Front Porch Days is a 2-day festival that takes place in the beautiful Plum Creek Community in Kyle, Texas. Part of this event includes For the Love of Go races with 5 distances to choose from including a half marathon, 10K, 5K, 3K and 1K. This is a local race in my home state of…

The Flying Pig Half Marathon was my 33rd race and 11th half marathon for 2023. Ohio was not a new state for me tho. I ran the Air Force Half Marathon back in 2019 so other then my home state of Texas, this is my first repeat state. In addition to all of that, this…

The OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon aka: The Indy Mini was the 20th state in my 50 states running journey! This was a back-to-back double race weekend for me, having just run a half marathon in both Minnesota and Wisconsin the weekend before (and then a Star Wars themed race in between the 2 weekends) and…

On Monday May 1st, I traveled home from running a double race weekend up north (in freezing cold temps) and I wasn’t feeling well. By Wednesday I was at urgent care and they ruled out all of the serious stuff like Covid, Flu, Strep… etc. I just had sinusitis and the doc suggested OTC allergy…

The 19th Run State in my 50 states running journey was in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The day after running the Get in Gear Half Marathon in Minnesota, my travel friends and I ran the Eau Claire Half Marathon. This race had several other distances to choose from over the weekend. There was a 5K, 10K…

Minneapolis, Minnesota is now the 18th state in my 50 states running journey. I ran the Twin Cities in Motion Get in Gear Half Marathon as the first part of a “double race weekend” with friends. Travel Running friends Tali, Robin and Laurel all made the trip and we did a little bit of exploring….

With Fiesta still in full swing the SARR Mission Run 13.1/10K/5K & Kids 1K was another Festive San Antonio Fiesta-themed race that I was totally looking forward to! Unfortunately, there were severe thunderstorms on race morning. ⛈️ SARR was all set up at Mission County Park in south San Antonio. They were closely monitoring the…

One of the most Festive and Colorful 5K races in San Antonio (and there are several) is the Our Lady of The Lake Confetti 5K. It also kicks off Fiesta in San Antonio! 🪅 The Beautiful OLLU Campus is the perfect venue for this race, which is also a fundraiser for student scholarships. Race morning…

The Statesman Capitol 10,000 (Cap10K) is Austin’s oldest annual race and the largest 10K in Texas… everything’s bigger in Texas. 🤠 This was the 46th year and only my second time running the live event (even tho I’ve registered 5 times.) The 2019 event was canceled due to severe weather and then the 2020 and…

Bexar Branches 5K “Run for the Trees” and Kids Mile, by Run in Texas is an Earth-Friendly event held at McAllister Park in San Antonio. Each registration includes a race shirt made from 100% recycled fabric. ♻️ This “Tree.1” mile run benefits the Bexar Branches Alliance (an urban forestry nonprofit) and their mission to expand…