Monday, October 28, 2013

Another Half and a Few Other Shenanigans

All I can say about this last weekend is thank you to Kyle's unit for giving them a 4 day weekend!

On Friday we headed out to Alamogordo, NM to visit a pistachio farm. I'm so glad we did this! This farm handles 2% of the US pistachio production (while the other 98% is in California) We were able to go on a tour of the whole facility. We saw where they get washed, sorted, roasted/salted, packaged and shipped. We even got to sample some that came right out of the roaster, yum! They also have a winery so we walked out of there with 2 bottles of wine and red chill/onion garlic pistachios.


Saturday was AMAZING! I completed my 2nd half marathon and got to cross the finish line with Kyle as he finished his 1st. I was beyond excited with my time of 2 hours and 36 minutes. I bested my 10 miler time by 6 minutes. The best part was the last mile of the race was done on the actual horse track of Sunland Park Casino. It was incredible...running with Kyle is one of my favorite things. He is such a great motivator.

Sunday was spent relaxing, we had breakfast at Cracker Barrel and enjoyed watching football and drag racing the rest of the day. 

Today I'm meeting up with Britt for coffee to go over our Thanksgiving menu and then to run a few errands. Hopefully Kyle will end up at the golf course for a little relaxation of his own. 

I hope you all had an amazing weekend!

30 comments:

  1. Yum pistachios! That sounds like a fun tour. I can never just eat a few pistachios. I almost always eat the whole bag in one sitting. Congrats on your half marathon! You're amazing!

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  2. Sounds like a great weekend! Congrats on another half!

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  3. I'm jealous of your 4-day weekend! And Thanksgiving menu planning already?! AHHH!!

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  4. The pistachio farm sounds AMAZING!! I could probably live off of pistachios and wine!
    Congrats on the half!! Glad you had a wonderful weekend!

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  5. That pistachio farm sounds really cool. And congrats on your half marathon... that's so cool that you ran on a horse track for the last mile!

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  6. You basically had me at wine and pistachios :) Looks like a great weekend!

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  7. What a great weekend...four days are the best!!!

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  8. Way to go on your second half-marathon! You are so inspiring! I'm actually thinking about training for a half-marathon. Do you have any good training tips?

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  9. Congrats again on finishing! You are so inspirational!

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  10. I seriously think it is so awesome that you just up and run half marathons...I really want to give it shot. I think I might try a 10k or two first though. Maybe work my way up to a half. It would be awesome if you wrote a post with some tips for training! I would love to hear your advice.

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  11. Sounds like a great weekend! I love pistachios!!!! Congrats on finishing your second half marathon! Way to go!!!!

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  12. Pistaccios and wine??? Sound good to me! :-)

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  13. what a great weekend…and onion and garlic pistachios…YUM!!!

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  14. You do A LOT of running!!! Do you sign up for more every time you run?! I love that you two run together :)

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  15. I love pistachios and wine. Wow you are doing wonderful with the marathons!

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  16. Mmmmm, pistachios are my favorite!! And congrats on your marathon!
    -Jamie
    ChatterBlossom

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  17. You two look so happy at the picture. I bet it was something completely different running with Kyle vs. running alone. You are a busy lady, planning for Thanksgiving alreay. I'm still planning for Halloween ;-)

    The trip to the pistachio farm sounds awesome, especially the wine ;-)

    Enjoy your week, Jen!

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  18. Congrats on finishing your half marathon, it sounds like you had a lot of fun with Kyle! Mmmm Cracker Barrel is so good!

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  19. This looks like such a fun weekend! A pistachio farm sounds interesting! :)

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  20. Congrats on your half! Craig and I run at such different speeds, that we wouldn't cross together, so we don't run together. And a pistchio farm sounds so cool to see!

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  21. I have that same shirt and I love it! Ha good job! I am so glad you had such a great weekend. 4 days are the best!

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  22. Congratulations!!!! I wish I was as motivated as you!
    I'm really really jealous of the Cracker Barrel you had for breakfast though!

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  23. Congratulations on your second half! It's a great feeling to cross that finish line & know you PR'd the run.

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  24. It's amazing how fun it is to go see how food is produced.

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  25. What a great weekend! That pistachio farm sounds amazing! Congrats on your second half marathon! Glad Kyle was with you. :)

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