I loved taking a quick weekend road trip to Las Cruces. This is another small local race that is frequented by folks in the 50 States Club. It is a one mile loop as many times you need to finish your race distance. They host both a half marathon and full marathon. I think they…

The best thing about races in the Dallas/Irving area is that it is only a day’s drive from my place in Roswell. In an effort to save money, we planned for this race to help my husband achieve his quest to run a marathon every three weeks. This was a good time of year in…

This race was held in the Riverdale Regional Park in Brighton, Colorado. It was my first time to this park, even though it’s a mere 30 minute drive from home. What a beautiful place to spend a morning! The day before the race, I had some bad seafood. I was up most of the night…

The Alien Chase 5K is hosted every year in Roswell, NM during the UFO Festival (around the 4th of July weekend). Just like last year, it was very VERY hot and humid, even at the 7am race start. I learned my lesson from last year…black attracts mosquitoes, and so does the lack of bug spray.…

It has been a blazing hot summer in Colorado. Labor Day weekend was no exception! There were 3 distances available: half marathon, 10K, and 5K. The 10K started right when it was just cool enough but on the brink of heating up. Thankfully I dressed to what the weather would have been at my anticipated…