The Color Run

Last Saturday I ran in my first 5k!! I decided for my first 5k I wanted to do something fun and we all decided to do The Color Run in Tulsa.  If you haven't heard of the color run you are missing out on the Happiest 5k on the planet!! It isn't a timed race so if you need to stop you can or if you want to walk the whole thing you can do that too. Every half mile they have different color zones where you are doused from head to toe with color.  By the end of the 5k you are completely colorful.

So last Friday afternoon we all got in the car and drove over to Tulsa.  We ate some yummy food at Joe Momma's and wandered around downtown Tulsa.  We found a cute little crepe and gelato shop called Mod's to eat at for dessert. Then we headed back to the hotel room to rest up for Saturday.

We woke up bright and early Saturday morning to head to The Color Run.  I was extremely nervous but I was able to eat a little breakfast.  Thankfully we found some parking pretty close to the run.  They said there were close to 15,000 who ran in the race.  It started at 9:00 and they would let waves of people go every 5 minutes.  I think we started somewhere close to 9:40.  Since it wasn't timed I'm not sure what our actual time was that we finished it in.  Kathleen said it was in the 40 minute range.  I think that's pretty good for my first 5k.  I only stopped to walk through the color zones because I wanted to be as colorful as possible.  Other than that I only stopped once to let my shin rest for a bit.  I'm extremely proud of myself for finishing my first 5k.  I'm hoping to do an actual timed 5k in June.

I don't look to happy durning this part of the run.

Happier here.

The camera guy caught us coming out of the orange zone.

All colorful!!

We had to drive home all colorful! Hehe

Tulsa Fun

This past Saturday we headed over to Tulsa to watch the Tulsa Talons play against the Dallas Vigilantes.  We actually went to celebrate our friend Greg's birthday.  Last year we went and I guess it seems like we started a new tradition.

We love going to Tulsa because it's a really easy drive and there are so many cool things to do there.  It always seems like if we go for the day that we have to eat there twice.  This time we decided to try a different place that we normally go to.  We decided to eat at an Irish Pub in downtown Tulsa.  It was really close to the stadium and it got really good reviews as one of the best restaurants in Tulsa.  The food was awesome and I actually drank my first beer.  That's a miracle for me because I don't drink that much and if I don't I never drink beer.

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The pub was located in a pretty cool part of downtown Tulsa.

Chris and Greg are always acting up in photos!

My first beer.

After we got down stuffing ourselves full we headed over to the BOK center to watch some arena league football.  For a person who hates football I can watch about half of arena league football.  By the second half I was totally bored but at least they have a cute mascot. After the game got finished we all drove over to the Cheesecake Factory for a late night snack and for some cheesecake.

The birthday boy!

Tulsa Talon was cute but I still love Ribby better!

Tulsa Fun

This past weekend we all piled into our Xterra and headed over to Tulsa for the night. Our friend Greg got tickets to see the Tulsa Talons play at the BOK center and since it was his birthday we thought we would have a celebration in Tulsa. We started our night out eating at Pei Wei and after we stuffed ourselves we headed over to the BOK center to watch the game. I've never been to the BOK center before but it was really nice. I normally don't like watching football but arena league football isn't so bad especially since you get to sit inside!!

After the game we all decided that we needed to go somewhere for dessert. Every time we go to Tulsa we talk about eating at the Melting Pot but we always end of going to the Cheesecake Factory. So this time we decided to change our normal eating place and go to the Melting Pot. Becky always talks about how great the Melting Pot is and she was right. We ate so much cheese fondue and chocolate fondue that we made ourselves sick. It's definitely one place that we'll be going back to when we head back to Tulsa.