Hi everyone! On February 28th I ran my 5th half marathon and had a great time doing it! My husband and I ran the Rock N Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon in New Orleans. If you have never run a half marathon...after you get over the fact that it is 13.1 miles, you realize that it's actually a fun distance to run...provided you train well! I like to run them because for me there is less pressure to "race" the race...although because I am so competitive with myself...I race it anyway. This time I finished in 1:54:57...not my PR but I was 16 out of 407 in my age group so for that, I was happy! If I last another 3 years and run in the 55-59 age group, I would be about 5th or 6th in my age group...one good thing about getting older...but I won't wish my life away!
New Orleans...I love it! I have been going down there 2-3 times a year for the past 5 years since my daughter has been in school at Tulane. She is now getting her graduate degree and we only have one more time down there while she is there, as she is most likely moving away come May. As always, New Orleans doesn't fail to deliver....the beignets at the Cafe du Monde are still the BEST in the world, the Po boys at Frankie and Johnnie's are the yummiest (this time I had a crawfish po boy since it's just starting to be crawfish season!), Plum Street snoballs are the smoothest and most refreshing, especially chocolate and coconut, and Bourbon Street still smells like beer, in the middle of the day! We actually did something this time that we had never done...we went out to the Art museum at City Park and saw the Disney exhibit, which was great! We also finished the half marathon at City Park on a bright blue-sky, cool kind of day.
I think you should plan a trip to NOLA this year...you won't be disappointed! In the meantime, run on down to Clutter and look at all of the great clutter we have in the store! Here's just a few pictures:
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Had to show you my daughter's Mardi Gras tree! Decorated with throws from the floats...look closely, there is a ton on clutter on this tree....Priceless!
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