Thursday, April 15, 2010

Portland Peeps

It's widely known on this blog that I have a TON of runner friends to meet up with.  One of the best things about running in Portland is running into a runner friend that you didn't expect to see.  Case in point, last night I was on a brick run, on my way to meet a new Ptown runner Marya, and I saw this blonde girl with an ironman hat on.  I thought, no way, that's not Jen and sure enough it WAS Jen!  Couple minutes later, Zach came bounding along!  I heart having random runner meetups.

When I ran into Jen and Zach, I was on my way to meet up with Marya.  We have been planning a meet up but it just hasn't worked with schedules until yesterday.  She and her husband are super friendly and nice.  For being newer to running, they are speedy (at least by my standards).  Yesterday we really only had time to do a "hi, how are ya, nice to meet ya" but we're planning an actual run soon.  Hopefully I can keep up.  I did bring my camera for proof that we did meet! 
Looking forward to an actual run soon!  (PS For anyone that cares my brick run was awesome. 2 miles, longest brick run of the year, in 19:10--yes, that's a 9:35 avg! Heck yeah!)

In other news, Race for the Roses pictures were posted and there were a couple of me that aren't terrible!  Shocking!



20 comments:

Christi said...

I think you have some great pics there!

Tara said...

Yay for running friends!!! Love seeing friends unexpectedly out on the trails :)

the gazelle said...

that last picture is really good! :)

It's so fun seeing people out & about, isn't it? I love the Portland running community. We pretty much rock.

RunningLaur said...

So fun that you can run into people - an your pictures look great!

Lorian said...

How fun to literally run into people you know! Great pics!

Mel-2nd Chances said...

random meetups like in the crowd at Nike Women's! Haha!! Those are great pictures!

Kristen said...

Lucky you got cute pics!!!

Yes, I am still down to ride - whenever, whatever time. I will be going about 20 miles. Earlier the better for me as we have to head to Santa Rosa for packet pick up.

Lisa said...

that's so fun! When not injured, I bet I run past quite a few other NYC running bloggers but don't even know it. Hopefully that changes this summer!

Carolina John said...

I've always heard portland is an awesome place to run. i can't wait to get out there one day! having running friends is the best.

kristen said...

I CARE! Nicely done.

Pictures are good. That's a cute outfit on you :)

lipglossspandex said...

Nice race pictures! I only had one decent one of me from Race for the Roses :P

Anne said...

How cool to meet so many friends while running :) Great job on your brick run...and love the pics...you look awesome!

ajh said...

I like your race pictures and great fun on the meet ups!

Mel -Tall Mom on the Run said...

So fun!! I ran into Jen and Zach in the porta potty line..LOL!!

I love the pictures. Cant wait to meet you :)

Petraruns said...

Those are GREAT race pictures - looks like a good week!

jen said...

So fun running into you on Wednesday!

I love those race pictures, you look hot!

Hope you have a fun weekend! :)

Marya said...

It was great to finally meet you! I'm sure we'll get a real run in soon. Great job on your brick run. Maybe the train was good motivation! ;)

Oh, and great race pics!

X-Country2 said...

Great race pics. One is all hardcore and focused, and the other is smiley and making it look so easy!

Alee said...

I love running into fellow runners while I'm out. It's the best...and it makes me feel less crazy haha. I'm new to your blog and love it!

Emily said...

You look fabulous!! Well done with the training and I agree...I heart Portland too. Esp my runners!