St Patrick's Day

This Sunday is St. Patrick's Day.  My husband and I, along with our runner friends, will be celebrating it at the LA Marathon.  We will be running 26.2 miles from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica, "From Stadium to Sea."  I am excited!  We will have friends who will be at a particular mile for water/cheering station.  They have volunteered to do that. We have been volunteering a lot which makes me appreciate the volunteers more.  I also appreciate the police officer who will be on hand to block off the streets and make sure that the streets are safe for us runners.  They deserve awesome police rings like the ones I saw online for doing that!

Back again!

I have been quiet the month of February - real life got me busy (between work, wife, marathon training and race organizing duties).

I'm back and alive. I will be posting about what has happened the past month while I was gone.  I will be updating you guys about our homegrown race, the Los Angeles River Fun Run. (By the way, you can also like and visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LARiverFunRun.

Every weekend has been busy for us - if we're not running or mountain biking, we're at a race, volunteering or attending family parties.  This weekend, we'll be running the LA Marathon!!! I am excited and nervous at the same time.  I will share stories and hopefully I can take pictures (while running) too.

Voice

One of my biggest frustration in life is not learning how to play an instrument - guitar or piano in particular.  I'm not gifted with a singing voice, too so I could only sing karaoke with family and friends but playing an instrument whether you have a good voice or not is truly different.  My husband played the guitar when he was in high school but haven't played since then.  He is hoping to learn again and maybe get a new guitar like the godin xtsa we saw online the other day.  I hope he continues with this plan so he can play me a few songs or we could sing together.

2nd Annual LOS ANGELES RIVER 5K FUN RUN is back!

Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/LARiverFunRun

Hey Angelenos!

The 2nd Annual Los Angeles River 5K Fun Run is back! Last year’s inaugural event was such a success and everyone involved – volunteers and runners/walkers had a great time. I personally can’t wait for this year’s event. Last year, my husband and I volunteered and ran the race.  It was also our first event with A Runner’s Circle, which I now cherish because from then on, we made amazing friends whom I will always cherish.

Not only will you be making friends but you are also helping out a good cause. Learn more about it here:

WEBSITE: http://lariverfunrun.com

You can also like the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LARiverFunRun  

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LARiverFunRun

LIKE the Facebook page because they will be doing various contests and giving out prizes. You’ll never know, you might get lucky and win something!  Also, there will be an early bird special for early registration, so do watch out for it!

REGISTRATION OPENS NEXT WEEK! I will be updating you guys once registration opens!

Snubbed

Did you guys watch the movie Argo?  The better half and I loved it.  In fact, I already have a reminder on my calendar to buy it in blu ray when it comes out next month.  Anyway, for those of you who haven't seen it I suggest you watch it now. Ben Affleck did an amazing job as one of the producer, plus director and actor in the movie.  However, I'm sad to learn that he was snubbed by the Academy Awards for Best Director nomination for this year's Oscar's Award!  How can they forget about him? He deserved to be nominated! Sigh. Just sad.  But before I forget, I have to look for neck pillows for my parents!