Hi! It’s been a busy couple weeks!

So last time I checked in I was visiting family in St. Louis.

My grandma, Eloise’s great grandma!

That’s been over two weeks ago, and it is been very busy since. My visit to St. Louis was filled with family, visits with lots of friends, a weekend trip to Austin meeting up with my husband (who was there that week for work) just us 2, leaving the baby with my parents back in STL 🙂

Finally found some decent coffee in Austin!

Yep! Pretty much sums it up 🙂

Cool Austin Skyline

And arriving back to STL to some of the cold cold weather in the Midwest. Brrrr! I knew it was time to get back to Cali then.
My mom flew back to San Francisco with me, but we even had a cancelled flight the night we were supposed to fly back and a really rough flight with the baby and my mom when we did fly out.

The calm before the melt down 😦

Two days after we got back to San Francisco, I raced in my second ultra distance, the Mt Tam 50k which was a tuneup for The Northface Challenge (50mile distance!) coming up on December 6th!

Representing the Bay Birds Racing Team!

This just happened (again! my first 50k Ultra distance was back in June)

The 50K was supposed to be a confidence builder, but it was a tough course, with almost 7000 feet of climbing and very technical trails (Um, we climbed a 9 foot ladder at one point!) I went through a rough time from miles 18-25… There was a lot of climbing, many descents which tore my quads up and feeling lonely and wondering how I was going to get through the remainder of the day. But I finished the race really strong (passed 2 girls the last 5 miles to place 3rd overall) and now that I reflect back I know I am ready to take on 50 miles!

So after the 50k, it’s been getting back into our routine the past week and really relaxing. We won’t be traveling for the holiday season at all, just enjoying our family of 3 at home, hanging with friends, eating some good food and exploring around the Bay area!

Cheering on the Dawgs!

Playing in the leaves!

Library story-time and songs! (Sorry for photo quality. I busted my phone screen on my New iPhone 6 while I was running in Austin- hence the blurring selfie pic)

OH! And one of the biggest milestones the past couple weeks is that my baby girl, now 15 months, has finally, finally started walking self sufficiently!!!

Enjoying her early Christmas gift from the grandparents, the kitchen is a perfect encouragement for walking.