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ZOOMA Annapolis weekend

June 5, 2016 by MCM Mama 15 Comments

This past weekend was jam packed with lots of fun, quite a few hills, and a whole lot of beer! Of course, that means it was ZOOMA Annapolis weekend!

ZOOMA 2016 medal

Up until Friday morning, I wasn’t sure if I was going to get to head to Annapolis early or if I’d be driving in the morning of the race. Thankfully, ZOOMA offers a few DC area packet pickups in addition to their Friday Expo in Annapolis, so I picked up my bib early, just in case.  Luckily though, the stars aligned and I was able to head out of DC around 2 and Cynthia offered me space in the room she was sharing with Sandra and Sue.

Halfway to Annapolis, I realized I’d forgotten to eat lunch and that I had also not brought anything to eat the morning of the race. Oops. I thought about stopping somewhere on the way, but the traffic was picking up and I decided I’d just push on to the hotel. Once I got there, I solved the lunch problem by grabbing a small meal in the hotel restaurant while I waited for everyone else to arrive. I didn’t solve the race morning food issue, but I figured I could run without breakfast if I needed to.

zooma 2016 ambassador fun

Finally, everyone started arriving. We checked out the expo and then went to a diversity panel that Brae Blakely, the founder of ZOOMA, had organized. It was a really interesting discussion with representatives from Black Girls Run, Girls on the Run DC, and Muslimas on the Run. While I realized beforehand that runners are predominantly white, I had not really known much about the cultural barriers that women of other ethnicities face. Very eye opening discussion!

ZOOMA 2016 diversity panel

After the panel, it was dinner time! I joined 12 or so other ZOOMA ambassadors for dinner at the hotel restaurant. I’m not going to try to list everyone because I’m sure I’ll miss someone, but it was a total blast.

ZOOMA Ambassadors 2016 expo

Let’s just say that some participants did a great job of “hydrating” for the next day.

Zooma ambassadors 2016 hydration

I had an amazing dinner of corn chowder and pizza. Probably a bit of a heavy meal for a pre-race meal, but it was tasty.

ZOOMA Ambassadors 2016 dinner

After dinner we headed up and got our outfits ready for the next day. I loved that I got the chance to spend more time with Sandra. I know Sue and Cynthia pretty well, but this was my first time meeting her in person. We all got along great and managed to get to bed at a somewhat reasonable hour.

Zooma 2016 race outfit

My alarm went off first because I can’t race without coffee. I got ready to start a cup in the room, but quickly realized that there was only decaf in the room. A quick trip down to the lobby netted me both a cup of coffee and food! Kudos to Loews and ZOOMA for providing us with granola bars and bananas to start our day!

Zooma Ambassadors skirt sports

After a quick walk to the start line, we met up with all of the ZOOMA Ambassadors who were running Annapolis. (Don’t forget my code ERIKA16 gets you 10% off of ZOOMA Cape Cod and ZOOMA Florida!)

ZOOMA Ambassadors 2016

And then it was go time. Not much to say about this other than that I way overestimated how fast I could run a 10K as well as way underestimated the hills and the 92% humidity. Long story short: I ran fast for 4 miles and then completely fell apart. I did manage my B goal of a sub-10 minute pace and missed my A goal by less than 2 minutes. I have, however, never been so happy to not be running a half marathon LOL. I love ZOOMA Annapolis and I love to run it when I can, but the hills are killer and it’s often one of the first hot weekends of the year. The two always combine to kick my butt.

Zooma 2016 finish line

I raced home from Annapolis because Beer Geek and I had a date at Savor Craft Beer festival.

savor 2016

I had an amazing time, but I’ll save my big discussion of that for later this week.

Savor 2016 Beer Geek

Today was just a blur of chores and a soccer game an hour away. I swear this season will never ever end. I’m heading into a crazy busy week with a Friday departure for a Skirt Sports Ambassador weekend in Denver.

Don’t forget to link up with us this Tuesday! The topic is “are you a race gear hoarder or a minimalist?” If you’ve seen my pictures of my Skirt Sports collection, you know my answer to that LOL.

