May Update

Well, this month has been busy, busy!
I completed a half marathon race in 1 hour and 46 min...That comes out to an average of 8:05 miles! Leah was there to cheer me on! There were 6 fairly steep hills that nearly killed me, but I made it through! Thank God for mp3 players! :-) I've already signed up for two more races. I am running in the 14 km City to Surf race in August. (website: http://city2surf.sunherald.com.au/? ) I'm also running another half marathon on the 23rd of September. ( http://www.runthebridge.com.au/ ) Hopefully, I'll be able to improve my time!

My Mum and Grams took a nice 4 week holiday. They stopped in New Zealand, Melbourne, and Cairns on their way to see me in Sydney. They were here for 1.5 weeks. It was so great to see them again! I took them all around the city. We had a nice picnic at Cremorne Point overlooking the city, Opera House, and Harbour Bridge. We went on a wine tour to Hunter Valley one day. I bought 10 bottles of wine at our favourite boutique winery...I'm a member there now! :-) I took a day off work and took them on a huge city tour. We went to see a circus show at the Opera House one evening. My mum walked the Harbour Bridge with me and Roxie both weekends. I made sure they tried all the yummy foods too! We had a great time! I think they were probably exhausted by the end of their trip! :-) I hope they really liked Sydney and were able to see why I chose to live here. I can't wait for my next group of tourists...I think my Dad and Jil are up next!