If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll remember that last year I decided to run 13 half marathons in 79 days. It wasn’t just an arbitrary goal – I wanted to reach Venus level with the Half Fanatics. OK, well maybe that is arbitrary LOL. Of course, that got me 13…
Category: 50 states
Five things I love about August
This summer has flown by! It’s hard to believe that today is the first day of August. I’m plugging along on the running and the boys have one more month off of school, so for today’s Friday Five with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia, I’m going to talk about what I love about August (in no…
Halfway through the year??? What?!?
I can’t believe the year is half over. I also can’t believe how many of my goals I’ve hit. Unfortunately, I’m now living in slackerville as I try to figure out where my motivation went. June was a total loss as far as fitness goes… So, let’s see what I accomplished the other 5 months…
Five places I’d love to race!
Today my buddies over at the DC Trifecta (Mar, Cynthia, and Courtney) are talking about places they’d love to run. Since I’m kind of race obsessed, let’s talk about places I’d love to race. Obviously, since I’m planning to run a race (and hopefully a half marathon) in all 50 states, I could easily list…
30 states and 30 half marathons
Unfortunately not 30 half marathons in 30 states… With the completion of the Riverboat Series, I have now finished races in 30 states! I’m really excited to hit 30 states, but, umm, I changed the rules (and convinced Beer Geek to go along with it) – I now want to do half marathons in every…
Half Marathon #8 for 2014: Riverboat Series Day 5 – Louisiana
Riverboat Series Half Marathon – Louisiana April 16, 2014 2:13:06 (Yes, this is a PR!!) Temp: high 30s, but sunny What I wore: hat, Bondi band, short sleeve shirt, Champion half zip, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, Brooks Essential Run jacket, gloves, and my trusty Altra Intuitions I ROCKED this race! ROCKED.IT! It…
Half Marathon #7 for 2014: Riverboat Series Day 4 – Mississippi
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…
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…
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…
Two week countdown
Two weeks from today, Beer Geek and I will be heading out to start another five half marathons in five days adventure. My parents are coming to the kids and we are driving (13 hours each way, GAH!) to partake in the Riverboat Series. When I’m done, I’ll have added four new states to my…
One run won’t matter
I am deep into my training for the five half marathons in five days. I’m beginning to hit the kind of mileage I only hit when I’m training for a marathon or back to back half marathons. The week started off great with an unplanned 10 mile run. Usually I run my longest run on…
Awesome friends + training update
One of the hardest things about reaching for Venus as well as doing 14+ races next year is trying to minimize the costs involved. We have a lot of big things on the horizon, so money needs to be managed carefully if I want to accomplish these goals. I’ve been taking every chance I can…