after completing the
georgetown 5k, i felt really giddy and excited about bringing home my shirt as a sort of "souvenir" from my trip. the last time that happened was in september when i got to haul three shirts, plus a few beautiful medals, home from the
dumbo double dare challenge in disneyland.
then i thought "hey that's fun; i've run a race in two different states
and dc!" and then, within a matter of minutes, there was no turning back and i officially committed myself to attempting to run a race in
all 50 states.
you've probably seen a few bloggers around who are trying to do the same! i always love reading their race recaps and totally have some of their hometown races on my wish list. i'm not sure if there's a set of rules my fellow bloggers all follow, but i did want to set a few guidelines for myself as i attempt this:
- it must be a timed race (i.e. no "fun" runs or training runs)
- it must be 5k or longer
- if a race happens over two states, i can only count one
i hope that this challenge will encourage me to travel (and run!) more, and hopefully it also leads to meeting more bloggers in person! i'll of course be documenting all the races on my blog, but i also
have a new tab that will keep track of each state i cross off my list!
are you trying to run a race in all of the states? any race recommendations in your state?
-b
Yay this is awesome! I'm doing this challenge as well (AND I ran with Kelsey in Anchorage a few weeks ago in the Her Tern Half!) and it's so much fun choosing new states to run! I'm up to 9 already! Clearly we need to run some races together now since we're basically the same runner!
ReplyDeleteyes! i need to go to alaska and you need to come to chicago!
DeleteYay! I am doing the same - it is fun to plan out. My friend (I mentioned her on the blog) is also doing this http://runningthestates.com (one of her older posts a co worker gives recommendations)
ReplyDeleteperfect! i need tons of recommendations!
DeleteHow exciting! I have a 50 states goal as well. Chicago will be #7 for me =)
ReplyDeleteI'd recommend the Baltimore Running Festival in October for Maryland - there's options from a 5k to full marathon, and you get an Under Armour shirt (& pretty nice medal too)!
I did the Pittsburgh half as well for Pennsylvania - it was fun to run over so many bridges (though it was pretty hot in May).
yay! chicago will be such an awesome race to cross one of your states off. and i actually might be coming out to baltimore for a conference next spring, so i'll be on the lookout for a race out there.
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