Dear Santa Rosa
Dear Santa Rosa, A couple months ago I read a book called 31 Dates in 31 Days by Tamara Johnson. It is a great book about a woman who was tired of getting in all the wrong relationships and her desire to learn how to date. A plan unfolded. She decided to go back to [...]
Mud Factor NorCal
I’ve run races. I’ve completed a sprint triathlon. I have never participated in a mud race or an obstacle course. (And it’s on my 40 before 40 list!) Quite frankly the idea scares me a bit. Okay a lot. All that mud. (What? So I’m a bit girly.) And what if I can’t do the [...]
Reno Rock n River 10k
When Kirsten asked me if I wanted to run this race again with her, there was no question in my mind what the answer was. YES! I ran the half marathon of this race last year and got set a PR, which considering I live at sea level and Reno is in elevation, was pretty [...]
My Week in Pictures – Week 18 & 19
May 16th, 2012 
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Dear Santa Rosa
May 15th, 2012 bekkib73 Dear Santa Rosa,
A couple months ago I read a book called 31 Dates in 31 Days by Tamara Johnson. It is a great book about a woman who was tired of getting in all the wrong relationships and her desire to learn how to date. A plan unfolded. She decided to go back to the basics of dating. To just focus on DATING. With the help of her friends, she went on a date every day for a month with a different man. 30 days of first dates. She lived in New York City, seemed to have a large network of friends and had no problems lining up dates or interesting places to go on those dates. At the end of the 30 days she picked one of the men from the 30 dates to have a second date with.
Along the way she learned a lot about herself. She didn’t have love connections with all of the dates, but kept an open mind. As I read about her different dates, I felt a bit pessimistic. I’ve been on a few really bad first dates. How come none of her dates were that bad? But as I read on, and even emailed with the author, she explained that she worked to keep an open mind, to learn about the man she was on the date with and just enjoyed the couple of hours. Read more »
Mud Factor NorCal
May 12th, 2012 bekkib73 I’ve run races. I’ve completed a sprint triathlon. I have never participated in a mud race or an obstacle course. (And it’s on my 40 before 40 list!)
Quite frankly the idea scares me a bit. Okay a lot. All that mud. (What? So I’m a bit girly.) And what if I can’t do the obstacles?
Well I guess all those questions and fears are going to be put to rest in about a week. I’m all registered for the Mud Factor NorCal 5K race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma!
With less than a week away, I keep looking at the website. (www.mudfactor.com) Maybe there will be some new information that will calm my fears. 
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Reno Rock n River 10k
May 8th, 2012 bekkib73 When Kirsten asked me if I wanted to run this race again with her, there was no question in my mind what the answer was. YES! I ran the half marathon of this race last year and got set a PR, which considering I live at sea level and Reno is in elevation, was pretty impressive!
This year, I knew that there was no way I would have time to get ready for a half marathon. So I agreed to run the race, but I told her I would only commit to the 10k distance.
As race draw kept inching closer, I kept wishing I had the motivation to run more. The longest training run I did for this race was 5.8 miles and it was at doing run/ walk intervals (7 minutes run / 1 minute walk). I maybe ran a handful of times in the past few months. Call it lack of motivation, cold weather, overwhelmed with life, who knows, but the training did not happen as a runner would expect. Read more »
My Week in Pictures – Week 17
May 2nd, 2012 bekkib73 
On Sunday we took the little leaguer to Little League Day at O.co. He got to listen to a big league pitcher give some pitching advice and then after he got to walk around the field in a little league parade!
I finally got a pedicure! It was much needed!
I thought this flower outside my apartment was beautiful.
Have you ever played Blokus? It’s a super fun game! I love family game night! (Oh, and I won both times we played!)
Saturday was little league picture day. Up in the left corner was my boy posing for his baseball card!
I hope you had a great week! I know I sure did!
I’ll take my MOJO back please…
May 1st, 2012 bekkib73 Motivation.
Ya, I’ve seriously been lacking in that department this year.
I finished a (fun) half marathon at the end of January (the Tinkerbell half marathon). I have a 10k run this coming weekend. I have not been running consistently since probably mid-October 2011. So it’s almost needless to say that I’m not expecting a great finish time at this weekend’s race. (I will have fun and I get to see mah girl K, so I’m super excited about that!)
I’m hoping the nice weather gives me the kick in the rear I want to get back into running shape. Last year was my year of the half marathons (I did 5). I think this year will be my year of the 10k’s. Now, the one this weekend (Reno Rock n River), will likely be done with run / walk intervals. However, I am registered for The Giant Race 10k (the finish line is home plate at AT&T Park – how freaking COOL is that?!) in mid-September, and I’m going to aim for a PR for that race. Read more »
My Week in Pictures – Weeks 14-16
April 25th, 2012 bekkib73 
Yikes, I’ve gotten behind in my weekly picture posts! If it weren’t for the “My Week in Pictures” app, I would be completely lost in keeping up! This post will have 3 weeks of pictures to get me caught up! And PS. How is it already the END of April? Sheesh! Read more »
Body Glide WarmFX – REVIEW
April 11th, 2012 bekkib73 I started taking Crossfit classes at the beginning of March. These workouts are no joke, let me tell ya! After the first workout, I left there knowing I was going to be sore, however I did not know just how sore I would end up being!
Two days after my first workout, my arms were so sore that I could barely take off my shirt! Now, I wasn’t injured, but my body was responding to the lack of weights I had been exposed to for the past 6ish months. I also should tell you that I don’t really mind this kind of sore because I know it means that I really got a good workout. (However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a good deal of whining… LOL) Read more »
My Week in Pictures – Week 12 & 13
April 3rd, 2012 bekkib73 
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. The pretty red dress is the bridesmaid’s dress I’m going to wear at my BFF’s wedding at the end of September. (Only it will be blue.) I felt pretty sexy in that red dress, I’m not going to lie! Read more »
Race Bib Board
March 18th, 2012 bekkib73 I am so happy! None of my racing memorabilia is tucked away in a box any longer!
Like I said when I made my race bling rack, all my bibs and medals have been sadly sitting in a box over the last couple of years.
But no more!
I purchased a canvas on sale at the local craft store *months ago* and have been dragging my feet on how I wanted to use it to display my race bibs. I decided that I needed not only to have my bibs displayed, but also some pictures from the races.
So yesterday, I uploaded some of my favorite race pictures to Target and within a hour they were ready!
Last night I got the canvas out and laid out my bibs and the pictures… Read more »
