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Live Grit Lakefront 10 Miler
Read this Post: Live Grit Lakefront 10 MilerYesterday I ran my 2nd race of the year: Live Grit Lakefront 10 Miler. I’ve run this race in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015. Not sure why I skipped 2013 and 2014. In previous years this race took place in March so I was a little surprised to find out CARA moved it to…
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New Orleans Day 2
Read this Post: New Orleans Day 2After the RnR Half Marathon, I did a couple of fun things with my sisters and nephew. First, we did a hop on/hop off bus tour. Even though I was not sore from the race, it felt good to sit on a bus. Then I played chess with the teenager. I won. Last, went to…
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Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans
Read this Post: Rock ‘n’ Roll New OrleansOn Sunday morning I ran my first race of the year. I was in New Orleans in 2012 for the marathon and this time I ran the half marathon. I left Saturday morning along with my two sisters and my nephew. Lola wanted to join us but had to stay at home. She was definitely…
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Favorite race medals
Read this Post: Favorite race medalsI am linking up with Marcia, Erika, and Patti for today’s Tuesdays on the Run. Medals, medals, and more medals. Normally I do not run a race just for the medal but it is definitely nice to get one. But I am OK with not getting one. My favorite series of medals are from the RnR Marathon…
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Race shirts: Favorites and the ones we love to hate
Read this Post: Race shirts: Favorites and the ones we love to hateI am linking up with Marcia, Erika, and Patti for today’s Tuesdays on the Run. I will confess that I rarely keep any of my race shirts. The year I ran 14 RnR half marathons, I got 14 shirts but did not keep any of them. They were all nice shirts (Brooks) but really what was I…
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Scenes from my run
Read this Post: Scenes from my runI am linking up with Marcia, Erika, and Patti for today’s Tuesdays on the Run. I usually run in three different locations: treadmill, along the lakefront, and by my house. I enjoy the variety and definitely do not get bored. Once in awhile I may venture out to a forest preserve. Here are some views from my…
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Spring Race Plans
Read this Post: Spring Race PlansI am linking up with Marcia, Erika, and Patti for today’s Tuesdays on the Run. I am very excited about my upcoming Spring races! I know it isn’t in the Spring season but my first race this year is RnR NOLA on February 28th. I did the marathon in 2013 and am excited to go back for…
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Garmin Marathon (or Half) FREE Entry Giveaway – Let’s go to the Land of Oz!!
Read this Post: Garmin Marathon (or Half) FREE Entry Giveaway – Let’s go to the Land of Oz!!“Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow-brick road Follow the yellow-brick, follow the yellow-brick Follow the yellow-brick road” How many of you grew up singing the lyrics to that song? I started off late and didn’t see the movie till about 6 years ago when…
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Day 5 of 5 Days of Zenaida’s Giveaways
Read this Post: Day 5 of 5 Days of Zenaida’s GiveawaysThanks so much for stopping by for the fifth and FINAL day of my giveaway! None of these items are sponsored by the companies but instead is stuff I had at the house or purchased with my own money. Today is the FINAL giveaway, but make sure you’ve entered all of the active giveaways. I would…
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Day 4 of 5 Days of Zenaida’s Giveaways
Read this Post: Day 4 of 5 Days of Zenaida’s GiveawaysThanks so much for stopping by for the fourth day of my giveaway! None of these items are sponsored by the companies but instead is stuff I had at the house or purchased with my own money. Make sure to stop back daily as I will be having my final giveaway tomorrow and would hate…
I was a late bloomer to this running craziness. One of my coworkers would always talk to me about… Read more ›
