Official Race Results

official time

6:59:48

we are back home :o) I will post trip, race update soon and lots of pics.

FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:11 (i thought I finished in 6:45 but I forgot my watch turns off when I stop, poopy) and OMG it was painful :o( I am in our hotel room not moving. It was a tough race but I'm done.

Everyone survived and finished but everyone is pretty beat up.

Thank you for the email, text messages and phone calls :o)

night, night

The Big Apple

Well the time has come for us to head to the big apple. Today is my last day of work and tomorrow morning at 9:00am we board a plane for New York.

A MILLION THANK YOU'S:

• to my awesome TNT family who has supported me throughout the last 4-5 months of training/no training. Having the ankle injury has been a huge disappointment for me as far as my training and mentally has drained me but all of you have been right by my side encouraging me and pushing me through this. And thank you for all the good wish emails you have sent us this week.
• to all the family and friends who are traveling to New York to cheer us on. We will need it and will be awesome to see some familiar faces in the crowds of millions of strangers.
• to my running buddies, Ms. Olivia, Amy and Jeanette, WOOHOOO we are running NY in 3 days!
• to my girlfriends :o) thank you and I love you girls :o)
• to my parents who have always supported me even though they think I'm insane o) They stay updated mainly by reading this blog. I wish they could be in NY but they will be with me in spirit every step of the way.
• and last but not least to my amazing hubby who has put up with my crazy running schedule and being right by my side every step of the way. I can be cranky and whiny and he never blinks and eye. He always takes care of me and makes sure I'm doing good. He has never missed any of my races and on Sunday he will be along the course making sure I'm okay. He's the best!
  
  This marathon by far will be the hardest one I've ever done (because of the lack of training) but I will lace up my running shoes on Sunday and stand at the start line next to my friends and get through this race. I will have a great time, I will take it easy and 6+ hours after I start I will cross the finish line with a smile. When Olivia asked Phil how he felt when he crossed the finish line at Nike he said he felt good and that the race was FUN. In his blog post from Monday he was going through old emails and found this comment that Brenda had left on his blog:
  
  "didn't sound like you had FUN doing this race....and that's what it's all about - silly!!!"
  
  and then Phil finished with this this:
  
  Definitely words to live by. So this goes out to everyone who has a race coming up. Remember to have fun! Brenda said so!
  
  The New York Marathon is suppose to be my last full marathon so I will go to New York and and make it the FUNNEST marathon I've ever run. I will do this for Cole, Brenda and for myself. I will not worry anymore, I'm just going to go and DO THE DAMN THING! as Coach Al says.
  
  bye, bye for now. I will post again next Wednesday when I return.
  
  
  

Olivia, Jeanette, Amy G., Lindsay, Lael, Monica, Raji, Tim, Amy H., Sandy & Bree

GOOD LUCK

HAVE A GREAT RACE

DO THE DAMN THING

AND

HAVE FUN!

Slimply Sleep

aaahhhh, that's what I took last night and that's what I did. Yep, I took a Tylenol Simply Sleep pill to help me rest, there was no way I was going another night with no sleep. I'm sure I'll be doing plenty of that in NY :o(

Last night was errand night. I went and got my nails done and then went to Target for last minute travel stuff. I was in Walnut Creek since that is where my nail shop is so I hit the Target there as well and lookie here, I ran into Ms. Olivia and she was doing the same thing :o) A little later we ran into Anthea, Lael's girlfriend, also shopping for the trip. Everyone had the same thought. I had a few things to get including throw away sweats for the standing in the cold for 4+ hours that we will have to do on race day. I did manage to find some cheap ones at Target. I got a few toiletries and out of there I was. I picked up some dinner on the way home and then headed home to eat and continue the packing process. All of my stuff is now in my suitcase and all that's left is my toiletries that I'll be using til then. Other than that all clothes and running gear is ready to go. Patch continues in his depression mode :o( and Daisy still has no clue that in 2 days she will be on a plane to NY! more on Daisy does New York tomorrow :o)

THEN
THEN

shake, shake, shake.....what the heck is that? I heard the wine glasses clinking together and at first I thought a big truck had gone by or the doggies were playing by the wine rack but then the house started moving. It was an EARTHQUAKE! AAAHHHHHH! here is how this went in our house

Me: ROCKY!, ROCKY!

Rocky: yeah

Me: EARTHQUAKE!

Rocky: yeah, I know it'll pass

Me: NO! GET OVER HERE AND WHERE ARE THE DOGS!

ummm, me no like earthquakes and even though we live in a 2 bedroom apartment and Rocky was a few feet away, I wanted him and the doggies next to me :o)

by the time he got to me it was over....phew!!!

It was a 5.6 and centered in San Jose but it was felt as far as Sacramento. All is okay in the Reyes home but it scared me and I sure hope it didn't wake up the Hayward Fault that runs right under our house :o(

Frazzlemania continues mainly at work. I am mentally fried. I had to work in Pleasanton today and didn't make it into my office til almost 3pm so I will be here late :O( not sure how late but late enough so that tomorrow is a smooth last day with only a few things to finish.

