Jazz hands to reflect our excitement for the Ron Daws 25k! You read that correctly folks- five dollars! I shouldn't even be posting about this race because I think its a bit of a runners' secret. So here's the plan: just tell all your frenemies to go pay $70 for the Team Ortho Get Lucky half marathon (plus $10 to park at the race and $10 to park at packet pickup), and Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: Get Lucky 1/2 Marathon
By Cool J in MinneapolisThis morning, I ran the Team Ortho Get Lucky 1/2 marathon. I did a preview of this race HERE. Remember the nice sweatshirt I wrote about? Nice sweatshirts!There was also a 7k race at 9 am today, which is quite popular (11,000+ runners) but we had 15-17 miles on the marathon training schedule, so most of the spring marathoners in the Calhoun Beach Running Club Continue Reading
Fits Do (Future) Race Reviews: Get Lucky!
By Cool J in MinneapolisMy spring race calendar has changed just a tiny bit since this post, where I listed the Securian Run, Goldy's 10 mile, Borgess Run for the Health of It Half Marathon in Kalamazoo, the TC 1 Mile, and of course the Newport Marathon. There's just one change so far. Instead of Goldy's 10 mile, our coach put the Get Lucky 21k on the calendar (i.e. 21k= 13.1 Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: Securian Winter Run
By Cool J in MinneapolisThis morning I ran the Securian Winter Run, formerly known as the "Frozen Half." Well, let's be honest, a lot of us still call it the frozen half!In my "Fits Do Future Race Reviews post from a few months ago, I did publicly state that I was going to run this race, and I did register a few months ago. I hate to register for a race and not run it, but as the race Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: Moustache Run 5k
By Cool JRogue? Partyboy? The Scoundrel? What's this all about?It's about the end of Movember! Since 2004, November is that time of year when all the men start to look a little creepier, by growing out 'staches for a good cause. But November is now over, and this year, to raise more money for prostate cancer awareness, a group of CBRC members participated in the Moustache Run 5kTo ensure we got in Continue Reading
Fits Do Race Reviews: 5th Annual Family Turkey Trot
By Cool JFive years of a healthy family tradition continued this past Thursday morning, as nearly everyone in my immediate family arrived for the 5th annual running of the family Turkey Trot. Eight runners and one dog ran the new and improved 5k (which was actually a 4 miler) on a (very) warm Thanksgiving morning in Brookfield, Wisconsin. There were also two babies, Continue Reading
Fits Do Race (P)Reviews: Wedel Turkey Trot
By: LLLet me take you back for a moment - back five years ago to a time when gas was still $3.00/gallon and these two fitting sisters were still "way dull." It was a cold, icy Thanksgiving morning as six brave souls headed out for the first Wedel Turkey Trot 5k.The shirts were cotton long sleeves featuring a design made by CJ (far right). There were not any race bibs and the entire course was Continue Reading