I better stop and take a look back at October. Before we know it November will be over too and time just keeps going faster and faster. Or at least it seems like it.
In the month of October I continued my running streak by running everyday for at least 1 mile. The end of the month marked 157 days in a row of such running. In October I ran 125.58 miles, 12 of those miles being on "rest days".
Since I began my running streak on Memorial Day I have logged 603.50 miles and that brings my year to date total up to 873.64. I don't want to count my chicken before they egg hatch or jinx myself or whatever, but I'm feeling very confident that I will (for the first time in my life) run 1,000 miles in 1 year. This year alone I have surpassed any mileage marker I have ever made in my life.
Last week I hosted a giveaway for AdvoCare products. It didn't quite go like I had planned, but I have a winner. I was looking for three winners, but you snooze, you loose, I guess.
Amanda F of Too Tall Fritz, you are my winner!!!! Email me (6packmomma@gmail.com) with your info so I can ship you your AdvoCare products. Thanks for participating in my giveaway!
Monday, November 5, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Three Things Thursday - Ugh!
1. This Saturday, we will finally have a memorial service for my father-in-law and officially lay him to rest. I have so much to do in the next 24 hours it seems impossible. (So I better hurry this up since in theory I have no time to do this!) I can already feel a huge mix of emotions surging upon me. Just when I was having many long stretches of feeling "ok" with it all, I have to go back and revisit it all now. Ugh!
2. Yesterday was Halloween. We had a great time with the day, dressing up & having fun out trick or treating. I LOVE to dress up and have fun on this day with the kids. I don't do it to get candy (trust me my kids get enough themselves), but I enjoying being in costume just for the sake of it. This year I matched my youngest son as an Army solider.
For me, my "costume" was actually my military issued uniform from almost 20 years ago. (Yes, they still fit.) At the end of the day I really wondered how in the world I wore Army boots every day like that. Ouch! It's easier to run a marathon than suffer a day in those things. Anyway, right now I have a 4 year old having a melt down because at 8 a.m. in the morning I won't let her have candy for breakfast. Ugh!
3. Don't forget about my AdvoCare giveaway. You still have through tomorrow to enter. As of now, one person is set to win it all. Come on, give her a little competition!! Even if you don't want to enter, would you at least consider passing on the love with the info. Post it on your facebook page, tell your friends about it, etc. I promised to show you my costume that I ran in. Last Friday when I ran the Screaming Pumpkin (I know I am overdue for a complete race recap of that) I ran my 13.1 miles in a bunny costume. Here is one of the pictures snapped of me.
One of the very few highlights of the race was hearing many comments and cheers as I ran the course. Makes the effort worth it, although I also enjoyed doing it just for the sake of having fun too. Even if you don't enter my giveaway I really would love to see you running in a costume - just for the fun of it! Email it to me (6packmomma@gmail.com) or post it on my facebook page.
Don't forget to welcome in November today! 2 months left in the year.....where has the time gone? Ugh!
2. Yesterday was Halloween. We had a great time with the day, dressing up & having fun out trick or treating. I LOVE to dress up and have fun on this day with the kids. I don't do it to get candy (trust me my kids get enough themselves), but I enjoying being in costume just for the sake of it. This year I matched my youngest son as an Army solider.
3. Don't forget about my AdvoCare giveaway. You still have through tomorrow to enter. As of now, one person is set to win it all. Come on, give her a little competition!! Even if you don't want to enter, would you at least consider passing on the love with the info. Post it on your facebook page, tell your friends about it, etc. I promised to show you my costume that I ran in. Last Friday when I ran the Screaming Pumpkin (I know I am overdue for a complete race recap of that) I ran my 13.1 miles in a bunny costume. Here is one of the pictures snapped of me.
(An upclose look before the horrible race fun began)
One of the very few highlights of the race was hearing many comments and cheers as I ran the course. Makes the effort worth it, although I also enjoyed doing it just for the sake of having fun too. Even if you don't enter my giveaway I really would love to see you running in a costume - just for the fun of it! Email it to me (6packmomma@gmail.com) or post it on my facebook page.
Don't forget to welcome in November today! 2 months left in the year.....where has the time gone? Ugh!
Monday, October 29, 2012
AdvoCare Giveway
Even though giving is one of my most favorite things to do, it has been awhile since I have given anything away on my blog. It's not something I can afford to do on my own and so I'm relying on companies to be generous with their product for me to sample and/or give away. I don't have companies banging down my blog door and I don't necessarily have time to be persuing them. Just a fyi though, for any company, I am always willing to sample/test/review your product for FREE and if able to pass the product onto those who read my blog.
I'm pretty sure I hear crickets chirpping right now, so I'll get on with the giveaway.
