Rants, Recipes, and Running

Due to the fact that Ryan was going to be stuck in Syracuse for about 3 months, we decided it was a great opportunity to get us to New York City for the weekend. Syracuse is about a 4-5 hour drive, so we ended up meeting in NYC for President's Day weekend. I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking here. Miraculously we get to our hotel about 20 minutes of each other. Ryan had to take a bus (long story). And I obviously flew, and took the Subway. (FYI - Google maps was the best way of figuring out the subway system!!) We got freshened up, and headed out for some exploring. Our hotel was the Marriot Residence Inn - which was wedged between Times Square and Central Park. Great destination!! We walked around Times Square for a bit, bought broadway tickets for Saturday night, and asked our guy where a local goes for the best Thai food. Times Square is a lot like Vegas. Too people-y. But pretty cool to see. Once ;) Ha! We headed a few blocks north to ...

The marathon is complete. This is a story about the day I pushed my body to places I didn't know I could take it. As you know - I have trained hard. It wasn't just the 18-week training program. I've had Boston on my mind for about 2 years now. However, when I started training, I had a variety of health issues come about. From getting bumps all over my bones with joint pain to plantar fasciitis. I had my share of "road-blocks". I also trained for a marathon last year, and couldn't run it because of a training at work. So let's fast forward to the day before the race (as I gave plenty of training updates on this blog). No time to think about the race, as work was so stressful this week. But that's not to be discussed today ;) I did the race with some of my best girlfriends. In fact, they are some of the best girlfriends a girl could ever ask for. We hit up the expo 1st. We always really enjoy the expo as a time to just really soak it all in...