Portland to Coast

This last weekend I participated in my very first Portland to Coast Relay Walk with the fabulous team Shake Your Shakers. To be honest, I was a bit nervous for the event because I didn't know what to expect and I only knew a couple of the girls on the team. All nerves were thrown out the window, and had I blast on this 24+ journey to the coast.

My first leg of the relay was 6.8 miles in the heat of the day, with the first 2 miles being completely up hill. I still managed to average a 13.4 min/mile and I was proud of that. My second leg was 3.5 miles at 5:00am in Astoria, and it was such a BEAUTIFUL morning! My goal was to average under a 13 minute mile on that leg, and I DID IT! I averaged a 12.6 minute/mile! Even though it was a long day of being cramped up in a Chevy Tahoe with 7 other people on one of the hottest weekends of the year I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I didn't get many photos, but here is a snapshot at the FINISH line in Seaside.

Summer hiatus

Apparently I took an unplanned hiatus from the blog for the last couple of months... I guess making the best of the summer days and making big changes job wise has put the blog on the back burner. My hope is to catch up on all of the fantastic things we've been up to this summer... but here is a photo collage to get a glimpse.