Please note, that this is ONLY a giveaway and not a review of the product as well. My good friends Bob & Samantha Estrada sell this product and I'm happy to get the product into your hands if you are so inclined to try this product. I have on a small, maybe once or twice basis, used this product, but not enough to give a valued opinion of the product. Based on the information I do have about the product and what I have seen on other blogs it is a good solid product that I have no problem promoting.
For this giveaway, I will be choosing 3 winners for the following products:
~ 1 box (14 pouches) of Mango Pineapple Rehydrate Electrolyte Replacement Drink
To participate in the giveaway I will be asking you do the following things to earn entries. The more you do, the more entries you get and chances you have of winning. I'm keeping it simple and fun so sign up and maybe you'll win one of the prizes.
For +1 entry you must like Knox County AdvoCare: this is the facebook page set up by my friend Bob Estrada. Connect with this page to have him help you with all your AdvoCare questions and needs.
For +2 entries each day, tell others about this giveaway, which will in turn, let them know about my blog. Put it on facebook or your own blog and make sure I know about when/where you posted about it.
For +10 entries (wowza!) you must post on my She Runs Everywhere facebook page a picture of you running in a costume. Or email it to me: 6packmomma@gmail.com. Ha! You probably thought I had forgotten all about the whole costume thing since I hadn't mentioned it yet in this post. I'll show you mine, if you show me yours......meaning later this week, I will post my picture from my race last weekend in a full bunny costume.
Click below to make your entries count:
a Rafflecopter giveaway
This giveaway will go through Friday, November 2, 2012. I will select the winners over the weekend and announce them on Monday, November 5, 2012.
I'm pretty sure I hear crickets chirpping right now, so I'll get on with the giveaway.
Please note, that this is ONLY a giveaway and not a review of the product as well. My good friends Bob & Samantha Estrada sell this product and I'm happy to get the product into your hands if you are so inclined to try this product. I have on a small, maybe once or twice basis, used this product, but not enough to give a valued opinion of the product. Based on the information I do have about the product and what I have seen on other blogs it is a good solid product that I have no problem promoting.
For this giveaway, I will be choosing 3 winners for the following products:
~ 1 box (14 pouches) of Mango Pineapple Rehydrate Electrolyte Replacement Drink
~ 1 box (14 pouches) of Mango Strawberry Spark Energy Drink
~ 2 Perfectly Peach AdvoBar Nutrition Bar A.M
To participate in the giveaway I will be asking you do the following things to earn entries. The more you do, the more entries you get and chances you have of winning. I'm keeping it simple and fun so sign up and maybe you'll win one of the prizes.
For +1 entry you must like Knox County AdvoCare: this is the facebook page set up by my friend Bob Estrada. Connect with this page to have him help you with all your AdvoCare questions and needs.
For +2 entries each day, tell others about this giveaway, which will in turn, let them know about my blog. Put it on facebook or your own blog and make sure I know about when/where you posted about it.
For +10 entries (wowza!) you must post on my She Runs Everywhere facebook page a picture of you running in a costume. Or email it to me: 6packmomma@gmail.com. Ha! You probably thought I had forgotten all about the whole costume thing since I hadn't mentioned it yet in this post. I'll show you mine, if you show me yours......meaning later this week, I will post my picture from my race last weekend in a full bunny costume.
Click below to make your entries count:
a Rafflecopter giveaway
This giveaway will go through Friday, November 2, 2012. I will select the winners over the weekend and announce them on Monday, November 5, 2012.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Worst Race EVER!
This will be brief. Since I planned on starting my giveaway tomorrow, I didn't want to give a race recap about the Screaming Pumpkin until Tuesday. However, I feel there is one HUGE detail that I must tell you all about asap.
I hang my head in complete shame to tell you that I have my first ever DNF!!!! *shock* *gasp* That's right, you can all walk away and stop following my blog now because I QUIT!
Ok, so I don't need to be quite so dramatic. I'm not completely filled with shame (just a little) and I know that my true friends and followers love me/my blog for ME and not for how I perform in running & racing. Some of you might even be relieved that I'm not so perfect after all. I'm human and I finally failed at a racing endeavor. A little bit of humble pie might have been long over due for me anyway.
For now it's best to sum Friday night up into my worst race EVER! Many circumstances I can blame on the race itself, some of it was just nature and how my body responded to things, etc. However I don't blame anyone/anything for my quitting but myself. It was a choice *I* made based on the events of the evening.
I did manage to finish half of the race. I ran 13.1 miles. Even though I didn't get the full course done I gave it what I did have before calling it quits. This race is not your typical marathon anyway. I waited for my friends (who were there running as a relay team) to finish, grabbed all my swag and got out of there. I wanted to get as far away from that race and that night as possible.
So there, I've fessed up. I've been holding it in. I cringe every time someone asks me about the race and haven't posted too much about it at all on facebook. I'm full of emotions right now over it that range from high to low. I promise to give you a full report of the race later this week.
