Roxymama's 5k to Marathon, Time to Collect Another Castle

[roxymama]

Running in the rain be like...

But then...

And then hopefully...

 

[dancingtodisney]

Or this

 

[roxymama]

Or this

If only I knew how to photoshop my InB irish singlet onto that pic...then it'd be perfect

 

[dancingtodisney]

If only I knew how to photoshop my InB irish singlet onto that pic...then it'd be perfect

Hahaha! Or have him jumping around at the start of the race, I bet he'd look pretty decent painted green!

 

[roxymama]

Hahaha! Or have him jumping around at the start of the race, I bet he'd look pretty decent painted green!

Wait....he needs mouse ears too!

 

[Sailormoon2]

Hopper app is telling me to wait, but it's getting too close for comfort.

I'd run in just about anything alongside that guy!!!

 

[roxymama]

I interrupt the shirtless Jacob from Twilight running in the rain discussion to bring you another weather update.
Saturday evening will be cloudy but not rainy.
Sunday will be:

DAY
54°HIRealFeel® 53°Precipitation 55%

Mostly cloudy with a little rain late in the afternoon

• ESE 8 mph
• Gusts: 12 mph

• Max UV Index: 4 (Moderate)
• Thunderstorms: 3%
• Precipitation: 0.02 in
• Rain: 0.02 in
• Snow: 0 in
• Ice: 0 in
• Hours of Precipitation: 0.5 hrs
• Hours of Rain: 0.5 hrs

And then my other weather source has Sunday at ~7am (farthest I could go) as

Cloudy 39° feels 39°
5% precip
77% humidity S 3 mph wind

Aren't you all just so fascinated by my weather updates?
Basically if this holds I'm thinking that wearing my long sleeve with singlet over and my long capris (like halfway down my calf) with throwaway gloves is the best bet. I can wear a throwaway hoodie perhaps (I've got plenty of those at home) for my corral hanging out.

Only one more easy run to go tomorrow and we are good. PS...this week has been a NO TREADMILL week despite the rain and its meant I'm not 100% on my normal schedule but I'm happy about it.

Ok now back to your hot dude discussion...

 

[disneydaydreamer33]

Those weather conditions don't sound too bad! I mean, that's definitely chilly, but if you can stay dry that will feel so much better! Your clothes plan sounds perfect!

 

[ZellyB]

Those sound like perfect running conditions to me! It's a little chilly waiting to start maybe, but low 50s is my sweet spot for temps.

 

[roxymama]

Those sound like perfect running conditions to me! It's a little chilly waiting to start maybe, but low 50s is my sweet spot for temps.

Yeah, as long as it doesn't rain I'm not mad at that weather at all.
I went back to look at what I said the temps were like last year and to remind myself what I wore. In my recap I talked about a guy Stephen Sambu who finished the race a looong time before my corral even was closed, 22:45! Then I remembered that he was running the Chicago marathon for his first marathon last year. So I had to look up his time to see how he did...5th place with 2:13. Not too shabby.
If he runs again this year, he's got a pretty good chance of beating me.
Fun facts!

 

[DopeyBadger]

Good luck on Sunday! I know you'll do your best!

 

[SarahDisney]

Weather report looks a little chilly, but otherwise great. I'm all for no rain

 

[roxymama]

Gearing up to do my pre-race day easy miles in a few. Maybe I'll grab a Starbucks at the end. This morning was EXPO DAY!!!!

Spoiler: I only bought one sweaty band. It's tradition now. So I behaved myself at the other booths (the official Nike booth had the BEST stuff but at Nike prices and I'm saving up to go hog wild at Disneyland) but kiddo ended up with every free pin/lollipop/pen/notepad/beads/food sample you could possibly hope for as a four year old. Cheap date
We took this pic as she was eating both a free chocolate bar and a lollipop at the same time.


We are sox fans but the Cub stuff is inescapable around here right now.
They also had a sign that said "Irish you were beer". I regret not getting a solo pic with that one.

I spent most of my time fan-girling over the "bling" samples from other races. I used to kind of just beeline past the longer distance races at expos but now I'm all like "hmmmm....these look nice"
Also just gonna say Chicago has kind of a competitive "who can make the biggest medal" thing happening right now and I'm not mad at that.


Soldier Field 10 miler at end of may is kinda tempting....I mean look at that shirt!!!

Mag mile half has upped its medal game. I did the 5k two years ago and it was hoooooot!


The Chicago fall half marathon that I'm doing (unless I just hate the distance after Tink but that seems unlikely so far). And yes, that is the size of a salad plate!


This is the spring half happening in a week. And the medal you get if you do the fall one too. At this point I was just picture happy.


Here's my swag. I don't know if they have tracking but I'm 6777. So if you feel like checking in on me. Hope I live up to my goals. If I'm not doing so great then just send virtual happy thoughts into the universe for me...or beer.

Oh and my sweaty band: I went more understated to let my singlet stand out!



And that's it. Run now, run tomorrow. Try not to get too nervous. Probably will get nervous.

 

[Sailormoon2]

Best of luck tomorrow! Great new sweaty band, I love those too.

 

[McNs]

Good luck for tomorrow!

 

[SarahDisney]

Good luck tomorrow (well, technically it's later today for me, but still tomorrow for you). Trust your training and have an awesome race!

 

[roxymama]

46:09. Bam!

 

[SarahDisney]

Yay!!!! Congrats, that's an awesome time!!

 

[ZellyB]

46:09. Bam!

GURL!!!!!!!!!!!

Bam is right. Congrats!!!!!

 

[ZellyB]

P.S. that soldier field 10 miler shirt is awesome!!