Second chances

When I have a bad race experience, I usually don't hurry to sign up the next year.  There are a multitude of races that I can choose from locally and race entries are not cheap. Last year, I ran the Go Girl Half and didn't have much positive to say. I won't list all my grievances here, but I did let other runners know that I wasn't running it again.  

But they kept sending emails. Kept showing the huge medal.  And so many of my running pals were doing it.  So I signed up crossing my fingers that it would be better this time.  

Thank goodness I gave it a second chance!  Course was much improved, support was better, and the post-race food was great!  But, the best part was: a new pr by 8 minutes and 27 seconds!!  Thank you Go Girl Half for a great race!

 

Playing games

As a sweatpink ambassador I got the awesome opportunity to try out a new fitness ap and share it with you guys. The Fitness Games ap is unlike any other ap I have ever used. You not only keep track of your gym activities, you can challenge your friends to beat your time, reps, distance or whatever!  

When you open up TFG, your screen will look like this and you can chose the workout you are doing, build your own and challenge a buddy to take you on.  I especially love that I can challenge other runners and they can run at the same time or take the challenge later!  

I have several running friends spread out across the country and now I feel like we can go for a run and cover the miles together.  

The only downside for me is that it wasn't ideal for tracking the Bar Method and yoga classes I go to. That is strength work, but I wouldn't record it as 2 sets of 20 bicep curls for example.  It is really ideal for athletes that do gym workouts or cardio that are individual and not in a class.  

I am really excited to use it more to work on getting training runs in and challenging my friends.