I hang my head in complete shame to tell you that I have my first ever DNF!!!! *shock* *gasp* That's right, you can all walk away and stop following my blog now because I QUIT!
Ok, so I don't need to be quite so dramatic. I'm not completely filled with shame (just a little) and I know that my true friends and followers love me/my blog for ME and not for how I perform in running & racing. Some of you might even be relieved that I'm not so perfect after all. I'm human and I finally failed at a racing endeavor. A little bit of humble pie might have been long over due for me anyway.
For now it's best to sum Friday night up into my worst race EVER! Many circumstances I can blame on the race itself, some of it was just nature and how my body responded to things, etc. However I don't blame anyone/anything for my quitting but myself. It was a choice *I* made based on the events of the evening.
I did manage to finish half of the race. I ran 13.1 miles. Even though I didn't get the full course done I gave it what I did have before calling it quits. This race is not your typical marathon anyway. I waited for my friends (who were there running as a relay team) to finish, grabbed all my swag and got out of there. I wanted to get as far away from that race and that night as possible.
So there, I've fessed up. I've been holding it in. I cringe every time someone asks me about the race and haven't posted too much about it at all on facebook. I'm full of emotions right now over it that range from high to low. I promise to give you a full report of the race later this week.
Look closely, I altered my medal.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Friday's Funnies
Have a great weekend everyone! Don't forget to laugh (and run, preferably in a costume, for me to see)!!!!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
TTT: Costumes & Giveaways
1. Throwing out a little teaser here. I have a give away coming up on Monday. I will have your usual chances to earn entries into my giveaway: ie, like my fb page, follow my blog, etc. The biggest points/chances to earn entries will be submitting picture(s) of you running in a costume. Tis the season for such fun activities (unless you are like me and any day is a reason to run in a costume, just for fun) so grab your camera, go for a run or race and get ready to send me some great pictures.
2. Speaking of costumes and races, I am running the Screaming Pumpkin tomorrow night. I have been very, VERY good at resting this week. I've done easy mile days for the most part of the week. Only last night did I get a solid run in with my girlfriend (and becoming a secondary running partner) Julia. We had our last running of the year with Sole Sisters, a group that the local running store hosts. Of course, who can pass up girl time and running AND food out afterwards? Not me! Anyway, Screaming Pumpkin.....last year I went and ran as a fully dressed Christmas tree. I won first prize in the contest ($150 to the running store....oh yeah baby!). When I was up getting my prize they asked if I would be back again next year and as what. Without even thinking I said the first thing that came to mind..."I'm going to be the Easter Bunny!" Well, fast forward a few months and I did come across and actually run in a full fledged bunny costume for the Jelly Bean virtual run. I've toyed around many ideas of what I race in on Friday and I decided to be true to my word and I will be running a full marathon in said costume.
3. Speaking of giveaways, I thought I'd mention one that I'm aware of that is going on. I'm not entering it, but thought I would share the love by telling you all about it. Too Tall Fritz is another great blogger that I have met through Team Tough Chik (only 4 more days to join to team if you are interested. don't say I didn't warn you!). I've never met her in person (I hope to someday), but from what I know about her & through her blog she seems pretty freakin' amazing. So hop (get it...bunny....hop....hahahahahaha) on over to her blog and check out her giveaway.
2. Speaking of costumes and races, I am running the Screaming Pumpkin tomorrow night. I have been very, VERY good at resting this week. I've done easy mile days for the most part of the week. Only last night did I get a solid run in with my girlfriend (and becoming a secondary running partner) Julia. We had our last running of the year with Sole Sisters, a group that the local running store hosts. Of course, who can pass up girl time and running AND food out afterwards? Not me! Anyway, Screaming Pumpkin.....last year I went and ran as a fully dressed Christmas tree. I won first prize in the contest ($150 to the running store....oh yeah baby!). When I was up getting my prize they asked if I would be back again next year and as what. Without even thinking I said the first thing that came to mind..."I'm going to be the Easter Bunny!" Well, fast forward a few months and I did come across and actually run in a full fledged bunny costume for the Jelly Bean virtual run. I've toyed around many ideas of what I race in on Friday and I decided to be true to my word and I will be running a full marathon in said costume.
3. Speaking of giveaways, I thought I'd mention one that I'm aware of that is going on. I'm not entering it, but thought I would share the love by telling you all about it. Too Tall Fritz is another great blogger that I have met through Team Tough Chik (only 4 more days to join to team if you are interested. don't say I didn't warn you!). I've never met her in person (I hope to someday), but from what I know about her & through her blog she seems pretty freakin' amazing. So hop (get it...bunny....hop....hahahahahaha) on over to her blog and check out her giveaway.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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