Running Fun

I was tagged by Chloe so here goes!!!

1. Best Run EVER: 
Tough one as there are too many to chose from... I would have to say all of my 400 m hurdling races from the junior olympics all the way up to the college level... I think the 400 m hurdles is one of the hardest and most fun races in track and field.

2. Three Words that Describe my Running:Forefoot, relaxed, light

3. My Go-to Running Outfit:
Anything lululemon and bootie shorts. With the volume I've been doing lately texture is everything to me. I have chafage everywhere and try to keep it to a minimum. With Tri Slide and lululemon I am good to go! And of course my rev3 kit!



4. Quirky habits while running: 
I hate hate hate when I'm doing a heart rate based long slow workout and somebody that looks super slow passes me. It totally eats me up inside. I do suck it up however and stick to the plan.

5. Morning, midday, evening: 
In the summer - as early as possible. Running in the summer is like torture. If you don't get it done in the early am you might as well forget it because unless you have a portable IV, it probably will not happen.

6. I won’t run outside when it’s: a hurricane or when the ground is covered in snow.

7. Worst injury — how I got over it: 
Not really from running but it kept me from running for a very very LONG TIME: multiple pelvis fractures (snowboarding off of big table tops in Park City, UT) and subsequent ORIF.  

4 months later I was back to it! The come back journey was the best part for sure. As a DPT student, I did most of my own rehab.

8. I felt most like a badass mother runner when: 
I do track workouts (especially 200 meter 400 meter repeats). I love everything about the track including the smell of rubber and I love flying around the curves. With training for an 140.6, my training program has been sans track workouts and I think I am going through withdraw. The closest thing I get to do now is maybe mile repeats~ ouchies.

9. Next Race is: Ironman Florida. 

10: Potential Running goal for 2013:
Stick to the short stuff, lots of Rev3 events, and start to enjoy training again. With 2--140.6 distances in one year and with taking everything way too seriously, I have started to lose some passion. As for running specific goals, I would like to break a 1:30 in a half marathon and to break 19 minutes in a 5k! And more importantly restore balance and strength by doing some cross fit :)

I'm tagging Alisa and Kim S.

Nola Half Marathon RnR RR

Last Sunday was officially the first race of my race season: the New Orleans Rock n Roll Half Marathon. With no taper and being in over my head with IM training, I had minimal expectations. But at the same time, I had hopes of dropping my some time off my PR. Despite going out way too hard and suffering through the last 3 miles, I was pleasantly surprised as I crossed the finish line over a minute faster than my PR. Official time 1:33:31. 

Without going too much into a long over detailed race report, I will share a few of my random favorite things from the weekend:

1. Ladies these are the coolest headbands ever! They make any bad hair day go away instantly and also make a quick transition post workout to work etc.... I can't tell you how many compliments I've received after just wearing them for the past week. 

 2. This is officially the best race sign ever! Although it wasn't until last week that I saw the you tube video on this one, this sign made me laugh out loud. Check out the video if you haven't yet already.

 3. I know people like to dress up for marathons but this is officially the most coordinated race costume crowd I've ever seen:

4. And well..... this picture.... I'm simply at a loss of words. While watching the half marathoners finish, I NEVER in my life have seen so many people texting, talking, and taking photos while running! Don't get me wrong, I'm all about enjoying the experience. In fact, isn't that why we are all out there? But if you have time to TEXT, CHAT, UPDATE FACEBOOK, while you are running a race you ARE NOT GOING hard enough :) Nuff said!