I met up with my Fleet Feet Racing Teammate Heather to run the BAA 5k.  We used it as a shakeout run and had a blast.  You get to run the last mile of the Boston Marathon and cross over the finish line.  It gave me goosebumps and made me even more excited for the marathon.

We went over to the Nike Store where we may or may not have stalked Shalane Flanagan to get a picture….totally worth it!

Boston has beautiful daffodils placed all over the city to lift the spirits of the community and support the marathon and Boston Strong.  They’re lovely! 🙂

I also got to meet Lauren (@LOFLO77).  We’ve been Instagram friends and I love her blog (The Foodie Runner), so it was awesome to meet in person!

For dinner, Heather invited us to dine with the QCC (Quarter Century Club).  It’s members have run 25+ Boston Marathon…INCREDIBLE!!  I loved their stories and it made this trip even more special.

Afterwards we went to Bova’s Bakery for dessert…heaven!

We took ours back to the hotel and they lasted about 30 seconds.

I was so excited to meet up with the Oiselle Flock for a shakeout run!!  I know so many of the Birds online, and loved the chance to run together.

Andrea Duke is an Elite Oiselle runner and one of the kindest ladies!

Obviously, I love her style!

The run was led by Sarah (Mac) Robinson aka Oiselle Mac, the marketing director and runner at Oiselle.

I stopped by my favorite Boston juice shop.  How yummy does this look?!! Cocobeet made a special race recovery juice for the marathon.  It will be a perfect post-race treat!

I met up with some more of my Fleet Feet Race Team Members for lunch.  It means so much to have friends in town for the race!

Jason and I had an early Italian dinner, so I could get back to the room to prep for the race morning.

This mushroom risotto rocked my socks!

The race forecast: Temps in the 40’s (perfect), Light rain to start getting heavier (blah), and a headwind out of the east at 20mph (crap!).

It’s definitely not ideal, but I’m going to show up and run the best race that I can run.