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Friday Five – Halloween Edition

October 31, 2014 Happy All Hallow’s Eve!  I am currently en route to New York - so excited!  Thanks for your race day outfit votes/comments on Wednesday. Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is “Halloween” - so festive!  I look forward to reading everyone’s take on this theme - I went with Halloween through the Decades. Enjoy! 1. The 80’s A not so scary kindergarten clown. My mom sewed this costume! 2. The 90’s Little Red Riding Hood…

Friday Five – Reasons to Run a Half Marathon

October 24, 2014 Happy Friday!! I am looking forward to this weekend - wedding and birthday celebrations galore! Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is “Five Reasons to Run a ________.”  Now did you think I was going to say Marathon? One of my favorite distances is the half marathon - 17 races and counting! Here are Five Reasons to Run a Half Marathon: 1. They are Plentiful! As of April 2014 there were an estimated 2,100…

Friday Five-Marine Corps Marathon Spectators

October 17, 2014 Happy Happy Friday! This week felt particularly long, so glad it is the weekend! Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia.  The Marine Corps Marathon, also known as the “People’s Marathon” is 9 days away!  As a DC runner and spectator I thought I would share Five Cheering Spots for Marine Corp Marathon Spectators (mirrors several of the suggestions from the MCM site). 1.  Lincoln Memorial Steps Several DC races take runners past the Lincoln Memorial (runners see …

Friday Five – Favorite Fuels for Running

October 10, 2014  Happy Friday! Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Five Favorite Fuels for Running (or Fitness Activity).  Timing of this post is great as I have a 20 miler tomorrow. I’ll be interested to see what everyone else has on their list.  Here are my five (they are a bit vanilla):  1. {Pre-Run} Go Bananas! Pretty much a staple for both short and long distances.  2. {Pre-Run} Peanut, Peanut Butter or Almond Butter I…

Friday Five – Happy 1 Year of Blogging

October 3, 2014 Happy Friday! I am currently heading to Corning, NY for the Wineglass Half Marathon.  Today Run Jenny Run Turned 1!  Below was my first tumblr post 365 days ago - lengthy huh? Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and thought I would share Five of my Favorite Posts. 1. Napa/Sonoma Racecation (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) In October 2013 I headed to Napa and Sonoma for my friend’s wedding.  While I was there I turned my…

Friday Five: VA Race Bucket List

September 26, 2014 Happy Friday! Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia. This is part three of my DMV (District | Maryland | Virginia) race bucket list posts.  I started these lists as part of my 2015 race planning process.  These are races that I have never participated in (and in no particular order): 1. Shamrock Half Marathon Image: Shamrock Marathon I’ve heard so many great things about Shamrock weekend - and I am so excited to participate as part of the…

Friday Five – Favorite Things at the Moment

September 19, 2014 Happy Friday! This week has been busssy so I am looking forward to this weekend. Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Favorite Things ________.  I thought I would share my Five Favorite Things at the Moment. 1. YAMAmotoYAMA Organic Iced Green Tea-Pineapple Mango When I was in New York a couple of weekends for my friends wedding, we made a stop to a Japanese grocery store.  I sampled this green tea and bought…

Friday Five – Blogs to Love

September 12, 2014 Happy Friday! Good luck to everyone running Ragnar DC, Navy Air Force, and _________ (fill in your race name).  Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Blogs to Love. Several of my favorite blogs participate in this linkup, so I decided to share five blogs outside the Friday Five that are newish to me this year.  In no particular order:  1. Blog About Running Kristina is a Floridian who started running in 2013.  She…

Friday Five – Race Rituals

September 5, 2014 I love short weeks! Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Race Rituals.  I decided to write about my pre-race night rituals. 1. Caprese Salad Please Image: Wikipedia  Whenever I have a pre-race dinner with my friend Emily (who am I kidding… any Italian dinner), we order a caprese salad - sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil…yummmm. If you ever are in Annapolis, Carpaccio had an amazing caprese.  2. Fashion Show Picking out an…

Friday Five – Fall Preview

August 29, 2014 Yay for Friday and the long weekend! I am currently in transit to New York for my friend Patty’s wedding! Also - thanks to Jenn from Running on Lentils who noticed my blog was not appearing in her Bloglovin feed - apparently Tumblr still has Bloglovin blocked. I’m looking at a redesign this winter…hint hint on things to come. Anyways…. Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Fall Preview…..yes….was hoping for this one! 1.…