bahston: wicked fun weekend

the long weekend in boston was great overall (minus miles 9-26). josh and i flew in late friday night and hung out with my blog bff terri (middle of the pack girl) and her husband for the first couple of days. it was great to have our own local tour guide, especially when you (currently) live in podunk, ky where traffic = a 4-way stop. terri and family were excellent hosts!

saturday was chilly and rainy, and we had a slow start to the day. i contemplated running in the morning but it was 37* and i just didn't feel like being 'cold'. we hit up the expo to get our packets (josh and terri ran the 5k on sunday) and browsed around a little (impossible with the crowd, yuck) before we went to catch a duck tour. it was cool, other than the lady and her 10 kids who wanted to "drive" the duck.

josh is a yankees fan so i made him take a photo in front of the red sox 'duck'.

after the duck tour we tried going back to the expo so i could browse some more (i actually wanted to buy things for once) but it was still overly crowded and about to close for the day. i wanted to get one of the fun boston-accent shirts ("wicked fast runnah") for my time-guessing winner but obviously i didn't know who would win at the time.

sunday morning i again debated getting in a short, leg-loosening run in the morning but... yeah. i opted for a little extra laziness before heading into town to spectate josh and terri in the 5k (they both pr'd). it was my first time as a spectator and it is not easy! i have a newfound respect for friends/family who voluntarily spend a long morning to watch me run by for 5 seconds. after all that hard work spectating i went to an amazing brunch (sweet potato pancakes - yum) with even more friends (morgan, meg, jill, and marcia).

josh running his first 5k! :)

at brunch with meg & jill.

sunday afternoon i finally went out for a short, shakeout run and just hung out with josh, terri, her husband and ruthie the 75lb lap-dog :) we eventually had a huge, delicious spaghetti dinner. i'm pretty sure i ate more calories than i burned in the race monday.

[for those who asked - click for the definition of "htfu". i had to look it up myself the first time i heard it. i use "harden" and "hurry" interchangeably for the 'h'. there is a clothing line and facebook group for it.]