Joining a Run Club
May 5, 2009
I am not new to running. I’ve been doing it off and on for the past few years. When I had Angry Toddler, I slowed down a little. I totally regret that. I should have been running more during that time. Running would have really helped alleviate the stress in my life of having a reflux-y baby.
I’ve been pretty dedicated to running lately though. Why? Cause it’s easy, free, and you don’t need a partner to run. But like everyone else, sometimes I felt that my running routine got a little boring.
In February, my 24-Lift instructor, Doris, mentioned that a running club was starting at lululemon. She said that it would be on Thursday nights and that they would be training for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundations “Reaching for a Cure” Race. I figured why not and showed up. I only knew Doris, and no one else at the running club. I don’t think I had ever stepped inside lululemon.
We started by splitting our groups up into 5K or 10K runs. They were a variety of people and everyone had different running backgrounds. Some people were beginners, and some people were advanced. Every Thursday, I do 24-Lift in the morning. I was still sore that night. I knew that there was no way that I would be able to do my Lift class and then run 6.2 miles later that day. I stuck with the 5K group. Because we started the group before Daylight Savings Time, it got dark outside about 15 minutes into our run. Some of us wore lovely headlights to guide our path. We were running during prime traffic time. We wanted to make sure that the cars saw us.
We ran the same path every week for 10 weeks. It was a great path, that included 2 pretty steep hills. I was able to make it all 10 weeks without an absence. Not everyone made it every week, but people made it most weeks. We chatted about what had been going on in our life while we were trying to focus on running. This made things go much faster.
Last week was our last week of run club. I was kind sad about it ending. This was something I had to look forward to every week. We got some great t-shirts from lululemon for our run and took some pictures. On Saturday night, we had a pasta night at the store also. They have some great people that work there.
On Sunday, we all headed out to the Irvine Spectrum and ran the PCRF Run. Some people ran the 5K, some ran the 10K, and we even had one run the 1/2 Marathon. We then all headed to the beer garden after the race and celebrated.
I will do a race report tomorrow to specifically talk about the race.
I would have never thought to join a “run club”. It was a great experience. After talking to everyone at the beer garden, I think they are going to start another run club soon. I think we are going to take a break for a few weeks though. Angry Husband will be happy because he will get to hang out with his friends even earlier on Thursday nights.
Here are some other Orange County Running Clubs if you are interested in try one out:
Cal Coast Track Club
Orange County Track Club
Run Club at NikeWomen, Various locations throughout Orange County (contact store)
Snail’s Pace Running Club
South Coast Roadrunners
Happy Star Wars Day!
May 4, 2009
Today is the “Unofficial Star Wars Day” as noted via Twitter. Technically it should be May 25, since May 25, 1977 is when Stars Wars came out. But people have changed it to, May 4th..as in “May the 4th be with you..or better known as “May the Force Be With You”.
Star Wars is an interesting topic in the Angry Household. Angry Husband and his BFF love the Star Wars. Star Wars was even included in the birth of Angry Toddler. He was born on May 19, 2005..the day that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, was released. That’s a whole other post.
I thought I would add a picture of Angry Toddler with this post, looking well, like an Angry Jedi. This was taken on Halloween 2008.
Grease
May 4, 2009
Last Wednesday night, I went to see the live version of Grease on stage at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. I went with my parents. Angry Husband said that he would stay home with Angry Toddler.
I wanted to see Grease on stage ever since we watched the show, Grease: You’re the One That I Want on NBC. Angry Husband and I loved that show. After seeing it, I vowed to get tickets when it came to a theater in our area.
I had to a Junior League function prior to going to Grease. You should have seen me running around. I dropped off my cupcakes, said some hellos, and mingled with everyone. Then I was out the door.
We arrived at the Performing Arts Center about ten minutes before it started. We purchased orchestra seats, because my mom is apparently a theater snob now and she will only sit in orchestra. We were a little to far to the right side though. It was hard to see some things from where we were sitting.
The show opened with a song. I’m totally used to the movie, so I’m a little jaded on how “Grease” should be. There were some new scenes and songs for the live show. They also re-arranged some of the songs from the original movie.
I love the songs from Grease and was silently singing along. Apparently the guys behind us didn’t realize you were supposed to sing in your head. Yes, once again. My pleasurable night at the theater was somewhat spoiled by annoying people behind me. We had two guys behind us and they were speaking another language, the ENTIRE time. The one guy was translating the whole show, and was even singing the songs in translation. Why does this always happen to me?
Even though I had the commentary going on behind me, I still loved the show. My dad commented that the actors sounded a little, “squeeky” on stage. I will have to agree with that, a little. I will never tell my dad that though, don’t want him to think that we agree on something.
I loved the costumes. I can’t get enough of those fifties style outfits. Especially the dresses they had on at the dance.
If this show comes to your town, I highly recommend going. And if you live in Orange County, go see it here. It’s at the Orange County Performing Arts Center until May 10th.
