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GPOYCW – Gratuitous picture of your curls Wednesday!

One of my friends tweeted about doing Sock Bun Curls yesterday. I had no idea what she was talking about so I googled and found some tutorials:  

http://kristendukephotography.com/?p=4703 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FV-YO46E8Y

I thought what the heck let’s try and I wound up with some AWESOME curls. I have naturally wavy hair to begin with which helps. Regardless it was SO easy. I look forward to playing around with some variations! Like trying it with slight damp hair instead of dry hair with some curling spray (made my hair a tad bit crunchy). Oh or like 2 baby buns. Gah this will be even better the longer my hair gets!

To make this fitness related…it helps to have some “go to” hair plans when you don’t want to wash your hair everyday despite working out. I often wear my hair wavy/curly, because I hate straightening it just to put it in a pony tail to run. However my curly hair involves washing it which isn’t good for my hair if I wash it daily. So I can use this sock bun trick to save on some washes. 

HALLOWEEN PLANS

I’m doing a dia de los muertos sugar skull this year. I was thisclose to doing it last year, but decided to be a drag queen instead. I love any excuse to play with make up. This year I will ONCE AGAIN be in New Orleans for Halloween and you need to go big in NOLA. So I plan on doing it up, but on a budget. Just need some basic Halloween makeup and a big ol’ flower(s) for my hair coupled with the make up I already have and I plan on giving myself big sexy curly hair. 

Seeing the stats from my 5K made me feel better about it. My first mile split was ON FIRE (8:25). My second mile split was solid too (9:41). However my 3rd mile was rough (11:23), but hello look at the elevation on that beast.

This was the first 5K put on by a local running store and I’m disappointed they they picked a HORRID course. It was a 5pm race and even though I hadn’t eatten since Noon my stomach HATED the hills. I REALLY TRULY thought I was a going to puke. I was so pissed by the time I approached the finish line. 

On the bright side it was fun to run the race with running friends Kathryn and Becky. We all rocked out skirts and fun outfits – one of store employee’s took a picture of us, I hope they post it online. Kathryn cheered for me at the finish line and then we both cheered for Becky when she crossed.

Regardless of the hill and my time I’m freaking PUMPED for my half marathon next month and I plan on making it my bitch!