Saturday, August 27, 2011

Race Schedule

Last week I had a chance to sit down and draft my race schedule for the rest of this year and next year. So, here it is.

October 1, 2011 - Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon Relay (Leg #1)
October 23, 2011 - Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon
November 12, 2011 - Solider Half, Ft. Benning, GA*
February 2012 - Semi de Cannes, Cannes, France*
March 4, 2012 - Paris Semi-Marathon, Paris, France*
June/July 2012 - Hamburg Halbmarathon, Hamburg, Germany*
September 2012- Budapest Half, Budapest, Hungary*
October 2012 - Munich Half Marathon, Munich, Germany
October 2012 - Frankfurt Marathon 5k, Frankfurt, Germany
October 2012- Lucerne Marathon, Lucerne, Switzerland*
November 2012 - Athens Classic Marathon, Athens, Greece
December 2012 - Pisa Half Marathon, Pisa, Italy*

* Denotes tentative races. As you can see, several races are tentative because many dates haven't been set yet. I hope to do all of these races over the next few years.

A great international race resource is Run Abroad. If you would like to join me for any races or want me to be your personal cheering section. Let me know!

Have a great Saturday!

**Benning is out because DH will no longer be there....

Monday, August 15, 2011

8 Miles

Sorry, I haven't updated for a while but I have been keeping up with my running. My knee hasn't been bothering me lately (yay!). So I ran 8 miles last Sunday. Thank goodness I was in Michigan so the weather wasn't too bad and it was flat!!! I was pretty happy with my time too. I've been following a 2:1 interval and it's been working for me in the hot summer heat.

With my 8 miles I used my new Fuel Belt...
It's the Revenge R2O and it's love at first use. The bottles are so easy to take out and put back in (one handed). The belt did not budge once. It was love at first use, so much so, I had to get one for my RB too. I also got the medium sized pouch to hold some energy products...which leads me to my next topic: Energy Products.

I purchased a couple Gu gels, Honey Stinger chews and a Clif Shot Block. I haven't tried them yet. Every time I thought about it I felt kind of icky. So, next time. But over all I felt great after 8 miles.

Until next time, happy running!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Raffle

Hey Y'all! I just wanted to let you know that my friend Heather at Running with Sass is having a raffle to help raise money for Team in Training/Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. If you want to donate for your chance to win AND help a great cause click here!