Today's topic for Tuesdays on the Run is "Spring Break running". In theory, I will be running the Marine Corps 17.75, but I'd be lying if I said I was excited about it. Don't get me wrong, I like this course and I want my Golden Ticket, but I'm highly undertrained at this point. My longest run in months was 8 miles several weeks ago. I've apparently lost my run motivation and I'm not signed up for nearly enough races to get trained. I may have to do something about that. Meanwhile, enjoy my race weekend report from the ZOOMA Texas race. ZOOMA Texas 10K March 10, 2018 1:04:17 Temp: too warm and humid for March What I wore:hat, tank top, a Skirt Sports Gym Girl Ultra, and Altra One 2.5. I was on the race staff for this race, which … [Read more...]
Race Expo Finds
As I've mentioned before, I live in the land of the big Expo. With races like Marine Corps Marathon, Army 10 Miler, and RNR DC, there are plenty of opportunities to head to big expos and find things I never thought I needed. Since today's topic for Tuesdays on the Run is best race expo finds, I'll share those thing that I "needed" that actually turned out to be awesome. I don't generally buy any specific thing (I don't collect race pint glasses, which I'm sure surprises many of you) and most of my favorite brands are not at many expos. But I've gotten lucky a few times... Once, at the ATM expo, I met Jill from Lift Your Sole and gave her my info. This arrived in my mailbox one day... Another time, I happened upon a cute … [Read more...]
