Mom Visit

I can't believe it's already Wednesday. I'm still reminiscing about this past weekend. My mom came down here to Georgia from Virginia!

I had a good time! I pretty much put everything aside and devoted the weekend to her. I only see her once or twice a year. A friend of hers was passing through here on her way to Atlanta, and it was the ONE weekend I didn't have a race, so it was a really good opportunity for her to visit.

We went all over the place! I took her onto Fort Gordon and showed her all the military stuff. She hadn't really been on a military base before, so she got to get a good look at what military life is like. And I even learned something new. I never knew there was a piece of the Berlin wall on the base! My mom is German so I think that was a pretty cool piece of history for her to see. We also went to the commissary and got her a bunch of German stuff. And way too much candy.

I also found these awesome pots at the store on base and I just could not resist. I got a blue and an orange one!

We explored downtown and ate at this little Irish pub. The food was really good and it had a warm and cozy kind of vibe

And then... this happened. Famous cheesecake from Boll Weevil. Sooo delicious. I couldn't finish it, guess that's a good thing?

We walked ALOT! We walked around my neighborhood (2 miles), around downtown and on the Riverwalk (probably another 3 miles), I showed her the Canal running trail and we walked all the way to the I20 overpass and back, plus our parking spot was far away (5 miles), then we walked at Euchee Creek (2 miles) So that's a good 12 miles of walking. My mom is 70, and I am very impressed with the fact that she's still able to do this. Most 70 year olds probably couldn't! My mom loves nature like me, and throughout my life we've always gone on lots of walks together. It was nice to have a chance to do that again.

I enjoyed the visit and showing her around the area. She got to experience a piece of my life here in Georgia, we ate some good food and went to some of my running spots. I'd call that a good weekend!

We even went to the running store! She did something to her ankle awhile back. When she came to my house on Friday night it was really bothering her, so I gave her one of my pearl ice packs and it really seemed to help her alot. Whenever we were at my house she had the ice pack on her ankle. So I took her to Fleet Feet so she could buy one. I got myself some Nuun for this weekend .......

Yes. This weekend is the long awaited Tough Mudder. My emotions are ranging from totally pumped up to scared shitless. People keep saying Spartan is harder, but TM is apparently a much more "mental" challenge. So yes, I did get the Nuun for TM since I'm bringing my husband's Camelbak. I have never had Nuun before, this purchase was because of a sudden realization that I will probably need electrolytes while I'm out on that course.

Scared shitless... pumped up and excited... Tough Mudder comes soon!