Smug Marrieds: Wrinkle Cream

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My mom likes to try new facial products and I am usually the beneficiary of the leftover or abandonded products that weren't quite right.

She came over the other day with Oil of Olay wrinkle creme. "This is wonderful. I just thought you might want to try this," she said, handing me the opened jar. 

"Seriously, that's your opening?" I asked. "You're handing me wrinkle creme and suggesting I might like to try it?" I looked at Blair standing next to me. "Do you have anything to say about this?"

There may have been a brief flash of sheer panic on his face before he took the jar from me and in his best southern drawl said, "Well I think it's good you learn about these things now, so in 15 or 20 years when you need them, you'll be ready." 

Niiiiice save.

Cheers,

Dena

Surrender

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One more marathon post and then we'll move on to new topics. :)

Talking about Saturday's marathon, a friend asked me what it is about running that appeals to me. My off-the-cuff response is that I like the challenge of it. I like competing in each race against myself, seeing if I can improve, pushing past what I maybe thought I was capable of. I also like the camraderie. Running has brought me so many friends and--being a writer and working alone from home--my time spent on the road with friends is kind of my "water cooler" talk time others get during their normal office day. 

But I got to thinking about the question a little more and it occurred to me there's another aspect of running that appeals to me, something that's not immediately apparent at surface level. It has to do with surrender.

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Savannah Marathon 2011: Race Recap

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First, the stats:

Chip time: 3:29:45

Age Group: 7th out of 421

Gender: 62nd out of 2473

Field Placement: 308 out of 4722 

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 Now on to the race.

There actually isn't a lot to say about the race itself. No drama, no major hurdles. I didn't have that, "Ooh yeah, I'm killing it," feeling I had when I ran Chicago, but I also never got into a place where I was in any real trouble. I just tried to run steady and it worked out okay.

The only really tough spot was miles 21-24.

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Back From Savannah Marathon

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Sole Sisters and fellow GSO runner Claudette at Savannah Marathon ExpoI'm back home safe and sound after running the inaugural Savannah Rock-n-Roll Marathon on Saturday. In a word, I am beat. Happy and proud, but beat. I kicked out a new PR of 3:29:45. I remember when I first started running 5 years ago thinking, "If I could ever run even just a 5k at a 9-minute pace, I would be so happy." It never even occurred to me as a possibility that I might someday run 26.2 miles at an 8-minute-per-mile pace. I trained hard for this race and I'm super proud of what I accomplished. 
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