Boston 13.1

Have you heard of the 13.1 race series, sponsored by All-State?

They go to LA, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, New York and.....

BOSTON!

·      Allstate® Life Insurance and non-profit organization Give Your Sole have partnered to collect moderately used athletic shoes to donate to charity at the Allstate Life Insurance Boston 13.1 Marathon® on Sunday, September 16 (Suffolk Downs, 111 Waldemar Ave, East Boston, MA

·         Race series sponsor Allstate® Life Insurance and Give Your Sole created the shoe donation platform as a means to give back to local communities around 13.1 Marathon® races across the country. In 2012, Allstate and Give Your Sole will collect shoes at five races through the program.  

                  

·         All shoes collected in Boston will benefit the Boston Rescue Mission, an organization aiding the homeless and poor men and women of Greater Boston for more than 100 years.

·         Donations from race participants and Boston residents will also be collected during 13.1 Marathon® packet pick-up at the Karhu and Craft North American headquarters on Friday, September 14 and Fast: Splits Multisport on Saturday, September 15.

·         Runners who donate their shoes on race day will receive a free pair of flip-flops to wear home. 

If you live in the area, head over to donate your shoes to a great cause!

I wish I could run the race, but 1 week after 70.3 seems a little soon to be hitting up another 13.1. So  instead of 1 free race entry to give away to Boston 13.1, I have 2!

If you want to win a free entry for September 16 to race 13.1 Boston, then....

Head over to my facebook page HERE

You *MUST* like Running to Health on facebook

&

You *MUST* post on the wall that you want to win a free entry!

Entry is open until September 7 midnight EST

Good luck & spread the word!

Second Chances! (Winners and Tough Chik Style!)

A few housekeeping things I have been slacking on...

Despite trying to contact the winner myself, I never heard back for my Raw Threads winner. So I picked a new one....

Tweetyscute @ Lala and me

AND

After trying to the contact the winner for my Color Me Rad 5K race entry, they never surfaced...

Next up is...

My fellow Tough Chik teammate TMB @ Racing with Babes

Pretty pretty please contact me to claim your prize!

sgrigely at hotmail dot com

Another 2nd chance....

To join Team Tough Chik!

If you want to join an awesome group of Chiks...

Supportive Chiks

Badass Chiks

Running Chiks

Cycling Chiks

Triathlon Chiks

Then I suggest you head HERE fast!

If I'm halfway decent at counting, I think you only have 5 days left to join for the year.

Total was a no sugar FAIL, but a Running Win!

I ran 5 miles of awesome speedwork this morning, but the work bakesale left me craving more sweets & feeling like crud. Up in the morning for a Brick workout, and a no sugar day!

Want to run with Dean Karnazes??

Today I leaned something exciting...

YOU could run with Dean Karnazes at the GORE TEX TransRockies Run!

In fact Beth aka SUAR ran it last year. Check out SUAR's race recap here!

The Gore Tex TransRockies Run is a six day race starting in Buena Vista, Colorado and ending in Beaver Creek.

The race is completed in teams of two who cross the finish line daily. 

 During the six days, the runners cover roughly 110-120 miles of trail, depending on exact final routing, including everything from sun-baked high desert to rock-strewn mountain passes trails, cold creek crossings and alpine meadows.

To learn more about being chosen to run with Dean Karnazes at the TransRockies Run August 21-26, check out the GORE-TEX site HERE! Race fees, sleeping bags and meals included. Are you brave enough?

Me?

Oh ya, I'll be sipping mojitos in the caribbean, so good luck to you!