Days of 24 10K

I'm planning on running the Days of 24 10K. Is anyone else doing that? If anyone other Marathon Mommies are doing this race I would love to meet any of you at the starting line. I'm always there by myself and I had so much fun meeting so many of you during the Wasatch Back Relay and realized that there's so many of us in the area that I thought maybe it would be fun to meet some more of you and hang out at the starting line. I promise I'm not THAT weird, you can ask any of the Wasatch Back Team members. Who is in?

*I'm also planing on doing the Top of Utah Half in September. Anyone else?

Wasatch Back Video

Hey guys...sorry to be posting yet again...I guess I've just been having too much fun running lately. I just wanted to put a link to a little amatuer video I made of our Wasatch Back team. I thought that maybe some of you running mommies who haven't had a chance yet to run in one of these fun relay races would like to see what they are like (kindof). I have it posted on my blog Here

Jogging Strollers: A Question

We received a question from "Chicklet" about jogging strollers:

I know last year you posted a question on this, but I'm wondering if anybody's opinions have changed, or anybody's bought a stroller recently that they love. I'm 5 months pregnant and debating between the Bob and the Chariot. The problem is both get great reviews everywhere, but I don't know that these reviews come from real runners or just people who take a casual jog/walk once in awhile? I'd like real runners' opinions? I lean towards the Chariot as it has all the features I want, but the size of it really freaks me out that I'll grow to hate my decision as it'll always be too hard to deal with (storage, getting in/out the house/car). I don't however want to buy a halfass jogging stroller that's not REALLY a jogger, and then end up hating that it doesn't run well when the Chariot would have? Thank you.

chicklet

Seattle Rock n Roll Marathon Race Report and a Give Away!

My good friend Mel(tall mom on the run) ran her first marathon at the Seattle Rock n Roll marathon last weekend! She leaves comments on this blog a lot and I though maybe some of you might like to read her race report. Here's the link to her running blog. I am not linking you specifically to her race report because.... she's having an AWESOME give away you might be interested in that too. So, go to the blog, check out the give away, and then scroll down for her race report. :)

Click her to get to Tall Mom on the Run's blog

Come run in Idaho!

Hi Gals!

I'm not getting a dime for promoting it, but I wanted to put a plug in for the Mesa Falls marathon and half-marathon in Ashton, Idaho on Saturday, August 22nd. It's one of those incredibly fun and well-organized small-town marathons, boasting breath-taking scenery, a nice embroidered shirt, a unique medal and a free huckleberry milkshake as part of your race swag. They also offer a pre-race dinner the night before for $5.00 and a well-stocked "runner's breakfast" for free the morning of the race. The half-marathon course is somewhat challenging: it starts on a mountain trail for the first three miles, followed by a three-mile long incline as you come out of the Targhee National Forest, but then you're greeted with beautiful rolling hills as you make your way across the rural farmlands to the finish line, where there's lots of food and music to celebrate.

To be fair, I do have a hidden agenda: we recently finished our basement and have lots of room for guests. I'd love to have any of you who are interested in running Mesa Falls stay with us... free of charge, of course! We live just 20 minutes south of Ashton (in Rexburg), so coming and going would be a breeze. I thought I'd put it out there first for my Wasatch Back peeps but if it doesn't fit in anyone's plans, I'll post on Marathon Mommies too. There's many of you I didn't have a chance to get to know better at the WBR and thought this might be another opportunity. As of now, I'm planning on running the Mesa Falls half as a training run for the Top of Utah marathon in September... but even if I don't run MF at all, my offer to stay with us still stands!

We've got room for several runners or a small family. Give me a shout via e-mail if you're interested or have any questions.

Angie

tallgirlrunning@gmail.com

Going to Alaska -- Where Should I Run?

Are there any Alaskan running moms out there?

What running routes, trails, parks, would you recommend for someone visiting the area, July 22 - 29th? (Anchorage, Juno)

My friend would love the opportunity to explore the beauty of Alaska while wearing her running shoes. I'm sure you can all understand. : )

Thanks in advance for any information.

Seattle Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon Report...

I just got back from a crazy busy trip to Washington. While I was there I had the chance to run in the inaugural Seattle Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon with my sister. We knew a long time ago that we had to go to Seattle the end of June (for a conference that my sister was working at-and I had agreed to help her) and then when we found out that the Rock-n-roll Marathon was that weekend...we couldn't resist signing up (apparently right before it sold out). Even last week though, we weren't sure if we would actually be able to run it, my sister has been really sick for several weeks and even had to drop out of the Wasatch Back Relay (her most favorite race) because the doctors wouldn't let her run. She was determined though to run this race-so we decided that we would just take it easy and have fun...if we needed to walk or whatever we would.
This race was HUGE!!! We were in starting corrals and it took us 26 minutes after the gun to actually start the race.

(once we could finally see the start line)

Then we were off...it was a fun race....a little more hilly than we thought it would be but still fun. There were bands every few miles and I have never seen so many aid stations. We ran for a while along the waterfront and that was beautiful! Running into the city was also cool.

(That is me..running in front of my sister...going into the city)

We didn't pay attention to our times or paces until about mile 11. It was then that I realized that we were nearing the 2 hour mark. We tried to give it everything that we had at that point to come in under 2 hours but crossed the finish line at 2:01. I was dissapointed that I hadn't pushed myself a little harder....to come in under 2 hours...but oh well-it was still alot of fun!

Wasatch Back Race Report

If you're interested- I posted about Wasatch Back on my personal blog. It was an awesome weekend!