Carlsbad Marathon

In September we sent an email to our friends inviting them to join us in sunny San Diego for a little weekend work out. Well to our surprise we were able to get two people to join us, Tim & Sonia. So began the training through the wet, snowy winter weather in Portland. Sonia and I training for the marathon, David and Tim for the 1/2 marathon. January 23rd came very fast and off we were headed to the race.

Once we arrived in San Diego that Friday night we headed to dinner with some of our friends that live there. It was fun to catch up with them and they are usually the ones that travel to see us at Beaver games.



This was a cute little outdoor bar.


Saturday was a bit of a recovery day (apparently we forgot we were doing a race on Sunday) and basically preparing for the race.

Sunday AM - wake up at 4:00 am...they had a marathon start time of 6am! Yikes it was early. Here we are getting ready for our start time. The guys didn't have to start until 7:30 am.



The race went well. Sonia ran very fast and qualified for the Boston Marathon. In under the time needed to do so...she's fast! My time was actually a little slower than last year but I enjoyed the race more except at mile 20 when I had a few moments of breakdown. David and Tim enjoyed their race (or I'm not sure Tim would say "enjoyed") but I think he was glad he did it.

Here's a picture of the 4 of us in all our pain and glory!



After some much needed rest time we headed back out in the evening to La Jolla. Where we had dinner and went to see a movie...Gran Torino. It was a great movie, I highly recommend it.

All in all it was a fun weekend! Thanks team Bergler for joining us...

Happy New Year!!!

Hello 2009! It's been a wild year and I think my husband is glad to see it come to close in regards to the financial industry. On New Year's eve the girls went to have a slumber party with my parents and their cousin Taeya was there so they were very excited. David and I headed to a dinner party with our friends. In the past we've always gone out but this year we thought about just doing something low key. The Berglers hosted an italian themed dinner. Every couple had a different dish and drink and so it was a fun night. David two years ago started a tradition at New Year's of running 2 miles. I'm not sure where the exact mileage came in to play but the first year it was just him, last year just him & Sonia and this year they were able to grab two more people with them. David is really hoping for 8 people to run with him next year...gotta love the enthusiasm!

We all spent the night (thanks to the Bergler Hotel) and woke up to cinnamon rolls baking with hot coffee. Then we got our kids and headed back to their house for an afternoon of football and pizza. It was so much fun!

We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful New Years and wish you the best in 2009!!!