Three Things Thursday, excitement ed.

1.  My daughter decided yesterday that she's going to be a race director.  She spent a good hour talking (I'm fairly sure there wasn't even any breathing involved) about her first race she's planning.  It's apparently called "Ready, Set, Race!" (love it!) and it's an obstacle run.  There's a 5k and a 10k, and it will be "super hard".  She's not sure if I can do it, but maybe I can finish the 5k.  Sounds pretty hardcore.  And the best part--at the end, everyone who finishes gets $100 and a piece of cake.  Score!  Look out though, she will make us all go to her shop and buy race paraphernalia after that.  But all the money will go to helping sick people, so it's all good.  I honestly don't know if I'm super impressed that a 4-year-old thought of this, or super embarrassed that I obviously talk about running WAY too much.  I'll go with the first one.

2.  My birthday is tomorrow!  I don't think we're doing anything too exciting, I mostly just want to hang out and relax with my sweet family.  Hubby is driving home from GA as I type this, and we'll have three full days of him at home.  If the weather is awesome, I hope to go out to a local greenway and hike a bit with them, apparently get a surprise lunch from my daughter (her whispering isn't as soft as she thinks it is!), and maybe even do a last-minute 5k tomorrow evening.  I've always wanted to just show up and register for a race without preparing, hehe.  Saturday I'm doing a trail 8k that raises money for NC midwives, which I think is super awesome.  More hiking may ensue.  Sunday, hubby wants to take the kids fishing.  I think this may be my long run time, as I'm not a big fisher unless lots of beer is involved.

3.  My marathon is sooooooooon.  I'm getting super nervous, and the taper is scaring the crap out of me.  In my crazy brain, it seems wrong to do less miles for so long before a big race.  But I know that's how it works, and I'm going with it.  I've been upping the strength training a tiny bit though, just because I can feel the calories just sticking with me and it's making me insane.  I've also upped my speed, which makes me feel strong and will be very helpful when I slow down on race day.  Trust my training, trust my training!  I can do this!!!!

So yeah, that's it.  Oh, and my hair is now black and super short.  I'm random like that.  Happy Thursday!!

Sucky phone camera, awesome hair.