Cupcakes and a 15K

Thank you for all the birthday wishes left on my last post and over on Twitter! I did have a great 21st birthday.

The day kicked off at 5:20 a.m. so we could get ready for Miracle Miles. We ended up getting a little lost trying to find parking for the race… something I hate. We finally got to the race site 10 minutes before race start time and immediately got in line for the port-o-potties. We ran out of time waiting in the line and had to rush to race start as the race began. I had oatmeal and tons of water in my belly and I wasn’t happy about running 9.3 miles while having to go to the bathroom. That was where my negative thinking started. Running is a mind game and my mind wasn’t positive at race start so my run didn’t go as well as I had hoped. I finished in around 1 hour 42 minutes… about 12 minutes faster than I had expected.

I was bummed during the race but immediately forgot all of that when I met up with an awesome group of runners at the finish line!

Meghann, Kelly, Megan, Debbie, Caitlin, Ryan, Katy, Sarah and most of their other halves were there and ready for a race-side picnic!

Megan and Meghann made some awesome vegan chocolate PB cupcakes, Ryan brought OJ and vegan cream cheese and Caitlin delivered with bagels and cream cheese. These girls were prepared!

Thanks again girls (and guys!) for being so sweet!

I might have snuck a Starbucks venti passion tea in the morning as well

Post-picnic David and I promptly headed home to eat, shower and plan what was next! I oddly felt like visiting the Orlando Premium Outlets about 40 minutes from our house. I usually hate shopping, but we went with it

The sky was extra gorgeous for me

We found some interesting shoes there! I find outlets to be silly with claims of big sales but a reality of too-high prices, but we had fun anyway!

I actually found a new running hat and purse I’ve been looking for! I was a big spender at $33

For dinner I asked for an Italian restaurant that had pizza and was close. Carrabba’s was on an hour wait so we went to Macaroni Grill.

I had lots of free bread while looking over the menu… while David ate his salad… during dinner… and a little but afterward It’s my birthday and I can eat lots of bread if I want to!

It was an awesome birthday date with David and the setting was beautiful, but I thought the food left plenty to be desired. My veggie pizza could have had more interesting veggies and flavor. I was shaking so much pepper on this for flavor! (Plus the crust was burnt!) We decided it’s Carrabba’s next time

After dinner we caught a late showing of the Informant. I’d tell you how it was if I was awake for more than half of it It was passed my bedtime! I know, I’m a party animal, even on my 21st birthday.

I should also add that there were plenty of cupcakes involved in my day! Yum

Today is back to real life. I’m wrapping up studying for my NASM certified personal trainer exam and planning out the next week of running. I’ve been running long, but I also want to run fast!

Next week I’ll be celebrating my birthday with my family back home, so the party hasn’t ended quite yet…!

Enjoy the last bit of your weekend

What’s your favorite cupcake?

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