Product Junkie Diva

Nothing like celebrating your birthday by indulging just a bit at Sephora ;) The box arrived complete with my complimentary birthday gift. Y'all know I simply can't help myself.

Summer Lounging

I just bought this for myself for Mother's Day...wonderful addition to the backyard. Y'all know I will be lounging ;)

Feel free to bite my patio style and check out the Deluxe Orbit Lounger with Umbrella & Side Table

It's a Marathon...Run Dammit!!!

Finished up my first 1/2 Marathon this weekend, 13.1 miles...GO ME!! During the race I kept telling myself to listen to my body and NOT my brain. Your brain will have you punk out...telling you that you are tired and how this sucks and what the hell were you thinking running 13.1 miles any damn way, and how the chick in front of you is walking so you can walk for a few minutes too. This is why I DON'T listen to my brain, but instead listen to my body. I know I have trained, I know I am strong, so keep it moving sista. None of that walking crap...it's a marathon, your butt is supposed to run!! The Greeks were not walking! Don't get me wrong there are real reasons when a runner may have to slow her pace or walk, but I did not and have never experienced any of them so I had to keep it moving, and that's just what I did. Check out my "Runner's BLING"


Time: 2:26:59
Pace: 11:18
Number of songs played on the Ipod:39
Success: Priceless

Great Tool for Runners

I just wanted to share a quick little runner's tool that I found with my fellow runners out there. You simply plug in the weather conditions: the temperature, wind speed, conditions (sunny, rainy, overcast ect), and how you like to feel when you run (cool, warm, in-between) and this site will tell you what you should wear when you head out for your run. Check it out http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/whattowear/0,7152,s6-240-325-330-0,00.html

Race Stats

NIKKI MINNEAPOLIS MN
Race: Get in Gear 10K (6.2 miles)
Time: 1:04:59
Pace: 10:28

It rained like cats and dogs and can I say for the record that it SUCKED!!! New shoes soaked and muddy and I was chilled to the bone. Thank god my hair was in two-strand twist because if my Fro was out there would have been no way in hell I would have been able to fit that Nike hat on my head...LMAO That damn hat saved my life...it was soaked...water was dripping off the brim during the race. But victory is mine...I did it...1 race down! I stayed on my grind and got through it. The picture above was posted on the Get in Gear site and it does not begin to illustrate the misery that was race day...lol It must have been taken during one of the few moments when the RAIN was reduced to a light drizzle.

Here's a pic of me in the sanctuary of my bathroom as I prepare to head out the door at 7am, the rest of the house is still fast asleep.