Expo & Prep – Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles

October 26, 2013

Sneak peak of me with my new blond hair and pink Mizunos!
Sneak peak of me with my new blond hair and pink Mizunos!

I usually like to talk all about the expos to my races – though I’m sorry to report I basically have nothing new with this one.

L.A. is my home turf so I’m pretty familiar with all the races we do out here. Going to the expo was basically just walking through saying “done it, done it, etc.”

As soon as I turned the corner to get to the L.A. marathon booth, I said, “Let’s do it!” I immediately signed up. I’ve been running a ton lately.

(I’ve been a little stressed/busy, so I’ve been feeling like Forrest Gump since that’s the only way I know how to deal with things – run ’em out.)

Between all my running (making me confident in my ability to do another marathon in March), and my goal to do at least one marathon a year for the rest of my life, I was ready! So, I am officially signed up for the L.A. Marathon on March 9th.

But let’s get to that blond picture of me because that was the real news from today.

Since this is a Halloween themed race, lots of runners dress in costume. Last year, I didn’t do it because I don’t know… I remember when I trained for my first half back in 2009, I was somewhat serious about it. I wasn’t crazy fast, but I wanted to take it seriously and do my best.

I wore the running clothes I felt the best in. And while I’ve run many races that didn’t feel as serious to me, I think the clothes thing just stuck.

Plus, I just feel like I want to look as cute as possible while running. I’m always in pants and long sleeves a) to protect me from the awful, horrible sun. b) because I don’t want my legs and arms jiggling around while I’m out there running. Oof. Uncomfortable.

However, this year, I am throwing caution to the wind! My legs aren’t that jiggly (I don’t think – though I suppose we’ll see tomorrow).

I decided I’d go ahead and dress up this year. What was the best Halloween costume I could think of? Well, that would be Wendy Davis from her filibuster!

I got her pink Mizunos. I dyed my hair blond. (Yes, I could’ve worn a wig. But a wig… for 13 miles? Forget it.)

I even had someone make a similar Wendy Davis dress and jacket. (How does Halloween costume not just exist as something I can buy?) The clothes are not perfect, but I think you can tell what I was going for. (It didn’t dawn on me until I’d already put the task on task rabbit that I’ve worked on television shows where we had phenomenal professional costumers who would’ve totally helped me out… But next year…)

So, that’s my story! Wendy Davis, baby. We’ll see how it shakes out tomorrow morning!

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