California Girl!

Last week I was in beautiful Long Beach, CA for a work conference.....nice choice, right?!?! This was the first time I had been to southern California and it was awesome. The weather was ideal - sunny and around 80 every day. Every time I talked to Bryan I kept saying how I want to move out there :) I was there with a couple other coworkers and they liked to sight see. I saw Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, Malibu, Laguna Beach, and had lots of great food and drinks! The conference wasn't bad either....just took up too much time :)

First things first: The Running We arrived on Friday and I was exhausted from the trip so no run for me. On Saturday morning, I woke up at 4:00am because of the time change so I hit the gym for 4 miles on the treadmill before the conference. Sunday was free so I was able to get my long run of about 14 miles in that morning. There was a great bike/pedestrian trail that ran along the beach so I followed that and enjoy the ocean! On Monday I did 4 miles with my friend Mike during our lunch break.....we were both hurting during that one due to the mid-day heat and the fact that we had both just eaten lunch! On Tuesday I managed a good pace 9 miles again along the beach with 10 sets of strides at the end. I was hoping to get another run in Thursday morning before my flight, but I had a little too much to drink the night before so that didn't happen...tequilla shots are never a good idea.....ooopps! Overall, not too bad of a running week given my conference schedule and wanting to go out and see California.

On Wednesday, three of us took a surfing lesson at Laguna Beach. It was so much fun (and great crosstraining too!) I had a hard time getting up on the board for the first hour of our lesson....I think I spent more time flying off the board and hanging onto my bathing suit! But finally I was able to get up and ride a couple waves in before I called it quits to relax on the beach. What a great day!!

Now its back to the real world......hot and humid Boston.