New Orleans Half Marathon

Jill took most of our pics for the weekend but I can't get them to download to my computer so you will have to see the weekend through my few photos. Jill and I had two free Rock 'N Roll half marathon entries so we decided to pick some fun races to meet up for this year. We picked New Orleans and Providence. This was the first...

 we flew in early Friday which was great because we were able to relax, grab a few electric $.25 martinis and get some yummy food

 we then hit up the marathon expo

 then ate some more food

 and hit up CVS for some band aids...but were quite impressed with the liquor selection in the CVS right off of Bourbon Street

 We couldn't miss a walk through Bourbon Street so Jill grabbed a beer and we wandered checking it all out, quite entertaining I must say!

 we kicked off Saturday with some beignets from Cafe du Monde

 mmmmm

 then after some walking we stopped off at our next food option

 shrimp po-boys at Johnny's

 Now the picture we are truly missing here is our dinner...Jill and I decided we should take it easy since we'd been on our feet pretty much since we landed so we lounged in the hotel room, watched a movie, and ordered some food...well a LOT of food...it was WONDERFUL.

 So come race day the two of us easily had 3 days worth of heavy NOLA food in us, but why not?! Here is the pic I sent to Cohen before the race.

 here we are after the race, notice our choice of beverages

 a post race afternoon out before our flight, we rode the trolley

 hit up Bourbon Street for a beverage, then Cafe du Monde again

then finished it off with a muffaletta in the sun (which can also be dangerous as Jill learned getting pooped on by a bird!)

We had a wonderful girl's weekend away, it was a great race (even if I ran a total of probably 13 miles training for it) and a fun city to hang out in. See you in Providence JILLY!