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Friday Five – Race Registration Savings Tips

August 15, 2014 Happy Friday! This week has been light on RJR, but will be back to its normal posting schedule next week :) Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia. Many of my co-workers ask how I am able to sign up for so many races, so today I am sharing 5 ways how I save on race registrations. Hope these tips are helpful! 1. Planning / Early Registration  Like many of you, I have a running bucket list…

Friday Five – Race Memories

August 8, 2014 Happy Friday!  Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and I am digging this week’s theme, Race Memories. 1. First Race - Turkey Chase 10K Call me crazy, but my first organized race was the Turkey Chase 10K in Bethesda, Maryland 2. Most Sentimental - Marine Corp Marathon  My first (and only - so far) marathon.  I can’t believe it was 7 years ago! 3. Most Memorable - LOVE Run Philadelphia I loved everything about this race, BUT…

Friday Five – What’s New

August 1, 2014 And just like that it is August!  I’ve been catching up on work, house stuff, and life since I’ve return from my trip so been a bit behind on blog stuff and twitter!  I plan on catching up on your comments and posts this weekend :)  Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is What’s New.  1. Babies Babies Babies If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen my new baby cousins, Reagan…

Friday Five: Maryland Bucket List Races

July 25, 2014 Hello from Tbilisi which is the capital of Georgia. Vacation has been great and I look forward to sharing my travel photos next week.  Last month I shared my Five DC Bucket List Races.  Today I am going to share my Five Maryland Bucket List Races. These are races that I have never participated in (and in no particular order).  1. Frederick Half Marathon and 5K Image: Frederick Running Festival  Having run the Baltimore Half Marathon three…

Friday Five – Favorite Race Shirts

Friday is finally here! I am very excited for this weekend as I am headed to Istanbul, Turkey and Tbilisi, Georgia for vacation! Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Favorite _______.  I thought I would keep it light and fun and share my Five Favorite Race Shirts.  It was not an easy feat as I’ve raced in over 40 the past 10 years (unfortunately my older race shirts are at my parents house - the cotton ones)! In no…

Friday Five – Fitness Snapshots

July 11, 2014 Happy Friday! Doesn’t the week following a holiday weekend feel so long? Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia and the theme is Fitness Snapshots. I thought I would share five pictures from my quick track workout yesterday (before the rain). 1. Warm up walk to the track   2. Gotta get the shoe pic (this track only had 4 lanes)  3. First of six laps (2400m warm up). Feels weird running on this surface.  4. Did a few…

Friday Five – Fourth of July Edition

July 4, 2014 "We will not go quietly into the night…Today we celebrate our Independence Day!" - President Whitmore  President Whitmore?! I bet you may recall a President Filmore…are you sure you do not remember him…from Independence Day! Haha :) Hello Friday Five and Happy Fourth of July - hope most of you will be enjoying a long weekend.  1. PRR Firecracker 5K  Looking forward to a fun race - PRR always puts on a good one. Will see some of you there!…

Friday Five – Things About Me II

June 27, 2014 Friday, Friday, Friday!  Today I am linking up with Mar, Courtney, and Cynthia. This week’s theme is “Five Things About Me.” Mine are going to be completely random, enjoy!  1. Gum Wrapper Chain Extraordinaire  Image: Guinness World Record Holder Gum Wrapper When I was younger I aspired to be the Guinness World Record Holder. My cousin would bring me a bag of gum wrappers each week so I could add to my chain (fruit stripes had the best colors).  I think I got…

Friday Five: DC Bucket List Races

June 20, 2014 Happy Happy Friday!  We are half way through 2014 and of course I am drafting my 2015 running schedule!  It feels like yesterday when I shared my 2014 schedule. As I begin the planning process I thought I would share Five DC Bucket List Races (start, runs through, and/or finishes in DC proper).  In no particular order: 1. Lawyers Have Hearts 10K This has been on my bucket list for some time now.  The course begins/ends in…

Friday Five: Lessons from MCM ’07 Training

June 13, 2014 Another Friday is here and we are almost midway through June… what??!?!?? Summer is going to F-L-Y.  This past Wednesday I attended Potomac River Running’s Distance Training Program kickoff at their new Penn Quarter location (more about that in an upcoming post).  Image: Potomac River Running DTP The kickoff meeting brought back memories of training for my first 26.2, the Marine Corp Marathon.  Although it has been 7 years, I thought it would be a good exercise…