A Free Spirit from Jersey

update: There used to be some pretty cool pictures with this post... please excuse my stupidity in deleting the album

Hey there Bloggers,

Today is the "day after" Marathon day! Before you get excited, no I did not run a marathon because this girl would die if she attempted.  But one of my best friends ran her second marathon yesterday and then we drove back home (6 hours) to be in class at 8am this morning... seriously this 8am business needs to go away! I can tell you that I have no idea how my body would even move the day after running a marathon, but my body the day after cheering for a marathon and running around like a crazy person is in a little pain--seriously nothing to write home about.

Thank you Erie for the beautiful beaches and a wonderful weekend full of Marathon Shenanigans!

...did a 5 mile race yesterday.

To say my body is still recovering is an understatement.  As in please don't ask me to walk anywhere!

Let's recap my training for this: NONE

Let's recap how much of it I wanted to run to begin with: NONE

Hmm... but since I'm such a wonderful person, I ran parts of it with no training, the wrong shoes, and all the while I was dehydrated...

But I did get a yummy post-race breakfast out of it :)

Hey Bloggers, you're favorite part-time blogger over here.

This week I was really touched by the number of people who are willing to go out of their way to help others.  I am from South Jersey and while my family was not directly affected by Hurricane Sandy, I know many people and neighbors who were.  The amount of people who come together in a time of need is extremely touching.

This weekend, for though it has been months since Sandy hit, over 400 people came together to run/walk a 5K down in Long Beach Island, NJ.  Let's Get Sandy Run for a Cause. I convinced some of my college roommates that it would be fun to wake up at 8am on a Saturday in freezing cold February to run this with me; they went for it.

Also, I have a slight obsession with the website Sevenly.org; seriously if you are ever looking for a cause, you need to check them out.  Anyway this week they are selling shirts to benefit Sandy Relief.  It is just so nice to know that people are still thinking of the families who were affected by this awful storm.

My heart is happy this week knowing that there is still good in the world.

Do you have a favorite cause?

Are you a fan of Sevenly? :)

xoxo

Stay Beautiful :)