Would your mom hike a mountain?

Well mine would! :) In fact...she did! Today!

Yes that's right folks, either I have the best mom in the whole world...or...I am just a great sales person. Because this morning I "sold" my mom on a 2.5 mile hike up a mountain.

It was tough. We took breaks and went at a our own pace. But we made it! Here's some pics to prove it:

The whole trail kept referring to the "vista." Well we got to the vista and guess what...it was a huge field surrounded by trees! Ah what a view...NOT! So we stopped and ate lunch.

My mom's first experience with a "cutie" orange- they will change your life!She insisted on taking a picture of it-- "for your blog!!" LOL

The pup likes pretzels!! (ps- I'm skinny!)
I convinced her to hike the last bit to the top- and happy we did!
My mom's dogs- razzle and dazzle. They could very well be the first Mini Yorkies ever to climb a mountain. I'm thinking of calling Guinness Book of World Records to confirm....See where I get my good looks?! ;)A beautiful view. Gotta love the Pacific Northwest!
It was a great day. Now I gotta just recruit the hubby for a leg massage! I'm going to be sore tomorrow!

The Fuzz Cuzzy Runs

Good morning all my lovely blog followers! I hope your day has started out SWELL.

I have some very exciting news. I have a race buddy! YAY! You may remember my post a couple of weeks ago about the St. Patty's Day Dash and for whatever reason, I ended up running it alone. That was ok with me. It was such a big goal that I had been working at that I wanted to be able to just be proud of myself and myself alone when I crossed that finish line.

HOWEVER!

I am a big people person and so I've been trying to "scout out" or "recruit" (so to say) some running buddies for the last couple of months. Well I am happy to say that I have one who is doing the next race with me.....

MY COUSIN!![December 08]
aka "the fuzz" (We have always called each other fuzzy cuzzy since we were little. Nerdy, I know!)

Anyway, I am SO excited. And guess what that little stinker did!?!?

Convinced me to do a half marathon with her in June.

WWHAATT?!?(yes this is her and I- notice matching gofer teeth)

Yes, that's right everyone. I will be doing my first half marathon- the "rock and roll half marathon" in Seattle in June.

Don't worry too much though! We have already discussed our plans of trying to run half of it and walk the rest. We don't want to overdo it and end up injuring ourselves or getting discouraged because we couldn't complete it. Were going to take it easy and just enjoy ourselves!! I am so excited.

Next weekend we are going to go on our first run together. Since she lives about an hour from me, we will mostly be training seperately. But next weekend we plan to run back and forth across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge- which is equivalent to about 2 miles.
In May she will coming up to my hometown to run the Vikingfest race with me- 5 miles.

We are totally going to rock this race. No doubt about it...just look at how cute we are:
Ok, well, maybe she's the cute one. I was preoccupied.

I love her oh so much and am happy that she is getting into this crazy world of running with me!