dear santa, i can explain...

im not asking for a lot this Christmas. snow, peace on earth, good will... yes i would like all those things. but for material items... lets just say there may not be a lot for me wrapped up under the tree this year, and that is just fine with me. december 31st/january 1st is my Christmas this year, and i am forever thankful to my entire family (in-laws-to-be included) for everything they have done to make our upcoming wedding everything ive always dreamed it could be.

however... id like to think i was pretty good this year, so i would not be unhappy if i were to receive these items:

i realized today that there is not a whole lot of time left before the big day, and ive got a lot to do yet to get ready. this includes a "year in review thanks to my ipod" blog like i did last year (and im really hoping sarah will make me another cd, *hint hint*) and a "2011 race preview/wishlist". the days are going by faster and faster and my to-do list of other random crap seems to grow exponentially by the hour. lovely.

this year was definitely an expensive year for me (us), with most of our money going towards the wedding and most of my money going towards running. id like to think that next year will not be as expensive, but it actually has the potential to be almost double what i spent this year. how did that happen? well... i already registered for the mount desert island marathon which is in october. then i registered for the NYC marathon lottery (ill find out if i got into that in april) and a few weeks ago i entered into a lottery for the boston marathon, which ill find out tomorrow! with only those three races (if i were to get in... fingers crossed!) it will already be about what i spent for all of my races total for 2010. ugh. the things we do for this freaking sport!!

so here is my 2011 race wishlist. we'll see what actually happens as the year progresses.

february:

mid winter classic 10k
half at the hamptons

march:

eastern states 20 miler

april:

boston 5k (or)

boston marathon (?)

may:

volunteer- sea dogs mothers day 5k

sugarloaf marathon (?)
reach the beach 200 mile relay
race 4 an angel 5k

june:

close to the coast 10k or 5k

august:

beach to beacon 10k (might actually volunteer this year)

september:

reach the beach 200 mile relay (?)
65 roses 5k

october:

maine marathon (?) or half

mount desert island marathon

november:

NYC marathon (?)
thanksgiving day 4 miler

december:
jingle bell 5k

clearly a lot of races are not set in stone as of yet, but i would really like to do 3 marathons if i can fit them in. are there any good races in northern new england that im missing? anyone doing any of these races and want to train with me? let me know!! :)

ill update you all tomorrow when i find out about boston, and ill post my "ipod year in review" as well!