lis marie

I have to stay the weather in the recent past and present has been bizarre. One day its hot, the next its below freezing, or at least almost. Well getting closer and closer to the end of the school year and man I can’t wait. Even though next year will bring new challenge as I will be taking over the head cheer sponsor position, I hoping that things will go a lot more smoothly. This year with all senior event is just killing me softly. I love helping out our kids but gosh sometimes its just so hard to motivate them.

Luckily I’ve been keeping my spirits up with training. I’m super excited to say that for I recent run in Feb. I was able to PR on my halves coming in at a 1:43 something. I was so totally excited you have no idea. And being that austin, in my opnion, is a way tougher course then houston I was excited. Man the thing that gets you in austin are those darn hills. I’ll always remember the right after the 12 mile marker. Man talk about steep. But I did it, I definitly have to thank my friend/coach Debbie. For helping me prepare for it and then goin to austin to help pace me. The funny thing with the crowd as big as it was, and us both staying in 2 different places I wasn’t able to pace with her until mile 10. But man I was glad when I saw her, because I knew then that my pacing was fine. Debbie finished about a min or 2 in front, barely missing her goal time for the race. But all in all it was a nice weekend.

well all in all, all is well. But now its back to grading paper, joy;)

I find myself thinking of all the things that have changed and stayed the same. I look to the future and wonder what all it has to bring. I’m excited that the school year is half way done. This senior sponsor stuff is killing me.It’s very tme consuming with all the aspects of an emotinal rollacoster. If its not hosting an assembly to try toget the students involved then its meeting with the adminstrative staff to help get support for the students, or it’s venturing into the community to see who’s willing to donate time and money to our graduating seniors. This next semester brings several events along with prom. I know it will all work out it’s just the anticipation of how and what.

Luckily I’ve still manged to continue training, this season looks to be very promising. I’ve already stayed the season dropping time in my 5K’s and PR ing at the last one over the thanksgiving break. Which was nice since my mom flew in for the holidays and got to watch me run. Debbie who is not only my spin instructor and friend, but has now taken me under her wing to help me pepare for my second half marathon in Austin. I like working wth her alot, she is very motivational and knows how to a line a training schedule that fits my busy work schedule. And then there’s jake, the guy who keeps us laughing during spin class and always has stories to tell us about his latest run at the park. When I first meet him he was suffering from a foot injury and was not allowed to run. But now is back in full effort. Last season I also had the pleasure of meeting one of Debbies friends Betsy, we combined are forces for the tejas triatlon and kicked butt. We all choose are best event and PRed which help us place 1st with the closest team about 10-15 minutes behind us. It was a good day for us all. We celebrated by floating down the river and hanging out talking about our next steps. Even at 5am in the morning before we hit the water for swim.

 I haven’t yet decided which races I’ll be doing, and most dates are still being posted. But I have a good idea as to which I’ll be doing. I’ve also had an addition added to my little Houston family, in July I got a new little mini schnauzer, her names Izabella and she is the cuttiest. Her and sleenky are still working out the kinks but it’s fun to see them play around. I guess cats and dogs can live together, who would have thought.

More later once I get back to houston=)