Tomorrow my family and I head down to Virginia Beach for the Rock N Roll Half Marathon. I'm woefully under prepared, but I'm going to make the best of the race. I mean if nothing else, I get an awesome long weekend at the beach with my family, enjoying what looks to be great weather and getting a nice run in.

Today of course I'm a bundle of stress making insane lists of things I need to remember to pack. Regular people clothes, race necessities, beach stuff. It's a lot to remember.

The BF got stuck with some crazy work project and won't be able to come down Friday morning with us, so he'll be making the trip Friday night. My family and I have tentative plans to hit the Expo on Friday to get the good stuff before it's gone and then maybe heading over again Saturday morning so the BF can get his stuff.

Then we'll spend the rest of Saturday relaxing on the beach! (And not getting sunburn, because ummm running a race with sunburn would suck)

Since I'm sure I won't be posting much (or at all?) this weekend, here's a quick rundown of my goals.

1. Have fun.
2. Realize I'm under trained and accept it. I won't be breaking any records this weekend.
3. As long as I finish faster than my time two years ago when I ran the race with strep throat I'll be satisfied.
4. Enjoy the experience of running another race with my mom and introducing BF to this crazy world of races.

On a parting note, check out this sweet interview I did a few months back for Experience Life Magazine's September issue. It's all about training for races with a buddy. I'm in the section at the very bottom under the heading "Set a Goal." My mom says please disregard her age lol!

Is anyone else running the Virginia Beach Half this weekend? I know Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans is and we're working on figuring out a time to meet up. If you're going to be there let us know!