1 Unwelcome passenger. As I was stretching after my run yesterday I noticed something brown and nasty crawling on my black (non-lulu) capris. A TICK!! I was running on trails but not in any way wading through high grass, alas this nasty critter found it’s way aboard. Thankfully it had not yet bitten me but yuck! Now I feel all creepy/crawly.
2 Nasty Race pics: How is it you get one pic at a race with decent weather and 15 when it’s pouring?
Doing the finish line shuffle at the Wisconsin Half
Slogging through the wind and rain a week later at the Chicago Spring Half. Mad props to the course photog for constructing a water and wind proof camera cave out of his poncho. If only I had one! I’ll spare you the other 14 miserable pics from this race.
3 Trop50 Winners!
Laura
Laurel
RuninBoise
I emailed all of you to hook you up with the juice! Thanks to all who entered and to Trop50 for sponsoring!
I hated every single pic from WI. I’m so glad Steven got a couple good ones 🙂
I have yet to take a good race photo….lol
I was out riding my bike one day and found a tick INSIDE my bike shorts. How in the heck is that even possible??
If you’re running on trails, you also have to be wary of ticks dropping out of the trees – we learned this living in Florida of all places.
I love seeing race pics! Scary about the tic. Whenever I see a bug on me it makes my skin crawl.
Oh man, those race pictures say it all!
The ticks are CRAZY here. I had one crawl on me on a trail run the other day and Bungee has had at least 5! So gross.
But you’re sporting some awesome quad muscles there…that’s all I noticed!!
Um, ticks suck. I really despite those things. I haven’t had any of them find their way in my life while living in Colorado, but Alabama was ridden with them. Yuck!
Ticks creep me out. I think they are one thing that keeps me from the trails. That and getting dirty. I’m a wuss 😉
i hate bugs. all bugs. ticks are creepy! um, can we talk about those leg muscles!! 🙂
Yay! So excited I won- thanks, Marcia! That tick is so creepy… glad to hear you saw the whole bug, not just part of it sticking out of your leg. Ick!
Ugh ticks! Creep me out big time and they keep reporting on the news that they’re going to be especially bad this year … great 🙁
I was dissapointed in the WI half pics this year too. I was really hoping there would be some good ones of me and my BiL!
UGH! Not a tick! I am actually worried about them this year 🙁
Rain! OMG I am not sure I could one in the rain.
And yes, ticks are scary!
You look so happy running in the rain!
YIKES – a yick. My BF is a hunter and is always in the woods. He makes me check him for ticks all the time. I am sure that is the most romantic thing you have ever heard.
I know what you mean about the pics – I quit even looking at mine several years ago because I always looked so terrible! But your legs look STRONG – awesome – and you look happy and relaxed. I always look like I’m on my last breath! 🙂
They are not miserable, but epic!!! Too easy to run in a perfect weather under a warm sun. I prefer to see a runner to race against the wind, the rain and the cold (or the heat). I like a lot the second pic.
Ticks are bad this year!! Be careful!
Yuck on the tick! We all did tick checks after our run yesterday after I read this! 🙂
You know, you still look cute, even all wet. Me? EVERY race pic of me EVER taken looks like I am dying, no matter where I am in the race, what the temp is, or anything else. It’s awesome.
Nice job!!