Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Marathons & National Running Day

I hope you all are out there celebrating National Running Day today!



Well, kind of. Sometimes it feels not so great while running, but afterwards I (usually) feel great!

There's some great deals out there for National Running Day - go here to see some of the deals that are going on today (perfect time to sign up for a race...)

So how am I celebrating National Running Day? Why, by taking the day off work and running my first marathon.

Or not.

But I did enter the lottery for the Houston Chevron 2012 marathon (!!!!! please, everyone, say a little prayer for me that I get in!!!!!), I'll be doing another day of marathon training (ok, ok it's a rest/cross-training day, so I'll really be doing some cross-training and I'll probably run a quick mile for good measure, just to be a part of National Running Day...), and I'm seriously considering signing up for a Rock 'N Roll race somewhere close by... we shall see (and by we shall see, I mean as soon as I wrap this post up I'm googling what would be a good option...)

This whole having Monday off work has really thrown me off, so I'm a little behind on all the things I wanted to post about. We'll be all caught up by the end of the week (maybe), but for now we'll just take a look at what I'm supposed to be doing this week :) Last week was a huge success though!


There's going to have to be some tweaking on this week, because June 5 is my birthday and I'm not sure that I'll be running that day, but the 9 miles will happen, be it the 4th or the 5th.

GO RUN!

So tell me, how are you celebrating National Running Day?

Anyone running any RNR races this year?

7 comments:

  1. Good luck getting into Houston! If you want to run before Houston- San Antonio is a great option. I've also heard good things about Dallas and NOLA :)

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  2. 2 things...
    1.My fingers are crossed for you! (I'm entering the lottery for the half so I totally understand)
    2.The SA Rock n Roll will be in November and its $77 dollars today.

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  3. I swear I just posted a comment and it got disappeared on me! lol.

    I hope you get in Houston! I'm thinking about signing up for the San Antonio Rock N Roll now. I had already been thinking about doing the half and now I"m contemplating the full because it's actually cheaper.... hmmm. Sounds like a fun girls trip to me :-)

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  4. Good luck getting into Houston!! Lots of prayers coming your way. I heard that's a great race!

    I am on a rest day today. With RNR this weekend I need some down time. I am running vicariously through everyone else :)

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  5. Good luck gettng into your race!
    I am hoping to run the Las Vegas RNR. We know that I LOVE Sin City. :-)

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  6. Hey Rachael - now I can spell your name right!
    Anyways, good luck with Houston! I think I successfully bandited the Houston half from years 2004-2006. That was before it filled up - don't hate me! :)
    I've never done an R and R but I'm tempted to soon...I've heard they are hella fun. You should totally do the 3M half next february in Austin. It's a great (fast) race.

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  7. Eeek, good luck! That's where I live and I didn't enter but I'm hoping to cheer a bunch of bloggers on. :)

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