I had a great weekend.

Saturday morning we slept in and did our Barnes and Nobles ritual.  For breakfast I had a hard boiled egg, an Atkins bar (not really nutritionally sound, but damn… those smore’s bars are good…) and my coffee:

I was a little on edge for the rest of Saturday because I was worried about the 18-mile run Sunday morning.

Sunday morning we woke up bright and early at 5:20.  Since it has been so unbelievably hot in San Jose the past few days, we agreed to drive to San Francisco for the run – I knew there was no way in hell I could run 18 miles when the temperature was climbing above 90 degrees.  We managed to get the bike into the trunk of S’s Mustang (well… more like half of the bike) and tied down the trunk door with two Whole Foods bags tied together.  Do not ask.  San Francisco was freaking freezing.  It was also raining a little bit.  And I loved it – I would rather run 18 miles in that kind of weather than 90 degree sunny weather any day of the week.  On the way there, I had two protein bars – not the best pre-run meal, but the best I could do half-asleep waking up at 5:20 and rushing out the door.  Way to think ahead, right?  Sorry for the blurry car pic, but see my fantastic running weather out the front windshield?

So yeah, the weather in SF was freezing, overcast, wet and windy.  I did a hilly route, so got both hill training and wind training in (which was a bitch, but I’m so glad to have done it.)  And, the coolest part – we ran across the Golden Gate Bridge!  I have never done that before and have always wanted to.  We didn’t plan it, I was just running and following the Nike women’s marathon map which I had printed out the night before so I would have a guideline of where I could go, and we got to a sign to the bridge.  So we followed it and crossed.  It was really awesome to do it, although we couldn’t see a thing from up there.  I couldn’t even see most of the bridge, even the parts directly above me, because it was so foggy.  It was also wet and freezing, and the wind was blowing soooo hard.  By the time we crossed the entire thing, reached the 9 mile halfway point and turned around and crossed back over… I thought my face was going to fall off.  It was completely numb, as were my fingers, hands and legs.  I was just wearing a tshirt and shorts, not a good clothing choice for such a tsunami bridge crossing.  However, I’m glad we did it, it was fun and kept the long run really interesting!

SF 18-miler

I am really proud of myself, even though my pace was really slow (averaged 9:54 miles)  It was really hilly, cold, wet and windy and I ran the whole thing.  Next week is a short one as a break, and then I have a 20 miler and a 22 miler… and then it’s tapering for the marathon!  I can’t believe it.

In other weekend events…  S and I aren’t exactly the most social couple.  He has gone out with me and one of my girlfriends a couple of times, and we have gone to a party at my neighbor’s house.  We spent a lot of time with Boris and Natascha, and his family when they visited.  But other than that, we pretty much do things alone – just the two of us.  I love it, but would also really love to have more friends (both as an individual and as a couple.)  We are working on that a little bit, last Thursday we went over to dinner at S’s friend/coworker’s house with him and his wife (Costco pizza anyone??)   And tonight we went to dinner at another of his friend/coworker’s house with him and his wife, their 7-month old baby girl, and another couple with their baby (no pressure, no pressure…)  It was interesting.  The hosting couple is French, having moved to the US about four years ago, and they live in a small house that is very old and unique.  I forgot my camera so have no pictures, but for dinner we had chicken on the grill, crab, a tomato/potato/olive/egg/corn salad and bread.  And for dessert I baked and brought brownies and chocolate chip cookies which everyone enjoyed.  Overall it was a good time, although I was frustrated that we left so late on a Sunday night, when they live 45 minutes away, I had been up since 5:20 in the morning and had run 18 miles and baked all day.  Yeah.  But I’m pleased we are becoming a little more social.

I think that all the rest of my meals for the weekend included ice cream in some sort or form.  Here’s a few snapshots, Breyers was on sale so I got plain old vanilla and also some chocolate brownie.  Sorry, I was really bad about pics this weekend:

I also ate a ton of cottage cheese, because I had two 32 oz containers that were about to expire:

Also, S put in his 30-day notice at his apartment today.  So, in 30 days, we will officially live together in my house.  Our house.  Man…  kind of scary to say that.

Ok, off for a massage from S and then bed.  I hurt and can barely keep my eyes open…