I headed to Ocean City NJ this weekend with my Y girlfriends. It was SO nice to get together because we’ve all found ourselves in different towns and parts of life now…to have a ladies weekend away with a few of them was wonderful. Some of us ran the half marathon, some ran the 5k and some just went for a long weekend away :)

Friday night we walked around the boardwalk and went out to dinner for seafood.

Saturday morning we walked around town and explored some shops. We all got pedicures too, anything to improve race times ;-)

I forgot to grab a picture of the house we rented, but it was very similar to these. We had the second floor with a super cute balcony. 4 bedroom, 2 bath with a big kitchen and livingroom, it was really nice. Bonus that it was off season and fairly cheap split 5 ways.

Saturday was quite a bit colder and gloomier but we still headed to the beach. We had such a fun time just strolling and checking out the sights.

Saturday night Sue was our tour guide and led us to the bridge for the island. We got to see a beautiful sunset over the bay.

We just chilled at our rental house Saturday night. I actually read a little bit of a book too :) This picture was hanging on one of the walls and reminded me of Ben and Cassidy. I missed the little ones but it was so nice to not have to answer questions every 3 seconds.

Sunday morning Julie and I woke up early and headed to the beach to watch the sunrise. Our house was only two blocks from shore, it was perfect.

Race day begins!

The half marathon lining up.

After they headed out, Julie and I started our 5k race. I’d originally signed up for the half marathon but got halfway through training and my knees were killing me (even with new sneakers). I was so thankful Beth took my spot in the half and I decided to just do 3 miles instead of 13. Our 5k was right on the boardwalk, it was really pretty.

Beth finishing up her half marathon!

Sue coming in too!

It was such a beautiful day for a race!

Wish we’d gotten more time away, but the 3 days were so much fun. We headed to the beach for an hour after the race to just chill and got to see a really neat airshow too. Even the ride home (although long because we got stuck outside of Philly) was fun, talking and rockin’ out to Jill’s mixed CD of 80s and 90s songs. Good times ladies, love you guys!