- #1 Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona
RnR AZ Expo - #2 Rose Bowl
- #3 Surf City
Part 1 (The First 5 Miles)
Time Limit Confusion
Part 2 (Crying, Worrying, Rough Times)
Part 3 (Finishing!)Surf City Expo
- (#4) Palm Springs Half Marathon
Part 1 (Walking On That Weak Ankle, Baby)
Part 2 (Not Quite Last & Free Burritos!)Tour de Palm Springs
Part 1 (I Don’t Really Know How to Ride a Bike)
Part 2 (I Survived My First Cycling Event)First Time Couch Surfing!
- #5 Rock ‘n’ Roll Pasadena
Pasadena Expo
- #6 Disney Princess
Part 1 (The Disney Roller Coaster)
Part 2 (Nicely Themed Race & Funny Spectators)Princess Expo
Travel Stuff
Leap Day
Part 1 (24 Hours at Disney Begins)
Part 2 (Gotta Power Though ‘Til 6am)Blue Man Group
Becky’s Last Day
I Love You, Orlando
Odds and Ends from Orlando - #7 Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans
Part 1 (It’s Party Time!)
Part 2 (Justifying Being Slow :-P)RnR New Orleans Expo
- #8 Rock ‘n’ Roll USA
Part 1 (Rushing to the Start)
Part 2 (The Heat – The Hot, Hot Heat)
Part 3 (Meeting Up With One Of My Favorites At The Finish)RnR USA Expo
Washington DC Travel
- #9 NC Half Marathon
Part 1 (Speed Walking)
Part 2 (Going Around the Speedway)
Part 3 (The Finish)
Odds and Ends (Showers and Such)NC Expo
- #10 April Fools’ (Atlantic City)
Part 1 (Being Lazy & Getting to Jersey)
Part 2 (Volunteers & Milk)
Part 3 (A Post-Open-Heart Surgery PR)Travel Stuff
Broadway, Broadway, How Great You Are (NY Trip Part 1)
Bright Lights, White Lights, Where the Neons Glow (NY Trip Part 2)
The Train Is Late, So While We Wait, We’re Gonna Do a Little Dance (NY Trip Part 3) - #11 Hollywood
Hollywood Expo
- #12 Havasu Half Marathon
Travel Stuff
The Grand Canyon
Part 1 (Going on a Whim & Prepping for the Hike)
Part 2 (Let’s Take the Scenic Route)
Part 3 (We Found Civilization Again!)
Part 4 (Struggling to the Finish – The Beautiful, Beautiful Finish)The Gas Tank on My Ride Back
Part 1 (Gas Station? Gas Station? Bueller?)
Part 2 (Hopping Fences, Getting Gas, and Getting Home) - #13a A Run Through the Redlands
Part 1 (Supportive New Friends & Course Thinning Out)
Part 2 – (Dogs, Dogs, Dogs)
Dogs – My Biggest Fear
Part 3 (Getting Lost (And Getting A Snow Cone)) - #13b Kentucky Derby
Part 1 (Morning & Corralling)
Part 2 (Awesomeness, Rain, And Falling Behind)
Part 3 (Enjoying The Course, & Catching Up)Kentucky Derby Expo
- #14 Indianapolis 500 Festival
Part 1 (A Huge, Incredible, Lovely Race)
Part 2 (Daddy Finishes His First Half Marathon)Indy Expo
- #15 Orange County
Part 1 (Back to Back Races In 2 Different Time Zones)
Part 2 (An Exhausted Finish) - #16 Santa Barbara Wine Country
Part 1 (Sleepy Girl)
Part 2 (Animals and Spectators) - #17 Rock ‘n’ Roll Portland
Part 1 (Inclines, Baby & Trying a Pacer)
Part 2 (Devastated After Ruining My Favorite Pants)
Part 3 (Rain, Supporters, & Clanging Medals)RnR Portland Expo
Trip to Portland
- #18 Laguna Hills Memorial Day
Traveling to Laguna Hills
Part 1 (Oh, That Whole Driving Concept)
Part 2 (Picking Up The Car & Getting There) - #19 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego
Part 1 (Still Mourning My Perfect Pants)
Part 2 (Struggling Through The First 5k)
Part 3 (Trying To Hold On)
Part 4 (Karaoke and Brunch)RnR San Diego Expo
Part 1 (Deena Kastor and Race Pacers Speak)
Part 2 (Brooks Booth Theme & SoCal Race Series Mini-Rant)
Part 3 (Fun, Fake Blackjack Table) - #20 Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle
Part 1 (My Brain Trying To Eat Itself)
Part 2 (Race Photographs)
Part 3 (I’m Quasimodo of the Full/Half Split) - #21 Arroyo Creek
Part 1 (This Is Really All Just About Michael Jackson)
Part 2 (Now We Can Talk About The Race) - #22 Fun in the Sun
Part 1 (The Pre-Race Chapter)
Part 2 (A Dog Pops Out *Shakes Fist*)
Part 3 (Last Loop & Some Rude Guy) - #23 Napa to Sonoma Half Marathon
Part 1 (I Forgot My Precious, Precious Hat?!)
