Finishing Out Mara's Break With A Flurry Of Activity

We hope everyone had a great New Year! We finished 2009 by going for a 6mi run, that turned into a 10mi run. We were rewarded with a gorgeous sunset from the base of McDowell Mountain. We also got to see a Javelina (AKA Peccary) on our way back. We tried to get a picture of it in a culvert, but all you can see were it's eyes. Probably a good think we couldn't see more of it up close...
Friday we went on a nice 4.5mi hike from the Gateway Trailhead we run by. We felt bad that we hadn't explored the trails that are right by our house, but we found some great ones to try now.
Saturday was by far our busiest. We had a 12mi run planned for our training, but it felt so good, we ended up running 13.5! It's the farthest we've ever run, and it felt awesome (even the next day!). We were really happy to run that far, have it feel that good, and ran the half marathon (13.1mi) in under 2hrs! We were pretty geeked up about that...:)

We grabbed a quick snack and headed to John & Heather's for their Packers/Cardinals Pre-Tailgate. They (and lot of friends & family) are going to the game tomorrow. After last night, I can only imagine how much fun they are going to have.
Today we are going to go rock climbing and have a more subdued day after our long few weeks. Mara starts Anesthesiology tomorrow, do she'll be back in the swing of things (not that she didn't study all break). Hope everyone had a safe New Years!


A Snort For Aunt Shell:


Rohan Playing With His Puppies:


Rohan Belly Flops Onto Linus: