Celebrating the 4th

Jonathan and I spent the 4th together watching the Bothell parade and re-enactment at Bothell landing. Then we headed over to Bremmerton to spend some quality time with his family. We ate, played, watched fire works and talked until well after the sun went down. It was a great time had by all.

Weekend Getaway

I had the opportunity to go away to a friend-of-a-friends super duper fancy cabin this weekend in the Cle Elem/Roslyn area to re connect with some ladies I hadn't spent some time with in a while from my former church.

The cabin was absolutely beautiful (hardly roughing it) and the river was right in our back yard. We had such a great time re connecting, lounging, hot-tubbing, hiking, and serving eachother meals. It was a restful and fruitful retreat. I am thankful for the weekend, and so thankful that I was able to spend some time with some awesome ladies that have all made an imprint on my life. Hopfully our next time together will not be so far away.

I'm so Proud!

Happy Birthday to Us!

Jonathan and I share Birthdays fairly close together. My birthday is June 7th and Jono's is May 29th This month and last has been hectic, so we haven't done much more than dinner, but this 29th birthday was a little sweeter because I shared it with him. Perhaps next year we'll do a turning 30 bash together....

Rock N Roll Marathon

I ran the Rock N Roll Marathon on Sunday June 1st. It was a great experience

The after race celebration included a medal, lots of resting and eating. It was a great feeling, a personal accomplishment and very very adictive. I'm pondering my next marathon race now. I've been soar, but very happy. At first, I hadn't set a timed goal, my goal was just to finish. The day before, at the Health Expo they were selling wrist bands that tracked your time at each mile. I had to pick out a finishing time to purchase one, so I picked out a time of 5 hours and 30 minuets. I not only made it across the finish line, but I finished with a time of 5 hours and 22 minuets. Another victory that I hadn't long before expected. My total results are below...

Crystal Majors #11837
Bothell, WA
Age: 28 Gender: Fc
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DistanceMAR
Clock Time5:27:37
Chip Time5:22:01
Overall Place10866 / 16373
Gender Place4746 / 8425
Division Place1283 / 2107
Age Grade42%
Pace12:17
Ttldiv2107
Ttlsex8425
10K1:07:32
Half2:24:31
21 Mi4:06:39

Pictures Jonathan took at the 13 mile mark and then at the finish line. It is one of the most difficult races I have ever run and I was just thankful to be finishing.

This is my incredible and supportive finance that was with me at the starting line, raced to meet me at the 13 mile mark, the 22nd mile mark and then again at the finish line. I was only as good as his support, encouragement and the sweet marathon playlist he created for me the night before.

Giving Jono a smile and mentally preparing myself in a strong way for the 26.2 miles ahead.

We were seperated into different Corral's according to our predicted race finishing time. and age. I am nervously standing in my sectionn waiting for the race to begin here

The Rock N Roll Marathon was Sunday, June 1st- This is me at 5:30 am stretching and preparing for the race.

Challenging yes. Hills, Heck yes! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 209 ft Location: Kirkland, WA Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 05/11/08 Up/Downhill: [+869/-866] Time: 07:30 AM Difficulty: 3.4 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   48 F temp; 65% humidity   48 F heat index; winds S 6 G 16 Performance Distance: 13.09 miles Goal: 12' 00 min/mi pace for 02:00:00 duration Time: 2:22:55 Speed: 5.5 mph Attained: 114% Pace: 10' 55 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- goal actual +/- goal 1 11' 19 -0' 41 5.3 +0.3 +121 ft 2 10' 06 -1' 54 5.9 +0.9 +29 ft 3 10' 47 -1' 13 5.6 +0.6 +102 ft 4 10' 37 -1' 23 5.7 +0.7 +59 ft 5 10' 45 -1' 15 5.6 +0.6 +53 ft 6 10' 55 -1' 05 5.5 +0.5 +88 ft 7 10' 36 -1' 24 5.7 +0.7 +23 ft 8 9' 39 -2' 21 6.2 +1.2 -298 ft 9 9' 50 -2' 10 6.1 +1.1 -147 ft 10 10' 28 -1' 32 5.7 +0.7 -29 ft 11 11' 45 -0' 15 5.1 +0.1 +63 ft 12 11' 33 -0' 27 5.2 +0.2 +10 ft 13 10' 54 -1' 06 5.5 +0.5 -69 ft end 41' 40 +29' 40 1.4 -3.6 0 ft Versus goal of 12' 00 min/mile

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May Day

I was Downtown today waiting for my bus and I saw some commotion happening on First and Union. I still had fifteen minuets, so I took a walk down to look. I expected picketers and I found a party! They were having some sort of festival for May Day and there were pink baloons and people dressed in funny waiter and maid outfits. I relished for about 15 minuts in live Jazz music and people parading in costumes. Rather than watching cars and commuters, I spent my bus waiting time in what felt more like Disney Land. The picture above shows the crowd and some girls in costume swinging bird cages on ribbon from the balcony of Tully's. I love Seattle!