Part 2 (Awesomely, They Provided Some Sunscreen)
Part 3 (Fun Spectators)
Part 4 (My Undershirt Becomes My Makeshift Hat) - #24 Run Montecito-Summerland
Part 1 (Thankfulness)
Part 2 (Fighting To Be Not-Last)
Part 3 (Mile 7 to the Finish) - #25 Seashore Half
- #26 Wipro San Francisco Half Marathon
Part 1 (Getting to the Start)
Part 2 (Letting Loose)Bus Ride Home from SF
- #27 Disneyland
Oh, and things I forgot to mention in my first post
Disneyland Expo
- #28 Marathon Madness
- #29 Petaluma Clo-Cow
Part 1 (A Cool Community & A Cold Morning)
Part 2 (Lovely Spectators)Dave & Dave (and My Trip to Petaluma)
- #30 Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver
Part 1 (Oops! Early Morning Airport Surprise)
Part 2 (Arguing With The Bus Driver)
Part 3 (Getting My Packet, Starting The Race)
Part 4 (The End Of An Emotional Roller-Coaster Of A Day) - #31 Emerald Bay
- #32 Tahoe Nevada
Part 1 (Recognized By A Stranger (Famous Much? ;)) And Running On A Highway Shoulder)
Part 2 (Encouraging Maria To The Finish) - #33 Lake Tahoe
- #34 Arizona
- #35 Long Beach International
- #36 Oktoberun
Greyhound Bus Trip
- #37 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus
Part 1 (Loving Making Fun Of Daddy)
Part 2 (Yep, We’re Still Talking About My Dad)
Part 3 (Other Fun Race Things)Spirit Award Reception
Tweet Up and Expo
Redeye to Ohio
- #38 Healdsburg Wine Country
Part 1 (Rargh, Rargh, Rargh Rant)
Part 2 (The Good Stuff Outside Of The Rarghness) - #39 Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles
Part 1 (Fun Strangers, Fun Race)
Part 2 (Other Great Things About The Race)RnR LA Expo
- #40 Really Big Free Half (Henderson, NV)
- #41a Lady Speed Stick Women’s
Part 1 (The Morning Craziness, Part 11 – Aye, Aye, Aye Daylight Saving)
Part 2 (The Morning Craziness, Part 2 – And Then I Got Lost, Of Course)
Part 3 (The Morning Craziness, Part 3 – So, Then I Get a Cab Involved?)
Part 4 (The Morning Craziness, Part 4 – The Surprisingly Welcome Attitude of Those Around Me)
Part 5 (The Actual Race Post)Women’s Expo
- #41b Santa Barbara International
Part 1 (Morning Bus Rides & Funny Signs)
Part 2 (Music and Finishing) - #42 Malibu
- #43 Big Sur
Part 1 (Signs & Fun)
Part 2 (A Dog Ran Onto The Course)Big Sur Expo
Big Sur Travel
- #44 Wittle Waddle
- #45 Half-Bone
Part 1 (Rainy, Muddy, and Getting Lost)
Part 2 (Acting Through The Beginning Of My Own Personal Hunger Games)
Part 3 (I Almost Died! (Part 1))
Part 4 (I Almost Died! (Part 2))
Part 5 (My Carpool Buddy Got Injured In During This Harrowing Race) - #46 Ghost of Seattle
- #47 Amica Insurance Seattle
Part 1 (Beautiful Weather, Beautiful Start)
Part 2 (Loving Seattle)Seattle Expo
Seattle travel
- #48 Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas
RnR Las Vegas Expo - #49 Walnut Creek
Part 1 (Pre-Race… Sort of Sick-ish)
Part 2 (The Race) - #50 Santa to the Sea
- #51 New Year’s Race
Part 1 (Round and Round the Parking Lot We Go)
Part 2 (High In Safety, But Not Entertainment)New Year’s Expo
- #52 Walt Disney World (Goofy Challenge Day 1)
Part 1 (Accidentally Blew Off Drew Carey… And Met Joey Fatone!)
Part 2 (Don’t Plan to PR at a Disney Race)
Part 3 (Finishing & Being Greeted By The Media!) - Walt Disney World Marathon! (Goofy Challenge Day 2)
Part 1 (What Was The Hubbub About The Weather?)
Part 2 (Banking Time)
Part 3 (Mid-Race, & Hopping on a Roller Coaster)
Part 4 (Wide World of Sports & Mile 20 Spectacular)
Part 5 (Awesome Signs)
Part 6 (Getting Closer to the Finish (And I Passed a Bacon Challenge))
Part 7 (Finishing The Race!)Goofy Challenge FAQs, travel & such
- Bonus Celebration Race – Rock ‘n’ Roll AZ
Part 1 (The Smoking Half-Marathoner?!)
Part 2 (Community)
Part 3 (I Wanted Dairy Queen, But Alas ‘Twas Not Meant To Be)
Part 4 (Greeted Lovingly By My Weekend Host Family)