Saturday, June 23, 2007

Happy birthday to me!

Thanks for the happy birthday wishes, everyone!

I had a great 50th birthday (despite already breaking my birthday present)! The weather was gorgeous and I got in a lovely 52 km (32.3 miles) on my bike (~16 mph pace) and then ran 5 km (3.1 miles) around my neighborhood in a comfortable 34 minutes. Yeah, I would have swum a token 500 yards too, but didn't have time. Maybe tomorrow. Chose to go out to dinner instead and had a lovely piece of grilled tuna followed by cheesecake, along with a robust zinfandel. Yum!

The very best part was having my 4-year-old daughter Catherine sing happy birthday to me in the restaurant all by herself for the very first time. And she even got all the lines right! Elisabeth can't really sing yet, but she gave me a nice kiss that was just as sweet.

Looking forward to following some great Ironman coverage tomorrow and maybe even some streaming video at http://www.ironmanlive.com/ if they don't manage to muck it up like usual. Good luck, everyone!!

6 comments:

LBTEPA said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NANCY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HIP HIP HOORAY!

Brigitte said...

sounds like a great 50th birthday. Happy birthday and many more.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

-Victor Hugo

*jeanne* said...

Welcome to the second half of your century! :-)

Holly said...

Great way to celebrate! The weather was perfect this weekend!!!

21stCenturyMom said...

Happy Belated Birthday, Nancy! Sounds like it was a great one and I must say I don't know anyone who celebrates 50 better than you with all of your races and goals and such. You really do make 50 the new 30.

Comm's said...

I'm really sorry I missed your birthday. i do wish you the best and hope Catherine gets better soon.