Tomorrow is my Friday, YAY!!!!

Frazzlemania 2007

Why are we so frazzled? I thought Iwas the only one having anxiety but it seems Olivia and Amy are too. This is marathon #5 for me, 29th for Amy and 3rd for Ms. Olivia, we are not roockies but we are freaking out. I told Jeanette yesterday that she has to stay calm, one of us needs to be sane :O) that'll be her job.

Is it the size of the race? Is it the time (starting at 10am and not 7 or 8am like usual)? Is it that I haven't trained in 2 months? What about this race is making us so stressed out and frazzled like we've never done a race or for that matter traveled to another state for a race. I dunno but me no like. I am sick to my stomach.

I again did not sleep well last night :o( Rocky usually sleeps like a rock so I'm hoping all my tossing and turning isn't keeping him awake. Lucky for me I have the best hubby and he always stays relaxed :o)

I was feeling really great because I'm winding down on the mass quantities of piles I had sitting on my desk. My goal was to finish everything by tomorrow night so I could maybe take Thursday off or even work half day but it's not looking like that is going to happen. I have a few things I need from other people that I haven't gotten :o( I'm sure it'll be a last minute crunch :o( I am also suppose to be helping in another office when I get back but I got an emal today that they need me to come over today :o( NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Doggie Depression

Weekend was good and for the most part if was mellow. Friday night we cooked up dinner and stayed in for the night and just relaxed. I had to be up early to meet the team so I went to bed fairly early.

Saturday morning I was up and out of the house by 6:30 and met the team at Lake Chabot for a Coached Run. It was a bit sad though because we only have 8 participants left. They are going to be doing CIM or Hono. For the next 6 weeks we will be out there supporting them through the last few weeks of their training. The mileage was 10-14 and everyone did a great job.

I then went home to clean our house and do all of our laundry, dry it, fold it and put it away so that later I could take it back out to pack :o( Most of the day was spent doing this but later in the evening Rocky and I decided to head to the Tattoo Convention in San Jose. Leslie, my tattoo artist, was going to be there promoting her new tattoo shop, Tatumi, she had also told me that Kat Von D was going to be there. I love Kat. She used to be on the show Miami Ink and now she has her own show, LA Ink. We were able to see her although I was just a few minutes late to get in line for an autograph and photo :o( but I did get a shirt and a few pictures of her. We had dinner at Macaroni Grill and then headed home.

Yesterday was doggie day. I met Lindsay and Brandon at the doggie park and we took the doggies for a walk and then their usual bath afterwards. They all had a good time and my doggies were pooped for the rest of the day. I also hit the farmers market and picked up a few things on the way home. I took a nice little nap and caught up on all my TV and then I started packing and laying things out for NY.

This is what our spare bedroom looks like now:


The clothes on the bed are what I plan to bring for the 4 days we'll be there. The duffel bag sitting inside the red suitcase is actually already packed. It contains all my running gear, my knitting, Mr. Pooh Bear and my Tinkerbell blankie. Yes, I travel with a teddy bear and blankie, NEVER leave home without it :o) The duffel bag will be my carry on.

We've had Patch since he was 8 weeks old, he will be 2 years on Nov. 21st, so he knows very well what it means when I pull out the suitcases. He doesn't like it. He hates when I go away and goes into depression. He even does it when he's staying with his momma Olivia or his daddy. He just hates me leaving. So he has now started his depression and is moping around the house.

This is is what you get when mommy leaves:

Sad Doggie :o(

and then there is Daisy who just wants to play but I found her laying on the ground all alone cause she's not quite sure why her brother won't play with her :O(


I think the doggies are sensing my anxiety as well. I've been doing really good but last night was a rough one. I went to bed early but then woke up at 2:30am and couldn't fall back asleep. My mind was going in a gagillion directions trying to think of everything I need to do before we leave and everything I need to bring and not bring. I tend to over do it on the packing sometimes and I'm trying to avoid that. Anyway, I don't think I ever really fell back asleep :o( I'm pooped today and I hope that won't happen for the next few days. I really need to get some good rest and good food. NY is going to be a bit chaotic and I need all the rest I can get before we get there.

I'm excited and I'm nervous. I can't believe we leave in 4 DAYS!!!!

Foto Friday

Can you guess what this is?





It's my new pretty tattoo. There is only one small spot where I can see a hint of my old tattoo I'll have to see how it turns out once it's all healed. Leslie did tell me that she would do color touch ups on any area's that might need it. I love the way it turned out though.

This weekend will be mostly spent getting ready for NY. I've got laundry to do and I've gotta start figuring out what I'm bringing. Right now the forcast shows that it's in the high 50's and 60'sand even showing chance of rain on Sunday. I sure hope it does not rain on race day :o( Packing is not going to be fun. Last year Rocky and I went to New York in December and had packed for cold weather and instead it was super warm and we were dying cause all we had brought was sweaters and jackets. I hope that's not the case this time.

Other than that we don't have much planned. I think I may take the doggies to Pt. Isabel on Sunday if the weather is nice. It should be a nice mellow weekend.

Have a great weekend!

7 days to go!