Road ID

Road ID - Because you never know.  No one plans to have an accident while out running, biking, or whatever it is you like to do.  How many times have you been driving along and see another driver distracted, whether on their phone, yelling at their children, or just plain not paying attention?  Road ID is having a holiday sale until November 24th with 10-60% off.  I personally have 2 interactive ID's myself; one sport, and one slim wrist.  The sport was my 1st, and I still love it, but needed a new band, so I just ordered one for less than $4.  I chose interactive because my information may change, and a lot more information can be obtained quickly.

What to do with those race bibs?!

My bib collection a few months ago

I've been pondering this question for about a year, and the number of race bibs I collect keeps growing (which by no means is bad!).  24 race bibs just sitting in my office.  My favorite idea would be to transfer the bibs onto fabric and incorporate them into a quilt, but alas 24 bibs is a lot, but probably only a fraction of a quilt!  So until I have enough bibs for my quilt here are a couple of ideas I liked:

Do it yourself bib coasters

Wine Bottle Stoppers

Racer Wall Frames

DIY Wall Plaques

Bibs hanging from a hook 

I also stumbled across a photo book that had a copy of the bibs with race photos that was pretty neat!  It was probably made on a site similar to Shutterfly.  I do also love these Mile 22 bags, but at $175 I think I will have to pass! I did see a DIY version of it, but I wasn't impressed.

Do you have any creative ways to display your bibs?!

Run 10 Feed 10 Route

Alright friends, I have the Run 10 Feed 10 fun run route planned!  6.18 miles (you can keep running downhill to get that .02 in)  We will be running from Bail's Watering Hole, Sunday, September 29th at 10am.  Please bring your own hydration.  If you are not much of a runner please feel free to stop by, if you walk 10 steps and help us raise money for FEED we all win.  This is a fun run, and if you wish to get Women's Health swag you may register at https://register.bazumedia.com/reg/form?eventID=3619 or go to www.run10feed10.com



http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/293353417

Can't make it but would like to help out? You can donate at http://www.crowdrise.com/wisconsinrun10feed10/fundraiser/actionherokaylaschaa

Thank you all for your help!!

Color Me Rad 5 k

I had so much fun volunteering at Color Me Rad this weekend! Color Me Rad is a 5k color run/walk where colored corn starch in powder or liquid form is thrown onto you at "color stations" along the course (typically every kilometer).

Friday night I made my way up to Madison to hang out with a friend, but then 6:30 in the morning came entirely too soon. Luckily I was pretty close to the Alliant Energy Center and was able to make it there by 7. Once parked I engaged in some light conversation with some other volunteers as we made our way to Willow Island. Once checked in we started to blow up beach balls for the event, and did some various tasks.  They started to split us up into our areas, but there wasn't anyone else there for "start line ropers" so I joined in with color station 1.

We walked down to our station and started our set-up of a plastic tarp, flags, and 25 pound boxes of powder color. We were set up fairly quickly and had some time to kill; so we started chatting amongst ourselves. I chatted with Brooke and Tierney; whom didn't have other friends at our station. There were also a pair of younger girls, a group of 3 friends, a mother/daughter pair, and our station set-up guy at the station.

After an hour of waiting it was finally event time. Shortly after 9 am the first wave of runners started to come through.  We had been told that there were about 8,000 runners, so be sure not to throw huge fist fulls out.  We were also told that there were going to be runners whom thought it was their goal to beat everyone, which there were, and it was pretty funny to see them run through.

Because we were the first color station we were busy! The crowd hadn't had a chance to spread out much yet, so when we got the waves of people we were grabbing color and throwing it on people as fast as we could! 10 minutes or so later the wave was through, and we had a few minutes to regroup and open more boxes of color. Even though we were practically covered in purple after our first wave we felt the need to throw more purple onto each other, and get our set up guy, as he looked too clean.

The waves kept coming from 9-10:15, and we continued to throw color and started to sweat causing our purple to split into blue and pink streaks on our faces. I looked pretty scary by the time all participants came through! After everyone had come through we started our clean-up and I headed out. I hadn't planned really well for throwing color, so I didn't have much in my car to contain the mess. I sat on a reusable bag, and scrubbed my face with antibacterial wipes, yet I still looked pretty silly! I even ventured to the mall to help my friend pick out glasses before she laughed at me and gave me her apartment keys to shower. 2 days later I still have a pink scalp, but it was definitely worth it.  I had the best time volunteering!

50 Reasons to Exercise

I'm fairly certain it happens to us all, we get into a slump and don't feel like we want to go workout.  Here is a fun motivating list I ran across tonight to remind us all (including myself) some of the reasons we exercise.  What are your reason(s)?

Run 10 Feed 10

Who likes discounted races? I do!  Here is a code for 10% off of a Run Your Own Run 10 Feed 10 race:    WHSCHAAPV

Why should you sign up?
 Feed raises money for children in our country who don't know where their next meal is coming from.  You get a cool Feed bag and shirt while helping out a great cause. AND, you get a free one year subscription to Women's Health magazine!

Check out the promo video here 

If you aren't much of a runner you can always join team Wisconsin to fund raise for this great cause.  Donate to my page, or create your own.  
 

Women's Health Run 10 Feed 10

I am excited to announce that I have been chosen as a Women's Health Run 10 Feed 10 Action Hero!  I will be working with Women's Health to set up a local informal race in WI.  If you do sign up for a Run 10 Feed 10, please comment your name below so I can get credit for recruiting you!

The details are still being ironed out, but you will be able to help by either donating to my page, setting up your own fundraising page (look for the WI group), or signing up to run with me!


My fundraiser link is below:
http://www.crowdrise.com/wisconsinrun10feed10/fundraiser/actionherokaylaschaa