It’s Monday. I’m tired. So, I’m linking up with Tara for a Weekend Update.
We had an insanely fun weekend that included a Moms Run This Town holiday party, a meeting at Mad Fox Brewpub, and two Christmas parties. I don’t often need a weekend to recover from my weekend, but this was definitely one of them.
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Friday started with a lovely box from Kashi that I won at a FitFluential twitter chat.
Then I took a quick trip over to Old Navy because I needed to get a top to wear and a White Elephant gift. Have you checked out their running tights lately? Awesome prints!
Finally, it was party time. I whipped up a quick batch of sausages in mustard and beer sauce (yes, I do make a lot of beer recipes.) Then I joined my ladies for a fun evening of wine, too many snacks, and a gift exchange. Seems like the hot items this year were anything that allowed you to light up your run. I was pretty excited to get my hands on a 13.1 ornament, but it was stolen from me. That’s ok, I ended up with a bottle of wine and a cool tank top.
Saturday we were up bright and early for a quick meeting at Mad Fox. The best part of a meeting at a brewpub is there is always beer. Yes, I did have a glass of Orange Whip IPA before noon.
Then we headed home for a bit and the next stop was a Christmas party at the home of one of Shoo’s friends. Except I screwed up. Two of his friends have moms with the same last name, but the kids use their dad’s last name. So I glanced at the invite and off we walked. To the wrong house. Yep. We did make it to the right party, but we had a nice mile and a half walk.
After that party, it was time to head to a work related one. Since we’d already been to one party, we elected to walk the mile and a half each way. (If you are keeping track at home, I’m pretty sure we walked at least 4.5 miles that evening. Good thing I had comfy boots on…)
Yesterday was a day filled with cleaning the house, taking the kid to the park to play soccer (so he’d stop playing in my living room), and coming up with some epic plans for 2015. Yes, I may have just added two new states to the plan, as well as a girls’ weekend with my West Coast BFF.
Oh, and I realized I’d passed 1000 miles for the year – I’m at 1020. Seemed sort of anticlimactic that I didn’t even notice…
What fun did you have this weekend? How many miles do you think you’ll hit?
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you know I THINK THAT IS SO AMAZING.
and I also wish I knew how many miles I logged walking this year!!!!
Sounds like a crazy busy weekend!!! I too passed 1000 miles (last month), which is a good thing since I’m resting my hamstring this month. Great job!
What a busy weekend! But it sounds like you had so much fun!!! Congrats on passing 1000 miles this year! So amazing!
I ran a fun 15K and I hope to reach 900 which will be my highest ever.
Sounds like a fun weekend! Congrats on passing 100 miles, can’t wait to hear about all your epic plans for 2015.
I did another 2 miles yesterday, and that’s about it for this year since I’ll be on vacation. I’ll try to work out but when I go from sea level to Colorado, breathing’s a bit labored.
I’m about 39 miles shy of 1,000 miles for the year. I’m totally going to get there!
Haha I can’t believe you went to the wrong house! Nice neighbors!!
Well I hosted a mommies white elephant gift exchange, we should have made it running themed! Instead it is a ‘no-purchase, only re-gift awful gifts’ and the most popular was a dancing prospector santa who was giving quite a suggestive hand gesture! 🙂
Nice mileage!!
I love Old Navy’s running tights! I just bought black ones on Black Friday that say “Do work” on the side. I’m hoping Santa brings me another pair for Christmas.
You did run a lot this year even with that mid summer slump I remember you having. With all of my injuries this year, I still managed to get over 500 miles in which was way better than I expected for not running for 8 weeks. Missed you at our party but hope you had fun at yours 🙂
Erika, I’m so delighted that you linked up with the Weekend Update today; so exciting! I’m tired just thinking about your weekend, but it sounds like you had TONS of fun! A bottle of wine for a white elephant gift?? Score! That’s awesome! Congratulations on your 1,000+ mile 2014; that is fantastic. It is kind of weird, though, when it just passes by and you’re like, “eh, I just passed 1,000 miles for the year.” HA! Way to go! Thanks so much for sharing your adventures and I hope you’re having a good Monday.
That was a fun giveaway! Great to see you at the party 🙂
i’m really bad at tracking my miles but in 2015, i have a new training journal and i’m looking forward to using it to track my miles. so many times i don’t wear a watch and then don’t track it. oops! i’ve run 3 marathons this year – i’m sure i hit 1000 miles somewhere along the way… 🙂
Congrats on the milestone! When life gets busy, it definitely becomes difficult to remember to check in on our mileage progress, especially at this time of year.
I’ve passed 1000 miles too and ran a 5k this weekend. Thanks for the heads up on the old navy tights! I need to check that out.