week wait but it was worth it in the end. It feels great to have achieved this goal I wanted so badly! 

The rest of my weekend followed suit. Saturday night we went to my good friends Heather and Erick's wedding reception. 

They had a destination wedding over the summer in the Dominican Republic. 

It's hard to believe two years ago we took this same picture but I was the one in white! 

College friends. I love these two girls and am so thankful I can call them my friends. 

The next morning I ran a 5k with my other good friends, Cassie and Alisha. It was Cassie's birthday and her first race! I was so happy to be apart of this race. See, Cassie is a care taker for a sweet girl with autism. I love running, but running for a reason makes it that much more special. I am already looking forward to the next race that we run together. 

Here is our before picture, and yes I wear the same pink shirt for my races. I mean I have to match head to toe =)

Getting ready at the starting line

running in! 

My best time yet! 

Alisha finishing! 

And Cassie too! 

Our after picture. I don't think it looks too bad after running 3.1 miles!

I came in at 24:54. I was 2nd in my age group, 11th female, and 33rd overall. I'll take it! I think I did so well because I had Andy there supporting me! Thank you Andy!

To finish the weekend off the Bengals won too! WHO DEY!

Run Girl Run

So this weekend I was not only in one race but two! I know, what was I thinking right?! Saturday, I ran in the 1st Annual Meters for Mozart 5k. Being the first year for the race only a little over 100 runners were signed up. I thought this was a perfect first race for me. A friend of mine, Jessica, was running in it along with her friend, Kelly. While it was a chilly 40* it didn't take us long to get warm. 

Kelly and I kept pace with each other. 

Right after the second mile I broke away from her and picked up my pace. (btw pics when you are running do not turn out that great ha!)

I could see the finish line and I sprinted in. I came in with a 25:15. My best time yet! I was so proud of myself. Kelly kept saying that I probably won my age division but I didn't think so. We stuck around for the awards and it turns out I did win my age division (19-24, a baby I know). I was even more proud of myself-my first race and I actually won something! I came in 27th over all out of 103 (first place came in at 17:36!!)

I am looking forward to running more races with these girls

Then, this morning my brother and I did a 3.6 trail run. I've always heard how fun trail runs are so I thought why not try this one. We stayed together most of the way. I loved running in the woods, having to jump over fallen trees, and seeing the beautiful sites. We hit the last mile and we thought okay, we can do this.Uh no, it was straight up hill! It was killer! We both finished it and that was our goal. I am really proud of my brother, he hadn't been running for the past 2 weeks! I came in at #79 (out of 141) with a time of 36:21. That number worked for me. I have never done a trail run so I really didn't have a time goal but now I will :) Oh, and my brother came in at #86 with a time of 37:04. I will post pictures as soon at they are uploaded.