31 pieces of skirt sports

Today I’m linking up with HoHo and Tricia for Weekly Wrap.  Stop by the link up and see what everyone else is up to…

 

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  1. Kimberly Hatting says

    June 5, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    The ZOOMA stuff looks like a lot of fun! I think I recognized almost everyone in the big group pic from Facebook/blogging. #totallyjealous 😉
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  2. courtney @ eat pray run dc says

    June 5, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    SUCH a fun weekend – so glad we got to hang and SO glad we ran that 10k 🙂
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  3. lacey@fairytalesandfitness.com says

    June 5, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    Beautiful medal! Looks like you guys had a blast all meeting up. That dinner looks so tasty! So what if it was a little heavy. I have an iron stomach…haha.
    lacey@fairytalesandfitness.com recently posted…Weekly Wrap..June 5thMy Profile

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  4. CARLA says

    June 6, 2016 at 5:25 am

    um
    so
    you have written this amazing post and yet?
    ME?
    WHO I AM?
    IM STILL PANICKING OVER THE DECAF IN THE ROOM!!! 🙂
    CARLA recently posted…Our Mindful Summer Bucket ListMy Profile

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  5. Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy says

    June 6, 2016 at 5:37 am

    I did the half last year & let me just say you were wise to run the 10k.

    Sounds like a super fun weekend!
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  6. Kathryn @ Dancing to Running says

    June 6, 2016 at 10:04 am

    So great to see you this weekend! When I saw the turn around point on the course for the 10k, I started questioning my choice for running the half, but in the end I’m glad that I made the choice to run the half.
    Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…ZOOMA Annapolis Half Marathon Training Log – Week 18My Profile

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  7. HoHo Runs says

    June 6, 2016 at 1:30 pm

    Hills and humidity? Not the best combo, in my opinion. Very wise decision to run the 10k. Congrats on the sub 10 pace! It sounds like a fun weekend with the ladies too! Thanks for linking with us Erika!
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  8. Tamieka@ Fitballingrunningmom says

    June 6, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    Yeah Zooma!!

    It was so nice to but the face and voice to your name…so nice to meet you! i hope to see you again soon! We had so much fun didn’t we 😉

    I ran the half last year and said I would never again…those hills are brutal and my knee was not happy with me for weeks after that half!

    I am a race gear hoarder!!! It is shameful actually!!

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  9. Mary Beth Jackson says

    June 6, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    ZOOMA Annapolis looked like a great time! Are you running any of the others? You always have great beer stories- having fun, keep it up!

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  10. Darlene says

    June 6, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    Will you be at Cape Cod. That will be my first Zooma race. I am hoping to meet some fellow bloggers.

    You are so lucky to be able to go 13er weekend. Maybe someday.
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  11. Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner says

    June 6, 2016 at 6:43 pm

    Looks like you all had such a fun time! Look forward to seeing you this weekend.
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  12. Zenaida Arroyo says

    June 7, 2016 at 9:53 am

    My friend, Jaime, is also a ZOOMA Ambassador. I was planning to join her this weekend but due to logistics with school and flights I could not make it. Bummer their races no longer in the Midwest.

    Cute skirts!!

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  13. Karen @ Fit in France says

    June 7, 2016 at 2:05 pm

    So much fun that you can connect with all those bloggers. And I am amazed how you can run in all that humidity. Yuck.
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  14. Tricia @ MissSippipiddlin says

    June 10, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    That is such a cool medal and I saw all the great pictures of you guys. I said on one of the others blog how jealous I am you get to attend these great races and meet up with so many bloggers! Just too much fun!
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  15. Debra @HappyRunningSole says

    June 10, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    Looks like a fun weekend! So cool that you got to meet up with so many other bloggers! Congrats on a overall sub 10 pace despite the hills and humidity. I hate I missed that link-up. I am definitely a Hoarder!
    Debra @HappyRunningSole recently posted…Weekly WrapMy Profile

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