Runners, what race are you training for right now??

**** Beardsley Half Marathon on September 8th:)

My goal this year is to run 1500 miles and complete a half marathon or better every month......as of today I have 1004 miles in 2012.....I am on my way to my goal!!!

So far this year I have completed 12 races:

2 - 5K's
1 -15K
1 - Ten miler
6 - Half Marathons
1 - 30K
1 - Full Marathon

Sept 8 - Parkside Realty Wears Valley 15k, Townsend TN
Sept 15 - Air Force Half Marathon, Wright Patterson AFB Ohio
Oct 14 - Cross Knox Ten Miler, Knoxville TN
Oct 28 - Marine Corps Full Marathon, Washington DC
Nov - Secret City ½ Marathon, Oak Ridge TN
Dec - Santa Hustle ½ Marathon Races, Severville TN
Jan 2013 - Calhoun’s Ten Miler, Lenior City TN
Feb 2013 - Strawberry Plains Half Marathon, Strawberry Plains TN
Feb 23-24, 2013 - Gasparilla Distance Challenge, Tampa Florida (consists of a 15K and 5K on Saturday and a Half Marathon and 8K on Sunday). The cool thing, you get a finishers medal for finishing each race, plus another for finishing the challenge.....thats a lot of bling for a weekend!!!

My favorite quotes:
- Pain is Weakness Leaving the body
- Sweat = fat cells crying

I love reading about what others are up to:) I just started running about 6 months ago and have found that races keep me motivated -- especially given the heat/humidity we've had here in NC this summer!

I've done 4 - 5K's and the Warrior Dash already this summer and have these lined up:

8/25 - OrthoCarolina 10K
9/15 - Hit the Brixx 10K
9/29 - Tower of Terror 10-miler
10/6 - Race for the Cure 5K
10/14 - Kasey Kahne Foundation "5 Kahne"
10/27 - Runway 5K
11/17 - Color Run 5K
11/22 - Turkey Trot 8K
12/8 - Speed for Children in Need 5K
12/15 - Reindeer Romp 5K
1/20 - Tinkerbell Half Marathon
3/24 - Spartan Sprint

I'm still debating doing the Princess Half in February and also plan to hit up as many Disney races as possible next year since they are so much fun!

8/10 - 10K Big Hole Run
8/24 - 4.5 mile Night Owl Run
9/21 - 8K Race
11/10 - Wine & Dine Half Marathon (Orlando, FL)
1/20/13 - Tinkerbell Half Marthon (Disneyland)
4//20/13 - Salt Lake City Half Marathon (Utah)
5/5/13 - Bloomsday 12K (Spokane WA)
6/8/13 - Governor's Cup 10K (or Half Marathon...)

10k in September. 1/2 Marathon in November. Looking for something in October.

I'm training for 1/2 marathon on December 1 - Houma Hearts and Soles 1/2 in Houma, LA.

I originally picked it because it was 20 weeks from my then 20 week training plan.
Yeahhhh due to procrastination I'm down to 7 weeks.

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Oh! Also I'm doing the Color Run!! In Houston on Nov. 11

It's only a 5K but the Ghosts and Goblins Run Tuesday October 30th!

December Pub run... We run 6-7 miles with stops at 5-6 bars, the last being a party that may go on forever and forever. Here's the best part..the money raised is given to the YMCA but they cant publicize the run at all(even though we start there) because of the adult nature..all very secretive...people at the Y on the run day always are asking who are all those runners and why they haven't heard about it beforehand.

Tomorrow night is Cincinnati's Run Like Hell 5k. It's a run starting at 7:30pm through a cemetery and has "wicked" after party.

After that I'm doing the Turkey Trot 10k Thanksgiving morning.

Theeeeennnnn... my first 1/2 marathon the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati in May.

The race against life. Not official but one day I won't be able to run anymore so I'm running until I can't run anymore. It's an endless race it is but I like it.

Just to clarify I am NOT a runner... but I am training for the Santa Hustle 5K!

Kwanzaafest 5K Beat Obesity Run/Walk on Dec. 8th

Firefly 5K run and Azalea 10K Run both in March

and whatever else I can find in between

Color me rad 5k...Nov 10
Spectrum 10k...March 16

I have 4 5ks left this fall season. Will finish with Mistletoe 5k (Winston Salem) and Ragsdale YMCA Reindeer Run (Jamestown, NC) on back to back first two weekends in December. Back to back PR efforts.

I'll base build through winter and then likely do another 5k/10k season in the spring. Thinking about another marathon in the fall if I have a successful spring race season.

Because I'm coming off of (at least I hope I am coming off of it) Planar Faciatias I'm not training for anything just hitting the Arc Trainer and exercise bike.

I have a 10K on November 10th I'm probably switching to the 5K instead.
I have a 5K on thanksgiving
I have a 5K in early december, everybody who runs gets a santa suit to run in and then they light the big tree and have a parade.
On New Years day I have both a 5K and then a Mile Run. They are the first runs in two different running series I'm doing and in the case of the 1 mile run I'll avoid having to do the 10 mile run to make my minimum races for the spiffy jacket.

I started running this year. I did a 10K in July that ended with my running out of the giant inflatable patriots helmet and across the 50 yard line in Gilette. I did a 5K in August, the warrior dash and a 5K the next day in September, a 5K this past weekend on my bad foot and you can see what I have scheduled going forward.

I will be training for a 1/2 marathon come the spring once the snow is melted.
Then a marathon in 2014, maybe 2.
Assuming I qualify the Boston Marathon in 2015. I'll have jumped an age catagory by then so I'll get an extra ten minutes to qualify.

Right now I'm really hating my planar faciatias. I got brand new running shoes (my first pair of proper ones) and got all exicted and ran 5 miles, 8 miles and 5 miles over 3 straight days which was probably the cause of my PF and not the shoes themselves. A proper running store watched me run and walk and then had me choose between like 6 diffrent kinds/brands.

I thought they might have fit weird, especially since they had me go a half size bigger than I'm used to but then I hated the first bowling ball that was fitted for my fingers because it felt weird compared to the crappy house balls the alley had out for anyone to use....