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Monday, January 3, 2011

45 minutes

I ran FIVE miles in 45 minutes and one of those miles was pretty much straight up hill!  I am one proud girl!!!

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Terrible picture, but you get the point!  Also, this Garmin 205 was a christmas present from my parents and I'm IN LOVE.  It makes running for me much more enjoyable and competitive now that I can see my pace.

Sad story, my boyfriend got me the same exact present, but my parents gave me it first  :(

After my run me and the fam went out to what will be my last meal in the Desert.  My dad chose Fisherman's Market Grill.  It's always been a fave in our family.

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I ordered the fries and realized they were probably covered in flour before frying, but I still ate a few.  I took one of my sketchy gluten pills before and as of right now I feel great.

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Mom got the fish and chips, standard.

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I guess they got the no smiling memo...

 

 

 

 

After dinner we hit up Henry's Market.  I got a loaf of gluten free white and brown rice bread for $3.99, score!  I also got a blueberry muffin for desert a la French Meadow Bakery.

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This was my first muffin from them and I have to say it was GREAT.  It was very moist and the texture was just like normal muffins.  A++ in my gf book.

 

 

 

In other news I get to see my boyfriend tomorrow!!!!!  And he decided to do the Madison half marathon with me, double win!  Though he'll literally be done an hour before me(speedy boy), I'm still excited.

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This is our lives summed up into one picture.

xoxo,

Rachel

The Rose Bowl

The Grandaddy of them all.  And we LOST.

I woke up at 5:50AM yesterday morning to get to the famous Rose Parade.

The Wisconsin Float!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We didn't prepay for bleacher seats, so this is the best we could do.  People camped out OVERNIGHT on Colorado Blvd just to get a seat along the street!

We ventured to the game(by shuttle) after getting a quick lunch of chili.

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After the eventful game I met up with my dad and we drove back to my aunt's house in west LA.  We went to Marmalade Cafe and I got a chinese chicken salad and veggie soup.

I need to start remembering to take pictures of my FOOD!

xoxo,

Rachel