I’m back from DC kids! I went up
there last week for vacation and to celebrate this one’s completion
of her first Ironman! And the subsequent great news of her puppy Graham’s
recovery from emergency surgeries.
there last week for vacation and to celebrate this one’s completion
of her first Ironman! And the subsequent great news of her puppy Graham’s
recovery from emergency surgeries.
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| “I’m a mutha f@cking Ironman!” |
I also did a little sightseeing. Rode the metro to the Newseum and generally sweated my face off during the record high temps in the city.
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| Foggy Bottom stop. Heh. |
Then there was this little tour we did. You may have heard about it. There were A LOT of cupcakes.
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| Starting the tour at Georgetown Cupcakes with Katie and her awesome BFF Julie. |
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| Who wouldn’t be this happy while on a Tour de Cupcakes? |
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| Oh God. So. Many. Cupcakes. |
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| Representin’ the Punk Rock Racing with a resting Graham. |
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| Puppies!! |
I cannot thank Katie and her husband Thom enough for opening their home to me during a chaotic time in their lives. I had a wonderful trip and it was so nice to meet their friends and the pups. I love those dogs for real.
We did get in a couple of short, easy runs which was perfect for me coming off of my “fake” injury and we also got in two tough (for me) swim sessions. Katie is a force to be reckoned with in the pool.
I’m happy to be back home in Florida as I missed my Lloyd and my bike. Augusta 1/2 IM training officially started yesterday and I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Stay tuned for an actual post on …. RUNNING!
Looks like you had a blast!
it's a LOT of puppy. I'm so glad you came to visit, puppies say, come back soon! after we recover from our cupcake hangovers. ugh.
Cupcakes & PRR tees. Life is. Good.
Foggy Bottom. HAHAHAAh…i love that. and SO CLOSE to our Nation's Capitol. perfect…
What a fun trip! And I am SO happy to hear you are BACK (not just from your trip) but back to working out!! 🙂
So great to meet you while you were here!
So glad you got to enjoy the best that DC has to offer…sweets!! Back the grind and running with your favorite brown girl 😉
That last pic you posted sums up my trip to DC perfectly. A whole lot of pup in my face! LOL! Glad you ladies had a great time and I am still oh so jealous you both got to hang out without me!
Now bring on the running!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo!
Little known fact … cupcakes are the number 2 prescribed remedy for hamstring issues after Ibuprofen. Think I saw that on the internet, so it must be true.
Glad that Graham is recovering well. The pics from after the surgery were heartbreaking.
Have a giveaway going for Mizuno shoes on my blog right now – you should enter if you have a few minutes. Short contest, so odds should be good. I think Mizuno means 'smiling hamstring' in Japanese.
Hope you enjoyed the super hot DC summer weather while you were here. Cupcakes have icing, so that's kind of like ice to help you cool down, right?
Very bizarre about the phantom injury – wish someone would just figure it out already. If there is nothing structurally wrong with it based on MRI/xray, its hard to find a reason not to keep running (aside from it feeling painful).
Wow, there wasn't a bad picture in the lot?????? HA
A cupcake tour? That's awesome!! Looks like you had a blast!
So jealous of your cupcake tour! That sounds awesome. And I'm SO glad Graham is ok! I couldn't stop thinking about him when he was sick. Poor guy.
Hi Beth just checking in to see how you're going. You're looking good and that Punk Rock Racing gear looks very nice!
Stay well!
Scott
Glad you had such a fun trip! I'm hoping to meet Katie when I head up there on Sunday, but I'll be working most of the time I'm there.
how cool is this trip? Awesome that you got to hang with Katie, Thom and the puppies…….but no ASS shots? What's up with that? Oh wait this is your blog not Katie's.
Nice puppies – but I was thinking there might be "different" puppies – oh well!