Streaking - what's it about?

So I decided to take on the Runner's World Challenge of streaking from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day. I've seen a lot of runners do it and I've heard it works great to loosen the body up after a long run. I thought I will give it a try for one month.

Yesterday was my 10K trot and I was feeling sore so I went out for a 1 mile recovery run today. DONE!

Time to catch up!

My husband came up to me and told me that I haven't blogged in over a month. YIKES! He was right so here's a really quick overview of what has been going on the last month and a half.

Miami Beach Halloween Half 10/26/2013

My first half of the season came up and I was so sick! I felt horrible and had a nasty cold but I was also very excited for my running buddies that were about to complete their first half. Hubs stayed with me as I took a very slow pace and cheered them on every time our paths crossed. They did an amazing job and we all got a very cool medal!   

 

Ft. Lauderdale Half 11/10/2013

I was almost completely recovered from my cold and decided to push harder at this half and ended up with a 3 minute PR - HAPPY!!! Another Mommyathlon running buddy hit a PR and bettered her time from the Halloween half and my husband hit a PR as well. My 26.2 running partner in crime stuck with me. We all went and had a delicious big breakfast after. YUM!

Two Happy PR Mommyathlons!

Thanksgiving Day Trot 11/28/2013

Last year, this race was the first time I ran 6 miles straight. I was curious to see how I could do this year in comparison to last year which was very difficult for me. Surrounded with amazing friends and my 26.2 partner who left early so I missed getting him in a pic, I was able to blow my last year's time away by 20 minutes. It was a wonderful way to start the day and to give thanks for amazing friends, a loving family and our health. We are so very lucky. My daughter ran the 5K and did great and my son participated in his first race - he still doesn't want to let go of his medal! 

The Color Run 5K - Miami

I can't say enough about how much fun this run is, especially if you go with family and friends. This was the second year my daughter and I attend and we're already looking forward to next year. Yes, you get dirty and yes it's messy, but oh my gosh, it's so much fun!!!

Pictures say a thousand words so I'm just going to show you the fun on this post!

The Zombie Run

If I had to describe the Zombie Run in one word, it would be "meh". It wasn't horrible, it wasn't great, it stood idly in the middle of both. Last night my husband and I ventured into this type of race for the first time thinking it would be fun. The actual course led us through extremely narrow paths filled with zombies grabbing at your life strings dangling from your waist. You are given three at the beginning of the run. The paths would then clear giving you a break. It was somewhat boring and the decor was limited. Some zombies had great make-up and others did not. At one point, the path turned towards the ocean and narrowed to a few feet and the zombies duplicated. A giant 6'4" man trying desperately to get away from a zombie pushed me so hard I flew into the water and landed my gorgeous pair of $150 Brooks and me into the ocean water. Needless to say, I was upset. I removed my last life string and put it in my pocket because I was trying to get out of the water and had about 5 zombies waiting for me hissing and growling and all I could think about was that my running shoes were drenched in salt water and filled with sand. As I walked out of the ocean, the zombies left me alone and I had to stop for a few minutes to let the water seep out of shoes. I considered removing them to get the sand out but there was no way I could put my socks on again after that so I just went on. 

The course was not calculated correctly so it wasn't a 5K after all which I normally wouldn't mind if it were not for the fact I was walking around in soaked shoes with lots of sand in them. I ran calmly and stopped to take lots of pictures of what I thought were the best zombies and made the best out of it. To every bad, there is a good. After all, it was date night for my husband and myself so we left the run and ended up having a great dinner and a great time.