Race Schedule and Results

Sunday, July 19, 2009

I'm back...

I just had an awesome 12 mile run. I negative split the second 6 miles by about 2 minutes and saw my overall pace go from 8:44's to 8:36's. I felt like I had my mojo back. It was awesome!!! I really owe this to my friends and family, which I know, sounds like I'm accepting an Academy award or something, but it's so true and here's why.

So last night Tom and I had dinner plans with our friends Rhiannon and Gabe. We were going to their house for a BBQ and Rhiannon had called me like a month ago and said, "I know you're busy, what day works best for you?". Sadly, this the was the first night that worked. So Tom and I were super excited for some R&R with our friends. As we're pulling up to their house, we see a few cars along the way that remind us of some of our other friend's cars (yep, you know where this is going). Tom said to me "what's going on and why are our other friends here?" I was a little confused because I thought it was just going to be the 4 of us and I wasn't 100% sure that these two random cars parked along streets leading up to the street we needed to be on were actually our friends. No one else was parked in Rhiannon's court so I didn't think anything of it. Tom was still a little suspicious. He thought I was in on something. Me, well I'm oblivious to most things so I told him he was nuts. Besides, we didn't have birthday's or anything that warranted a surprise party so why would they be doing something to surprise us. I rang the doorbell and was greeted with a big:

"SURPRISE" (and the toot of party horns which I must add were a great little touch).

Standing there 14 of our friends, my mom and dad, and my sister and brother-in-law. I was totally shocked had this weird smile on my face and just said "what's going on". I have to admit, I was confused. Tom didn't hide that - he flat out said, "I'm so confused". TMy best friend's answer was priceless -

"We threw you a surprise party because you're awesome."

What could possibly be so awesome about me and Tom??? We're just two crazy people who work out 2.5-3 hours a day on average, bike across the country, sign up and pay hundreds of hard earned dollars to race for multiple hours in one day, beat ourselves to a pulp each and every weekend, miss parties and get togethers because of long bikes and runs, etc. etc. To me, that just my life.

To them, that's awesome.

It was so cool! We ended up having a great time catching up with everyone that we haven't seen lately because of our crazy busy schedules. We laughed. We ate. We smiled. We forgot about the craptasticly long bike ride that we had that morning or the looming long run the following morning. It was amazing! Tom and I can truly say that we have the best friends and family in the world. And I couldn't stop thinking about them today on my run.

Quite honestly - THEY ARE AWESOME!

10 comments:

Aunt Nan said...

Rhiannon and Gabe are, for sure, wonderful friends and you and Tom are very luck to have them in your lives. Best friends are priceless. We've certainly learned that! I'm so glad you were surprised at your surprise last evening. Tom's face was priceless.

teacherwoman said...

That is AWESOME! You guys ARE AWESOME!

Nice job on the run! Wahoo!

Liz said...

Love you guys :)

Crystal said...

Rhiannon's answer was exactly right - you guys are awesome. I am so glad to have met you and love spending time with you!

:-)

Allison said...

That's fantastic--you are truly blessed to be surrounded by so many people who love you!!!

Anonymous said...

So glad you had a great time. I'm so sorry I missed it. You all deserved to be surprised!!!! HUGS

We are the Ferrari's said...

I still think it's funny that Tom thought you were in on it! :) It was a hard secret to keep form you, but I'm glad you were smei-suprised! Oh, and we are lucky to have you and Tom as friends, and you are awesome! :)

Kristen said...

Your faces were priceless, and that made it all worth it. :-) xoxoxo

Trisha.R.Jackson said...

XXOOXX

That was so much fun!

Simi said...

Such a cute story! :) You guys ARE for sure awe-inspiring!