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Friday Favorites #10

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Does the week start on Sunday or Monday? What do you think? For this week, even if you don’t agree with me, let’s pretend it starts on Sunday, for the purposes of this blog post.

It’s been a whirlwind week but definitely one that is Friday Favorites worthy.

Block Island. I love how casual and calm Block Island is. Though perhaps a lot of that was due to how early in the season we were there. However, if you haven’t been before, I highly recommend it.

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Block Island runs. Though short, they were quite hilly and scenic. There are very few sidewalks, so I did have to pay attention to cars!

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Rory’s dorm at Yale University. I’m obsessed with Gilmore Girls and since New Haven was on the way home from Block Island, we had to stop and see the college that was the inspiration for Rory’s experience at Yale.

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Morning workouts before work. I’ve been so good this week, you’d be proud. Tuesday morning, I went to a speed workout with the Gold Coast Triathlon Club. Nope, not planning on any triathlons soon, but how can you say no to a 5:45AM session on the track? And I wrapped up the week with a morning spin class.

Lots and lots of seafood. We ate so much fresh seafood on Block Island and continued the trend while in Long Island yesterday to see…

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The amazing Amanda (the highlight of the week). My running friend (I’ve met so many amazing people through running, everyone should take up the sport!), Amanda is starring in Nice Work If You Can Get It at the Gateway Playhouse on Long Island (with Sally Struthers). She plays Billie Bendix, the female lead and did an incredible job, now I’m no professional theater critic, but you can take my word on this one and I assure you everyone else agrees with me! The show is hilarious and a must-see.

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I’m looking forward to a busy but fun weekend! What are your weekend plans?

Weekend recap

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We had a great weekend!

IMG_3212.JPGIt started with a 5K run on Saturday morning. I signed up last minute to run the local Hoboken Catholic Academy 5K. There’s something to be said about running small, community races. I picked up my bib Friday after work, left the apartment 25 minutes before the start of the race to jog down to the start and had 10 minutes to spare before the start. The race was timed but the start was based off of gun time and a chip finish. I made sure I was at the front of the start and with the road closures, there was no crowd issues. Josh walked a few feet outside of our building and was able to see me run by a little before mile 2. I’m not convinced the distance was exactly a 5K though. My watch shows 2.96 miles (there’s no way I’m that good at tangents!) and my pacing definitely didn’t feel like it was PR worthy especially given the humidity. However, the official results show 24:42, average pace 7:57 minutes/mile (18th overall female and 4th in my age group) which would be a 5K PR (note: I am putting an asterisk next to this race in my race resume given the doubts I have about the actual distance).

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IMG_3219.JPGThis weekend was our 10 year Stevens reunion. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since we graduated from college. Where does time go? Josh received the alumni achievement award that I also got 5 years ago. We got to see college friends that we haven’t seen since we graduated and some that we get to see regularly. It was a great time reminiscing on college days and visiting our new sorority house (the chapter has had 3 different houses since I was a student). So much has happened since graduation. In the last 10 years, I’ve worked at 4 different companies, married my best friend, traveled all over the world, lived in 2 different cities, ran 7 marathons, 9 half marathons, and numerous other races. It’s been a pretty amazing 10 years and I’m looking forward to what the next decade brings.

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How was your weekend?

Did you run a race? Or attend reunion events?