7/22/12

Headsweats Velocity Visor Winners

Enough waiting already!!!  I am finally announcing the winners of our Headsweats giveaway!


Fellow For The Love Of The Run teammates suggested we pick brand new never-won-nothing-from-us-before winners.  Again, as usual, I want to pick everyone.  Nikki, your gift is indeed priceless.  Shauna and MaryAlicia, your gifts are precious enough that the English language has not a single fitting word to describe them.  I am fighting the urge to slip your names into my e-mail to our Headsweats rep...  But you guys have no room to be bitter- you've all won stuff from us recently.

7/16/12

Oh Look. I Left My Balls At Home. Pennsylvania Spartan Sprint 7/14/12 Race Review


"YOU MAY DIE OR BE CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED." See, I was warned...
My fingers are reluctantly tapping the keyboard to write this race report.  I decided it would be fair to wait at least 24 hours from our start time to try and assess and process the entire Spartan Sprint experience and attempt to pound it into words that fellow humans can comprehend.  Throughout this "race" my emotions were on an extreme roller coaster.  Don't mistake that for dramatic hysteria.  (Un)Fortunately, my upbringing trained me very early on to be very comfortable with behaving as though all is right in the world even when it is shaken and turned upside down.  I realized that this experience directly reunited me with my "inner child" (ugh) as the only thing that I could compare my mental and emotional state to was my helpless, uncertain, fearful existence as a little kid living in an unpredictable, unsafe environment.  How crazy is it that a race that I willingly signed up for brought flashbacks to childhood trauma? 

Just to prove that I am not a complete wuss vying for a cyber pity party, let me spew out some of my bad-ass credentials.  I have run four marathons in one year.  (that's 26.2 miles for those of you who assume any "race" is a marathon)  I have tattoos.  I have birthed three children without pain medication.  The first one was over ten pounds.  The second followed a home labor that was nearly 36 hours. (and was nearly delivered in the front passenger seat of a car)  The third was induced.  Women who have had induced labors know that induction can cause off-the-chart contractions and pain that is indescribable.  And as I implied in the previous paragraph, I have witnessed pretty scary, violent stuff as a child (that's for another blog) so needless to say, my durable, strong, shatter-resistant spine is intact. 

7/14/12

Featured anyBODY Runner Maryalicia V.

Click on the photo below to read Maryalicia's story.  Maryalicia shares how a 5K Fun Walk/Run in support of her daughter's therapy center (in June 2010) led to her completion of nineteen Half Marathons, one Full Marathon, and nearly a dozen other races of varying distances in only two short years!


7/2/12

Here I am! - Headsweats Velocity Visor Giveaway!

Well where have I been hiding, right?

I've had such a busy month- a job transition, a challenging sewing project, end of school year madness, and lots of little reasons to celebrate have kept my fingers away from the keyboard.

I have yet to take a moment to list all the great discounts that are available on this site:

With the code "loveoftherun" you can save:
$20 on Trenton Half Marathon Registration (Race is on 11/10 in Trenton NJ)
$5 on any Undy 5000 5k Race in the country
$10 on the Jersey Pride Triathlon (7/8 on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, NJ)

And with code "pacepermile" you can save 25% on Headsweats gear.

Do not forget that we are still accepting participants in the Instead Softcup Challenge.  If you are a (female) blogger who would like to try Instead Softcup for free and write a blog review about it, Instead Softcup will pay your next race registration.  (up to $125)  You have to admit, that's a pretty good deal!