Mother, Run, Hike

Date of the Race: 9.10.16 Race Website : http://www.bihfire.com/events/run-ride-soar/ Weather: Start 73 with a real feel of 86. Finish 78 with a real feel of 96. Goodies: Tech shirt, and whoopee pie, and post race picnic Hold on to something... this will be long. But if you don't feel like reading all of it, feel free to skip to my summary at the end. We were up dark and early on Saturday and driving to Bird In Hand. I stayed at my parents because the drive to BIH was shorter from Oxford than from Harrisburg. I picked up a bad habit when I was training for the Marathon in the spring, and that was to have a breakfast sandwich before a race, rather than a bagel and coffee. The only place selling breakfast sandwiches at 5:30 am was McDonalds, so I order an Egg McMuffin, OJ and coffee. My coffee didn’t have any sugar, and I was at the start line when I realized this. So black unsweetened coffee it was!   Again, we enjoyed the hot air balloon launch as we parked the car an...

Hello dear Random Strangers! Thank you for stopping by to read my ramblings on things. This is likely to be the last of my post for this year, as I have off from work, and will be spending lots of time with my son. So, wanted to go back and relive some of my favorite races of the year. My favorite Races It is really hard to pick a favorite race, I really did love all 17 of them! But the three that immediately jump to my mind are The Kennett Run, Bird In Hand 5K, and The Hershey Half Marathon. Kennett Run 5K There are many reasons for the Kennett Run to be my favorite run, it's the first race I did in The United States, and it's one that I've been doing for years. This year most of my family was there for the event, my sisters and I ran the 5K. My brothers looked after my son and my niece, and we went to My sister's bakery after the race. The race itself is hard! The first mile goes slightly uphill with some rolling hills, but with all of the excitement, my legs...

Date of the race: September 11, 2015 Time: 6:30 pm Weather: 72, sunny, slightly humid. Fee: Registered the week before $30 Shirt: Navy blue tech shirt, pretty sweet shirt! I might even wear it. Goodie bag: one whoopee pie, a couple of coupons and a pretty hilarious exercise block. Lots and lots of portable toilets. I want to say first that I was green with envy for those doing the half marathon! I have been training for the Hershey Half all summer, according to my Map My Run, I’ve logged over 200 miles of Runs, including races, training and hikes, so I felt that I would have been ready for the half! I’m glad I didn’t run in, because I was nowhere near ready, and I hope all the runners had a fantastic race!     I have been excited for the 5K for months! I knew I would not do the half from the beginning, but also knew that I would be there at least to have the opportunity to meet Christopher McDougall, since he would be there to promote his...