May the 4th Be With You 2024

If you know me, then you know I’m a Fan Girl. I’ve been running the SARR May The 4th Be With You 4-Miler for a few years now and I look forward to it each year. This year however, one of my 50 state half marathon races landed on May the 4th. So I decided…

Revel White Mountains

Whoooa, I’m halfway there!!!!! 🎶 That’s right! New Hampshire was my 25th run state! 🤩 It was a double state race weekend with friends and we ran the inaugural Revel White Mountains Half Marathon the day after running the Maine Coast. 🙌🏻 The Revel White Mountains Race Expo was held at the Ham Arena ice…

Maine Coast Half Marathon

The Maine Coast Half Marathon in Wells, Maine was my 24th run state. This was a double race/state weekend and I didn’t do it alone. My traveling sole sisters Liz, Gwen, Tali, Linda and I all met up for a fun Runcation while checking both Maine and New Hampshire off of our 50 states journeys!…

Siesta 2024

The Scallywompus Siesta Half Marathon, 10K & 5K event takes place at the end of the week-long Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas. As everyone arrived to Mission County Park on race morning, it was pouring rain. The Siesta event was “rain or shine” however there was a severe thunderstorm in the forecast so there…

Austin Ultra Falls 10K 2024

This is my second year running the Austin Falls Ultra 10K. It’s a challenging but beautiful course at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Texas. I’ve only run the 10K but this trail race also offers 5K, 20K, 30K and 50K distances. I decided to camp at the park the night before and it was…

SARR Mission Run 2024

SARR is celebrating 50 years this year (as am I.) They have made every race so far this year a celebration! 🎊 The Mission Run 13.1. 10K, 5K and Kids Run was no exception! In fact, it kicked off Fiesta week in San Antonio. And what a better way to kick off Fiesta week than…

OLLU Confetti Run 2024

The Our Lady of the Lake 5K Confetti Run is a fun and festive run event that kicks off fiesta each year in San Antonio. Proceeds from this event go towards OLLU Student Scholarships. This race takes place on the beautiful campus of Our Lady of The Lake University. There’s always a huge turnout so…

Outlaw

The iRun Texas Outlaw Half Marathon 5K & 10K held in Luckenbach, Texas is a race that had been on my bucket list for several years. I had registered for this one in 2020 but due to Covid, I had to run it virtually. The sunrise made it well worth the early morning drive from…

Texas Total Solar Eclipse

On Monday, April 8, 2024 there was a Texas Total Solar Eclipse and Scallywompus had a race for it!!! There was a 5K, 10K and a Half Marathon. 😃 This event took place in Comfort, Texas which is in the heart of the Beautiful Texas Hill Country. We’ve raced in Comfort before but this was…

Cap10K 2024

Ah, the Statesman Cap10K. A great Austin race, always has great race swag and a huge turnout. This one had been on my bucket list for years and then in 2019, I finally signed up! Unfortunately, that year there was a terrible storm. We’re talkin, thunder, lightning, hail and even tornado warnings. So the race…