Colorado Art Studio

I finally downloaded the photographs that my husband took of me finishing the 1/2 marathon in Denver on Sunday. Suffice it to say that I decided to share the one of me enjoying my victory beer, instead of the ones of me running up to and crossing the finish line. Those aren’t so pretty. My only complaint…Denver has so many fabulous micro breweries in town and we were served Michelob Ultra Light. Michelob was, however, a sponsor of the race, so I guess that gives them that exclusive right.

My favorite moment was when my daughter remarked, “Mom, you finished before an elite runner!” I have to give you the backstory though. I finished the half marathon in the same time as the elite runner (I think he came in second overall) finished running the full marathon! I guess it doesn’t hurt to let her think that I’m super woman! LOL! He was going twice as fast as I was and covered twice the distance!

Local Colorado runner Alan Culpepper came in first in the half and finished in 1:04 and some change. That is less than 5 minutes/mile! It was so cool to see the elites in action. They lapped us 59 minutes into the race with about 1 mile left till the finish. To put it in perspective, I finished in 2:37…about 12 minutes/mile! SLOWWWW, but steady! Anyway, I finished and I am proud of that!

In the meantime, I finished another mini quilted aceo. The inspiration for this one came from a photograph I took this past spring of a yellow and purple pansy. I used the pansy as a template and created a fabric collage, with embroidery floss and beads.

I received some potentially exciting news about my mini art quilted aceos. I will let you know more if the opportunity is cemented!

Just a quick post here before I get ready…today, I am running in the inaugural Denver Marathon! There are 3 events, the full marathon 26.2 miles, the 1/2 marathon which is 13.1 miles and a marathon relay which is the full marathon divided into 4ths. I am running the 1/2 marathon. I’m pretty excited and nervous at the same time and have dreamt about it now for 2 nights straight. Friday night I dreamed that I was running in slow motion and eventually started crawling and just could not make progress. Last night, I dreamed that I was getting dressed all night long (that’s what it felt like) and I couldn’t find anything…finally missing the starting gun.

I’ve been awake now way before my alarm went off and know I’m as prepared as I’ll ever be. Wish me luck…I’ll post a photo tomorrow provided my husband gets a good one of me crossing the finish line. If it looks like I’m death warmed over, I’ll probably just post to say I made it and am still alive!

On another note, this mini star gazer lily quilted aceo was finished on Friday. I used a painting of a lily that I finished this past summer as a template for the flower.

Must get ready now…Have a good Sunday and wish me luck!