Think of me . . . Think of me fondly . . . .

Peter and I have been waking every morning this week to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack. No real reason really. It is in my alarm clock that we just dug out of the closet and Peter likes it. I find myself singing the "Think of me fondly, remember me . . once in a while .... la la la ... " song all the live long day.

BUT, I really do need all of you out and in the open and secret stalker blogger fans thinking of Christina and I this weekend - fondly.


We will be running a 1/2 marathon in Missoula - The Missoula Marathon along with 509 other 1/2 marathoners. Should be a blast. We are making it an official "chick weekend" complete with early morning road trip on Saturday (I am equipping us with fruit smoothies for our 7am Saturday road trip start, Christina is in charge of coffee), Christina bought us some new cute running socks - special for the race, we plan on shopping, attending the Missoula Farmer's Market, and staying at a hotel, Steve Earle concert Saturday night, and I am certain, much, much more!

(running buddy Christina, after a running workout this winter)

Sunday we will wake bright and early and the 13.1 mile race begins at 7:00am in beautiful Missoula - my old stomping grounds. Ahh . . . The weather channel says it should be in the 50's when we start - perfect.

We will need the positive thoughts, as I did not train for this one as vigilantly as I did for the Lewis and Clark 1/2 back in September --(that's Laurie and I running our race below)


BUT, I feel I am in good enough shape for it and I know what to expect this time and I have committed to just "going with it." I figure - you can do anything for 13 miles, right?

Regardless - it's going to be a great time. We have our matching socks with pink Volkswagon buses on them, the pasta joints scouted out for Saturday's dinner, and a whole lot of fun ahead of us.