Archives for May 2014

Skirt Sports Half Marathon: An Invitation to a #RUNcelebration

Disclaimer: Skirt Sports provided me with an item from their collection in exchange for promotion of their Virtual Half Marathon. On Sunday, June 1st, Skirt Sports is hosting the Skirt Sports Half Marathon and 5k in Louisville, Colorado. No worries, if you can’t make it to Colorado, the great news is that they are offering a virtual race option with some of the same amazing perks as the folks in Colorado. Who? YOU. Feel free to partner up with some {Read More}

Race Recap: 2014 West Point 5k

Last weekend, I made a last-minute decision to run the West Point 5k. Despite having this race on my calendar for a few months, I procrastinated on signing up for the event. There were a few reasons for my lack of enthusiasm: 1.) West Point is definitely the hilliest place I have lived and while training on hills makes me faster for those flat races, those hills aren’t so helpful during a race. I knew it would be really difficult for me to churn {Read More}

Review: Popsugar Must Have Snacks by Naturebox

Disclosure: POPSUGAR and NatureBox provided me with a complimentary POPSUGAR Must Have Snacks by NatureBox box. The opinions I have shared about the box are my own, and POPSUGAR and NatureBox did not tell me what to say or how to say it. Popsugar partnered with Naturebox to create the Popsugar Must Have Snacks by Naturebox. This partnership kicks off with this limited-edition box of five NatureBox snacks selected by POPSUGAR Editor in Chief Lisa Sugar and her team of editors. This exclusive box includes 1 bag of lemon pucker pistachios, {Read More}

Lottery Luck

  After running Marine Corps last October, I had a feeling that I was going to run another marathon {Jake and Niki, I think you called this moments after I finished MCM}. Now, I didn’t really mentally embrace this idea of running another marathon until recently but since everything sells out at the drop of the hat these days, I wanted to be prepared if I did have the itch to run another 26.2. In December, a month out from MCM and even though {Read More}