Philly Weekend

So Friday I drove down to Philly with my dad to watch him run the Philly marathon and to visit my aunt who lives right outside of the city. I am a little strange and enjoy going to races even when I'm not running in them. But the Philly expo is actually awesome and you know me, I love stuff so of course I was tagging along. On Friday we mostly hung out with my aunt and uncle and two (totally adorable) cousins. We watched Breaking Dawn Part I because my aunt had never seen is (gasp!). The next day we watched my cousins go to Circus class (this is a thing?!?!?! Where was I???) and then had a delicious brunch where I had a cheddar, onion, and pepper omelet. Then we went to the expo. Awww yeah :) I came out on top at this one, even though I wasn't actually running (sorry dad). I got a black sparkly Sweaty Band, pink socks, and most importantly, THE NEW GARMIN 10!!! (In pink, of course) I'm taking it out for a spin later today so I'll let you know if I love it or love love it. I was sooo excited as I have wanted one for a while. It was such a fun surprise, thanks daddy-o.
That evening we went to the Olive Garden to carbo load. Two awesome things about this; one, we went at 4:15 pm and there was ALREADY a line to get in. Who are these people? Why do they all want to go to Olive Garden at 4:15? Were they all runners like us? I thought it was funny. The other thing was that I was carbo loading before nothing. Like, I didn't even run this weekend. But just the fact that I was around marathoners means that I get to eat like a marathoner by default. This is very logical reasoning.
After Olive Garden we saw Breaking Dawn Part II which I do not regret at all, in fact I would go so far as to say I really liked it. I read all the books (mostly on the treadmill) and got addicted like most teens and even though I'm mostly over them by now, it was really fun and I wanted to see it through. I actually thought it was really fun. There were very few scenes with people just looking at each other and lots of action. What can I say, I'm a sucker for Vampire romance :)
The race was Sunday. I had originally hoped to see my dad at several mile markers but it turned out to be impossible for me to get into the city that early so I settled for the finish. My dad did awesome, smashing his pr and running 3:45! He finished and was hurting pretty badly so I helped him come back to my Aunt's house where he showered and we all chilled and got pizza.

It was a great weekend all in all. I love seeing my family, watching movies, and running. Oh wait, I didn't run, did I? Haha I love seeing my friends who run, being around runners, and getting myself psyched about hopefully running a marathon myself, someday.