spur of the moment

A couple weeks ago I had a meltdown - sometimes marriage is hard ya know?! But at the end of the day we are best buds. We talked on the phone that night for 3 hours! I have never talked on the phone to anyone for more than an hour, maybe. I hate the phone. Justin was in ABQ marketing our new Dirty Dash race he bought and then next morning he called me and said, "Pack your bags, your plane leaves at 1:00, I'll find babysitters." That sentence will tell you a lot about how Justin works: make the decision first, then figure out how to make it happen. So after much debate on the stupidity and rashness of this decision I packed my bags, go to check in online, and realize the ticket is for May 16, not March 16. Justin fixed it and I ended up leaving the next day. Thank you too everyone who helped watch the kids on short notice. We really needed some time to reconnect, it was good.












We stayed at one of the cutest boutique hotels I've been to, Hotel Parq Central. Its an old 1920's hospital on Route 66 renovated into a hotel. They have lots of artifacts in box frames throughout the hotel. And amazing quiche every morning.


The only picture of an actual person. I found my dad's long lost twin at the Green Dress Run!

We took the tram, ran in the green dress run for St. Patrick's Day (which I cannot show pictures of if we ever want to run for office), ate out, and relaxed on the roof of the hotel. We also bought shoes from the guy that owns Heart & Soul running store, where he showed us his collection of shoes belonging to Carl Lewis, Paula Radcliff, and 20 or so other runners I don't know about. He had the first shoes from every company and has 30 patents on different shoe designs. So interesting. He brought out what he says is the first Nike ever made and let us hold it. This job is very refreshing for Justin who was really sick of selling people something they didn't want. Trying to talk people into running a mud run is much easier, and part of promoting involves giving free teams away to running stores - definitely a much different vibe.