Last week, Melody of Will Run for Margaritas put out a call on facebook looking for volunteers to work at Brooks Cavalcade of Curiosities. Since I wanted to go over to the expo anyways, I offered to help. Since I have kids in school, I ended up working Thursday and Friday during the day. While…
Category: volunteering
Girls on the Run 5K Volunteer report
Sunday I had the pleasure of getting to volunteer for Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia. One of my friends convinced me to be a Team Leader and I was assigned to the start/finish line. My goal? To keep the girls moving after they crossed the finish line and to keep the parents from…
State of my feet
I’ve now been running in minimalist shoes for about 6 weeks. In that time, almost all my my miles have been run in my Vibram Sprints (one of these days I’ll write a review…), with a much smaller number run in my Merrell Pace Gloves and an even smaller number run completely barefoot on the…
Too much Tuesday + Mondetta Winner
I debated calling this post “Thankful Tuesday” as many of the things that are too much in my life right now, I’m actually quite thankful for. I’m just feeling a little overwhelmed by all those things. Doesn’t help that yesterday’s mad clean out of the basement + an absolutely mentally necessary 3 mile run just…
My crazy awesome weekend
I knew this weekend was going to be a little crazy, but we added in a wild card on Friday night that made it just a touch more so. Friday we went out to dinner at my favorite brewpub aka Mad Fox. While we were there, the owner mentioned that he was going to put…
Beautiful morning at the National Marathon
A few weeks ago I volunteered at a 5k and caught the “volunteering” bug. I knew that the National Marathon needed volunteers and I was able to get a spot at an early water station near a metro. Score! I convinced one of my “mommy” friends to volunteer with me, so we headed over there…
Rescheduling, Volunteering, and Giveaways, oh my!
I am not running today. I am not snow shoveling today. In fact, if I have my way, I’ll be doing a whole lot of nothing. Of course, I’m at home with two very active boys (Beer Geek got to go to work today), so I imagine I’ll have to do something. Rescheduling My race…