Happy Anniversary to me!
My husband and I are celebrating our 23rd anniversary
today. He surprised me with a couple of
nights as a Bed & Breakfast in Newport.
We arrived last night. We would
have shown up earlier in the day but he surprised me with my first ever massage
before we left. Joe has been getting a
sports massage about once a month to help with his Ironman training. We had to stop in Corvallis because he had
one scheduled. What I didn’t know was
that he had scheduled a massage for me right after he was done. It was AMAZING! It felt so good. If you need a good place for a massage and
you live in the Corvallis/Albany area you need to go see Wendie Gum at Body of
Health & Wellness. http://www.yourbodyofhealth.com She rocks!! After my massage we headed to the beach. I still didn’t know where we were going but
it was fun to be surprised. I’m married
to a very good man!
Today was supposed to be a four mile run. My original plan was to run two miles down
the beach and then two miles back.
However, where we are staying has a wide stream going right along the
rocks for a very long way and no way to get around it easily on the beach. We decided that we could just run out to the
Yaquina Lighthouse and back since the B&B is just down from the entrance on
Hwy 101. So I went from going on a flat
run to going on a hill run.
Now, I have been on that road before in our car. But hills look much different when you are walking or running up them. Here's the difference.
Total exaggeration I will admit but that’s how it
feels. I ran all the way out to the
lighthouse without stopping and was feeling pretty good. But then I realized that in order to get my
four miles in I would either have to run out to the lighthouse twice or I would
have to make the loop longer. I saw Joe
coming down this trail behind the lighthouse and figured, no pain, no gain and
headed up. I got to the second switchback
and had to start walking. It was a long
ways up. I was getting frustrated that I
was walking but then I reminded myself that I was out there doing it and I would
get some great pictures at the top. Here
are the pictures:
So today was about distance and hills rather than
speed. I think my legs and butt are
going to be tight later today. J Here’s the information from todays excursion:
Joe and I will be enjoying the rest of our mini-vacation,
adding to our 23 years of memories.
I’m very lucky to be able to spend my life with my best friend!!
Keep me in your thoughts during the next week as I go back
to work. This will be where it gets hard
for me to keep running cause I’m so tired from work. Hopefully the B-12 is helping and I won’t be
as wiped at the end of the day!
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