How is it Friday again? This year is just flying by and I haven’t even ordered anyone a present yet. All I have are the boys’ pajamas that I buy them every year at Christmas. That.is.it. Oh, and I have 2 pairs of wool socks coming for Beer Geek, but we don’t exchange presents, so that doesn’t really count. And I’m pretty sure that all of the beer I’ve bought doesn’t count either. #priorities
So, this post is going to be quick and dirty because I have work to do and presents to buy and a playroom to clean and… yes, my to do list is scary. Here are my current five favorites for Friday Five with Courtney, Mar, and Cynthia. (And if you’d like to read a much better 5 than below, head over to Courtney’s blog for my 5 Things Learned in 20 Years of Marriage.)
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1. Book – Oh Myyyy! – There Goes the Internet by George Takei. I just started reading it, but I’m enjoying it immensely.
3. Running clothes – Lotta Breeze Capris from Skirt Sports and Target C9 half zips. This has pretty much been my uniform lately. Perfect amount of clothing for my runs lately.
4. Fuel – you all know I don’t fuel on the run, but I am addicted to Nuun. I seem to always have my water bottle full of it with me wherever I go, even if I’m not running. I swear I need a line item in our budget just for my nuun expenditures.
5. Beer – All of them. This is my favorite time of the beer year and I have so many to choose from. (I counted – 20 different holiday beers, not including big single bottles + some Sweet Baby Jesus and 10 or so other random beers hanging out in the fridge. Yes, I am a beer hoarder.
Remember the #NovemberMileage Challenge? Well, it looks like out of 49 participants, 10 met or exceeded their planned totals. I was not one of them. Oops.
Here are the successful runners:
| HoHo Runs | hohoruns.blogspot.com | 90 | 100.5 |
| Sara C | https://twitter.com/seclarke | 40 | 49.56 |
| Courtney D | Eat Pray Run DC | 75 | 84.2 |
| Ellie T | 80 | 88.35 | |
| Jessica H | http://twentyonedayhabit.blogspot.com/ | 200 | 205 |
| Rebekah A | local | 60 | 64 |
| Carrie Ann | local | 70 | 73.15 |
| Ken C and Ruth C | https://twitter.com/KenChristense13 | 60 | 62.3 |
| Wendy R. | http://oldrunningmom.blogspot.com/ | 100 | 101.34 |
| Vee A | local | 110 | 110 |
Please email me at mcmmamaruns at gmail.com if you’d like me to send a little treat your way!
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How’s your weekend looking? I have a ton to do, but we also have a rockin’ party to attend. You know, the kind of party where you go because you WANT to and you make plans to walk home. Yep, I’m getting my long run done today because there will be no running on Sunday. Ahem.
I am the same way with certain clothes. I really like Nuun but feel like I shouldn’t be drinking it if I haven’t worked out. But it’s not like it’s bad for you so maybe I will. Oh no I will have to start buying some more if I start doing that.
I use more water than recommended when I haven’t been running. That’s how I justify it!
I love casual and running clothes!
I hope more races will have Nuun as their water stops. I liked that the GW Parkway Classic used them this year (that is when I first tried it).
I love nuun, but I don’t like it at long races. I need the calories from the drinks when I’m racing. Good to know that the GW Parkway does that – I’ll pack some gummy bears when I run it.
Looking like a regular weekend (yay). Unfortunately, it’s not looking like great weather for the boat parade, an annual tradition, but we’ll play it by year.
Have a great weekend!
Bummer on the weather. Hope it works out for you as boat parades are pretty cool. Would you be in it or watching it?
Oh, just watching! But it’s lots of fun to see which boats are new, returning, who has the most clever theme….
I missed that darn challenge by 3 miles or so! Darn the short month of November. I never saw the pink Ragnar hoodie it’s cute-something to buy next time 🙂
Ha, you did way better than me. Of course, I set my bar way higher than I really should have… It’s the softest hoodie ever! They had it in grey too and I’m kicking myself for not buying both when it was available.
I still need to find some Sweet Baby Jesus! Beer hoarder. LOL.
Umm… I am with you on the Nuun. I go through about three tubes a week. I’m obsessed with it, especially now that I’m breastfeeding and need extra hydration.
I love that Ragnar hoodie too! The pink is cute. I might need to add that to my wish list.
have a great weekend and enjoy your party!!!
I forgot to update the spreadsheet. I ran 85 and my goal was 80. YAY!
I hear ya with the comfy clothes. Long-sleeved tech shirts from races have been my thing lately!
Agh! Playroom-cleaning is the worst! We just did a toy-purge and it was back-breaking.
My weekend looks pretty mellow, which is unusual. I’m going to run both days and meet with my coach to go over my ramp-up to marathon training, which starts later this month.
My first thought after Thanksgiving was to wonder what new holiday beers might be available. I was trying to see how many in your picture I could ID. Totally with you on the NUUN and complete lack of present shopping!
Oh, my gosh…I am in love with your beer “collection;” who knew there were so many holiday beers? I may have to do some investigative work, Erica! 🙂 Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I am not a fan of Nuun. I’ve tried it but can’t get myself to like it. I was supposed to be in NYC this weekend but feeling sick and run down so plans have changed…
I love that kind of party (especially if it is at our house with all of our neighbors so no one drives!!).
Oooh yay me! November was a great month…and December..not so much. I’m nursing an injury. Guess I overdid it. Who me?
Sounds like a great party you’ve got ahead of you this weekend! I’ve been loving the nuun too.
Great list. Agree completely with 4 and 5. Two drinks I love.
You can always work beer into a post about favorites – love it!
I have been trying to buy that hoodie for weeks and it’s always sold out!!