So this July 4 marked the 236th birthday of Lady America! Independence Day, as you all know, is a HUGE day of celebration in the US of A! Most businesses are closed (including Publix- we realized that when we needed meat for the grill), people are off work, and it's a day for family and friends to gather and celebrate our independence from England! I hope everyone had a safe and fabulous 4th of July and I hope you all celebrated our freedom, taking into account our soldiers that have fought so hard to preserve that freedom!
Our 4th of July started around 5 AM when our alarms went off to wake us up for an Atlanta tradition, the 42nd Annual Peachtree Road Race!! This also happens to be the largest 10K in the world, a race you run with 60,000 other friends where you're being watched by 150,000+ spectators! I wish Tom and I could have run it together but we were in different start waves so I met him at the finish line! He's been training with me the past few months and he finished with a time not much slower than me so I am ULTRA proud of him!! Now that we run about the same speed, we can run and train together for our races and finish future races together. I just hope our health continues to allow us to stay active (no reason why it shouldn't) so that we can share in our running adventures (we're going on a running cruise in February 2013- more on that later).
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| Raising the American flag at the start of the PTRR |
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| The starting line of the PTRR- where 60,000 people all began their 6.2 mi journey through Atlanta |
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| We survived! (Despite getting a bad blister UNDER a toenail on my foot) |
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| One of my fave views of Atlanta- the skyline from Piedmont Park. During the PTRR celebration |
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| The coveted PTRR shirt (I voted for this design) |
The rest of our celebratory day consisted of cleaning our humble abode, spending the afternoon relaxing by the pool and grilling out with friends. Yes, we watched fireworks... just on TV and not out in the summer heat. We watched the Independecent Day celebration in Centennial Olympic Park as it was televised. I heard some going off somewhere not too far away so it made a tad more realistic. We were just too tired from lack of sleep and being in the sun all day to leave the house again to watch fireworks. Overall, it was a GREAT Independence Day and we look forward to running the Peachtree TOGETHER next year! We will be running a PTRR qualifying race in a few weeks so we plan to run it and finish together so we can be in the same start wave next year!
One more quick note. Tom and I joined the Atlanta Track Club while we were at the PTRR Expo!!! I know that I am more excited about it than him, but we couldn't pass it up. We paid $50 which includes our membership from now until the END of December 2013. We get FREE entry into 13 low-key events in 2013 sponsored by the ATC (as well as the remaining events of 2012) as well as other discounts, including 6 months of FREE coaching (I want to get faster)! There are also social functions for being a member (great way to meet fellow runners) as well as many other ATC events throughout the year. The list of benefits goes on. On top of all of that, Tom and I will have GUARANTEED entry into the 2013 Peachtree Road Race!!!! I am thrilled to be a member of such a great running club and look forward to taking full advantage of our membership, including our first free race this Saturday- the 2012 Decatur Dekalb YMCA 4 Miler!
Hope everyone is staying cool during this hot summer! And I hope you all had a fabulous (and safe) 4th of July! Would love to hear stories!
Happy Living!
xoxo,
Britt!
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