Since I knocked out a lot of “firsts” in 2012 I thought I’d do a quick recap of all the fun, exciting, sweaty, sometimes painful and tear-filled places it took me.
That’s ME!
February 2012: My first running-related adventure of the year wasn’t a race or a marathon, it was something total different, something I’ll never forget. In December 2011 I was lucky enough to be chosen by Newton Running to be featured Continue reading
This won’t be my my typical Lusting After post, instead, it’s a list of a few of my favorite things for all of you last-minute shoppers that have a runner on your gift-giving list, assuming they are on the Nice List 
*drool*
Gift Idea: Garmin 610 Special Edition
What makes it lust worthy? This watch is not only functionally awesome, it’s super sexy too with it’s bold white, blue and green color scheme. It tracks your distance, pace, GPS position, calories, etc… and Continue reading
Date Of Event: August 18, 2012
Price: $45.00 Proceeds going to Keep-A-Breast Canada, and 15% of my registration was donated to Going Coastal.
I was super excited for this race for 3 reasons: 1) I’ve NEVER done a 5k, I guess I felt it was appropriate to just jump straight into half marathons, typical thought process for me, 2) the race just looked so fun and dirty, how could I resist, and 3) Continue reading
Date Of Event: July 31, 2011
Price: $105.00
Ever since I started to really run, the San Francisco Marathon was a clear choice for me. It’s no secret, San Francisco is by far one of my all time favorite cities and to have the privilege to run it was just something I had to take advantage of. A couple months back, just after the Vancouver BMO half I was feeling pretty good so I decided to sign up for the SF First Half Marathon. I knew I had my work cut out for me since Continue reading
MLL aka Cake Monkey!
As I began to look into the details of the race I was happy to read that a portion of the proceeds were going to the local food bank, big points right off the bat! The entry fee for an 8-member team was $520.00 + taxes, which worked out to approx. $80/team member. Continue reading
