Riverboat Series Half Marathon -Mississippi April 15, 2014 2:17:19 Temp: low 40s and windy What I wore: hat, Bondi band, short sleeve shirt, YMX arm sleeves, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, Brooks Essential Run jacket, gloves, and my trusty Altra Intuitions Once again, the weather decided to throw us for a loop. It…
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Half Marathon #6 for 2014: Riverboat Series Day 3 – Arkansas
Riverboat Series Half Marathon -Arkansas April 14, 2014 2:24:22 Temp: low 60s and damp at the start, torrential downpours at the end What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, and my trusty Altra Intuitions How shall I describe this race? Never.a.dull.moment. We started the day by following Google…
Half Marathon #5 for 2014: Riverboat Series Day 2 – Tennessee
Riverboat Series Half Marathon – Tennessee April 13, 2014 2:18:41 Temp: mid-60s, humid, and windy What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, and (sadly) a new pair of Brooks Pure Flow 2 This race was everything that the first one wasn’t. It was all paved, the hills were…
Half Marathon #4 for 2014: Riverboat Series Day 1 – Kentucky
Riverboat Series Half Marathon – Kentucy April 12, 2014 2:39ish? Temp: 50+ at the start, high 60s by the end, super humid What I wore: hat, Swirlgear short sleeve shirt, Athleta Relay skirt (this is an affiliate link), PROCompression socks, and (of course) my trusty AltraRunning Intuitions This race can be described with 3…
Lucky 13 Giveaway #4+
My first of five half marathons in five days is done! Kentucky is done! It was hard, but I’ll give you the details in a few days. I’m just happy I finished it. Since I’m going to be a little busy running for the next few days, I decided to combine the giveaways for the…
Five for Friday: Random Edition
1. I made a spreadsheet to pack for our trip. Said spreadsheet had five sheets. Each sheet had a list of things to pack in a particular category: running stuff, my stuff, Beer Geek’s stuff, food, random stuff. I checked things off as I packed them and highlighted things that needed to be packed at…
GOTR and Mosaic District
As I’ve mentioned before, I like to volunteer for Girls on the Run whenever I can. I’ve run with a young lady who’s mom was deployed. I’ve volunteered as a Start/Finish line leader a few times, and last fall I was in charge of the water stop where the water froze. I don’t have daughters,…
Crazy day and what I intend to eat
Why is it that kids just keep growing??? Suddenly my boys are in capris and 3/4 length shirts and it.just.won’t.warm.up. So, I spent my morning running around trying to find Jones some pants to wear. Sigh. While I was at it, I also bought myself some undies. Why? Because I apparently have enough running bras…
Half Marathon #3: Charlottesville Half Marathon
Charlottesville Half Marathon April 5, 2014 2:20:55 Temp: 49 degrees and windy What I wore: hat, Champion short sleeve shirt, Sugoi arm sleeves, Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, and (of course) my trusty AltraRunning Intuitions I’m not going to lie: this was one of the hardest races I’ve ever run. I had nothing left at…
Lucky 13 Giveaway #3: Road ID gift certificate
Half Marathon #3 in 79 days is done! I’ll do a full recap later this week, but the race can pretty much be summed up in two word: hills and ouch. I’m so sore today that I can barely walk. Given my heavy mileage, I should not be this sore from a race I didn’t…
Packing for a destination race in five easy steps
I’ve traveled to a lot of races. I’ve run races at the beginning of vacations and at the end of vacations. I’ve driven us much as 6 hours just to run a race (ok, I admit it may have been more to spend time with the lovely ladies I was racing with.) Last year I…
1st quarter in the rearview mirror
Despite the weather, 2014 is off to a fabulous start. I ran a LOT of miles in the first few months: 144, 115, 200! There was some creative managing and I ran way more miles on the treadmill than, well, ever, but in the end, I pretty much nailed my training. I maxed out at…