AWARDS

It is  Awards day in my family.

I won my second PUKIE AWARD!

This one is for my most recent race you can read about it here!
Don't know what a Pukie Award is? Oh no...means you are not a follower of Big Daddy Diesel.
Go visit his blog you will not regret it I promise.
Thank you BDD for this honor...my stomach appreciate the recognition it is getting!
Seriously I hope I stop winning these things real soon because it is not fun for me to have this happening at the end of almost every race!

Today was REST day for me.  Tomorrow is supposed to be REST day also because I have a race on Sunday but I decided I will go for a short 3 miles after Will's soccer game.  Yep we are already starting a new sport season, right after basketball ended, now it is soccer time.  I do not coach soccer, I get to be the crazy mom who cheers way too much and takes 243 pics per game.

Now to the real AWARD winner in my family: My son Will.
Yes I will brag about this boy, I gave birth to him and I get to brag about the good stuff!
This morning I went to the 2nd trimester award ceremony.

Will received 3 awards:
1. Achievement in Maths and Reading.
2. Math Champ - only first grader to get that one.
3. Accelerated Reader awards : HONOR READER: He was the only kid to get this one for 1st and 2nd grade.

Can you tell this mommy is really PROUD?   Before I had Will and Jonathan,  I was working as an engineer.  I always thought I would continue to work outside the house after having kids.  Well the plan changed and I became a stay at home parent.  It was not easy for me in the beginning.  This is a HARD job people.  On days like today I know I made a good decision 6 years ago.

 Will with some of his classmates and his wonderful teacher.

 Those are the Math Champs! 14 kids only out of 4 2nd grade classes.

 Getting his AR award from the Principal.

 The GOLDEN Button!

Somebody deserves a little treat for all this!

The winner is moi

Do you know what the PUKIE AWARD is?  If you are a followers of Big Daddy Diesel you know what I am talking about.  If you have no clue,  then head over to his blog right now!

This is what he says : "If you don't puke or pass out you could have gone harder"
I actually agree with him 100%.

So I won this week's Pukie Award!  This is for my "performance"  last Sunday at the Carlsbad Half Marathon.  This is what happened seconds after I crossed the finish line.  I want to thank Bill for making sure to take a picture of my glorious moment.  My first minutes as a half marathoner, very glamorous as you can see.  But I can say without a doubt that I could not have gone harder that day.  That is a good feeling (now more then when that picture was taken!).

Thank you Big  Daddy Diesel for the award! You made my day!!!  Is it crazy to be happy about an award about puking?!!

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I decided I want to run my next Half Marathon sooner then in September when the Disney race is.  I am anxious to try that again and to do better.  My next race is February 27th and that is a 10k.  I would like to keep my mileage where it is now.  I want to run the OC Half Marathon on May 1st!  The course looks great, again by the Pacific Ocean.  The only issue I have is they require runners to pick up packets Friday or Saturday and the race is Sunday.  I am about 45-50 minutes away and I don't want to drive there twice in 2 days.  They offer the option to mail the bib and timing chip for $25 (I think it should come in a golden box for that price). I also have to run this plan by Bill...I hope he will not say I am crazy like the rest of my family.   I sent him the link in an email...no response yet, that was over 3 hours ago...should I be worried?!!

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Tomorrow back at regular training, I feel rested 100%.  I went to the gym only twice this week, one biking workout and a 3.25 miles run yesterday.  That is enough rest, loosing my mind over here.