The main event of this trip (for me anyway) was the half marathon. I’d run it in 2015 and could not resist returning for an encore. In 2015 it was cold…and windy….with rainy bits….and a sandstorm. This year? On the toasty side. Of course it’s a dry heat. As a RocknBlogger I was grateful to [Read More]
Indiana Monumental Marathon
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run linkup asks a question: How are you different now compared to when you started blogging? For me that’s an easy one. When I started blogging back in January, 2009, I’d just run my second marathon and qualified for Boston. I had a 3 yr. old and a 7 yr. [Read More]
RocknRoll St. Louis
Our Tuesdays on the Run topic this week is a Fall Goals Checkup. Did you set some? How’s your progress toward achieving them? Off the top of my head I could not even think of what goals I may have set. I took a guess and said this was the year of new running adventures: [Read More]
What to Do with Race Memorabilia?
This week our Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic is Race Memorabilia. We’re talking about bibs, medals, finisher certificates, heat sheets, everything you might get at a race. Tell us about your faves, the weird ones you’ve gotten and what you do with them. Are you a collector who saves them for posterity? A saver [Read More]
Let’s Hear It for Race Swag!
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup is all about Race Swag. You know: The goodies you receive at a race. For my purposes, I’m going to exclude race shirts and medals because they’re pretty much expected (at half marathons and longer). I’m defining swag as those unexpected tidbits (maybe at the finish line, maybe [Read More]
Best Race Medals
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic is Favorite Race Medals: Maybe you own it? Maybe you covet it? Show us and tell us about your faves. Face it, medals have evolved over the years. From almost non-existent as recently as a decade ago to elaborate, glowing, spinning works of art these days. Read [Read More]
Race Expo Do’s and Don’ts
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic is Race Expos. What do you shop for? What’s the best item you ever scored? Most interesting person you ever met? Tell us! For fun, I’m sharing my tips of things to do and not when you hit up a race expo. Do: Get your race bib. You [Read More]
Souvenirs and Runners Who Love Them
Let’s talk souvies: You know, the stuff we drag home from vacation…and since we’re mostly runners here, let’s include the stuff we get at race expos as well. I posed this question on the MHS Facebook page and most of the responses included an apparel item of some sort. Me? I did snag 2 shirts on [Read More]
How Do You Choose a Race?
It’s January and race calendars are filling furiously. I signed up for a whopping one race (Wisconsin Half Marathon) so far! But I’m shopping and that may be half the fun. Last year my goal was to have fun and pretty much stay in half marathon shape all year with a build toward a fall [Read More]
