Food + Running? Sign me up! Want me to be an ambassador? Sure! Some of you may remember that I was an ambassador for the Fit Foodie 5K last year along with some of other awesome DC area bloggers.
Category: Race Report
Ragnar Cape Cod Recap
Ragnar Cape Cod was, in a word, fabulous! I was worried that it would not live up to my memories of Ragnar DC, but it did and then some. I met up with the lovely ladies of Moms Do It All Night Long at the start line early on Friday morning. Several of us had…
Marine Corps 17.75 Race Recap
Marine Corps 17.75 March 28, 2015 1:58:59 Temp: 32*, sunny, and super windy What I wore: hat, long sleeve shirt, jacket, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, tights PROCompression socks, and my new Altra Intuitions 3.0.
Lifetime Half #39: 2015 RNR DC
RNR DC Half Marathon March 14, 2015 2:18:59 Temp: mid 40s, rainy, and windy (read: awful) What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, arm sleeves, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, PROCompression socks, my Altra Intuitions AND a space blanket tied around my shoulders.
Ragnar DC Wrap Up
Have you ever done something and thought to yourself: “This is what I was meant to do!” Yes, that’s how I felt about Ragnar. It played to all of my strengths. I mean, I’m not fast (and seem to be getting slower, sigh) and I don’t really enjoy running longer than 10-12 miles at a…
Ragnar DC Recap: Post Leg 2 through Leg 3 (Runner 7)
Ragnar DC Relay: Leg 31 September 13, 2014 2 miles at 11:38am Temp: low 70s and cloudy with rain threatening What I wore: hat, tank top, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, and Altra Intuitions After Leg 19 Because I was the first runner out of South Mountain Creamery, I chose not to have one of…
Ragnar Relay: Post-Leg 1through Leg 2 (Runner 7)
Ragnar DC Relay: Leg 19 September 13, 2014 49.miles at 12:38am Temp: low 60s and a dark this city girl never sees What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, compression socks, arm sleeves, knuckle lights, safety vest, flashing LED, head lamp and Altra Intuitions After Leg 7 When last we…
Ragnar DC Relay: Pre-race through Leg 1 (Runner 7)
Ragnar DC Relay: Leg 7 September 12, 2014 7.9 miles in 1:29:35 Temp: mid 70s and super sunny What I wore: hat, Skirt Sports tank, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, compression socks, and my trusty Altra Intuitions Pre-race My morning started with the chaos of getting two kids out the door to school in time…
Fit Foodie 5K race report
I was an ambassador for the Fit Foodie 5k this weekend, so I was invited to attend all of the events, including the race. Fit Foodie 5K June 21, 2014 28:17 Temp: Low 70s, cloudy and humid (with occasional rain) What I wore: hat, short sleeve shirt, Skirt Sports Happy Girl skirt, and my trusty…
State #23: Oklahoma – Half Marathon 2 of 5!
Short story: I finished. Long story: Tuesday was the second day of the Dust Bowl Series. We ran on a concrete path around a small lake in Guymon, OK. The path was exactly one mile in length, so the half marathoners had to run 13 laps, with a small out and back at the end. …
“Beat the Chihuahua” 5K race report
OK, maybe that wasn’t the real name of the race. It was one of those races with a really cool name like “turkey trot”, but for us it was definitely all about beating the chihuahua. I’ve run the local (as in runs right past my house) Turkey Trot for the last 5 years. I know…
State #21: Iowa – Will run for Watermelon
One of these days I’ll check the race description/elevation chart BEFORE I sign up. I’m beginning to feel like I’m not on just a 50 states quest, but rather a quest to find all the hills along the way. The Good: Muscatine, Iowa is a really cool small town. The boys got to play at…