2011 Race Challenge - Complete 12 Races in 2011. It can be anything from a 5k to an Ultra - whatever your preference is. We will link your race reports here and keep a running tally of how everyone is doing. Good luck and let's get some BLING! If you want in on the challenge - please email runfortheblingofit@gmail.com
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Cinco De Mayo
Christine PR'd on a 10k by nearly 2 min.
Darlene ran an afternoon 5k with ice cream at the end.
Erika caught us up here. Race #5 National Half Marathon
Race #6 Cupcake Marathon (Virtual)
Race #7 Jelly Bean 10k (Virtual)
Race #8 I couldn't afford the actual race Marathon (virtual)
Erin ran a 10k with a huge PR
Heather had a full Boston weekend
Jess forgot to write her race report ;)
Johann ran an awesome race with friends and already has plans to do it next year as well!
Julie ran the Eugene Half Marathon
Kim has a two for one report here
Kim ran a half marathon
Kim ran race #5 of this challenge
Lauren ran the Illinois Marathon
Laurie ran another race
Lesley paced a half marathon in the rain and wind!
Lucy ran a 10k and her young daughter did a 5k
Marcia completed a duathlon
Megan is still catching us up on races - here are a couple more
Melissa had a "near perfect" race
Mike completed the Flying Pig half
Nora completed a great race
Ronda had an amazing race and set a new PR
Sherry paced the half with Lesley!
Stephanie placed at her first sprint triathlon
Sunny ran a crowded 12k
Traci updated her blog and has a few for us to read
Alright - Blogger was being mean today but here are the reports for the week! Hope that everyone has a great Cinco De Mayo!!!!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Another month almost over!
Andrea ran the Boston AA 5K
Angelia ran another 5k
April had a great run
Billie set a PR at this low frills race!
Carly set ANOTHER PR!!!
Christy did the Mom's Rock 5k
Darlene ran a cold rainy 2nd half marathon
Elizabeth ran the jelly bean virtual race
Jenn ran a Marathon Relay & a half marathon that was cut short :(
Jill completed 3 races for this post!!!
Kim put 4 races in 1 post for us to catch up on
Lauren completed the race and got really special bling at the end!!!
Laurie completed an adventure raceand part 2
Nancy set a new PR and got bunny ears!
Paula completed the Jelly Bean Virtual Race
Richelle ran the jelly bean virtual race
Ros ran a midnight race - so cool!
Sunny ran Rock N Roll NOLA!!
Victoria ran a very crowded 5k
Thursday again! I swear these weeks are going by faster and faster! Lesley and I will finally be running together again this weekend! We are pacing together at the Heels and Hills half if any of you local peeps are running it! Hope that everyone had an awesome holiday and have a wonderful racing weekend coming up!!!!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Happy Easter!
Angie completed the Warrior Dash
Billie got the whole family involved!
Carly ran a 5k
Christine finished a 5k. She PR’ed and won her age group!!
Christy PR'd the B.A.A. 5k in Boston during Marathon Weekend!
Corina ran a 50k!! Part Two
Elaine sent in a couple of fun race reports a 5k and a half
Janice completed another race!!!
Johann completed a 32km race!!
Kim ran the Trolley Run with family!
Liz ran an awesome race
Marcia completed a half marathon
Michelle ran a really hot half in Dallas
Nancy ran in the virtual Jelly Bean 10k
Pam ran Another new half PR and qualified as a Half Fanatic!
Paula ran a 5k
Richelle completed and indoor tri
Shannon walked in the Earth Day 5k
Sheri ran in the Bridge To Brews 10k
Sherry completed the Warrior Dash
Stefano completed a 10km
Susan has her rookie triathlon race recap
Tanya ran a couple of recent races race #6 - a hilly 7.2 miles in Milan, NY and race #7, the Kiwanis Kingston Classic 10K in Kingston, NY ), where she had a personal best time.
GREAT JOB Runners!!!! This was another great week of races - it's always fun for me to sit and read them as I put this together! Hope that you all have a wonderful holiday weekend - I plan to spend mine with family!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wowzers!!!
Angi created a family triathlon
Brooke did a 40 mile bike race!
Carly PRed at a 5K!! and did another race HERE and a 10 miler HERE
Caroline ran a 10k!!
Christy did a couple of races. Here and her first half marathon!
Christy ran a free 5k
Cristina ran an awesome 10k!
Darlene completed a 5 mile race.
Elizabeth ran a half
Erin thought Dallas RNR was uneventful!
Hannah finished another race for the challenge!
Jan ran the Iron Girl Clearwater 5k
Jill finished her 3rd half in 35 days!
Jill had a couple of races to catch up on!
JoAnn completed the Urban Assault with her husband!
Kelly ran in the Bunny Dash 5k!
Kerri ran a fun, low key lil' shin-dig in the heart of Wisconsin's dairy-land
Kim ran her 2nd ever half marathon!
Kim set a new PR at a half marathon
Kristen ran her first half marathon!!
Laura had a magical time!
Lauren ran a 10k!
Lucy did her best to Knock Out Cancer
Melie ran a 10k!
Melissa completed a race!
Melissa got a BQ!!!!!
Nancy made it a family affair in tutu's!
Pam completed another half!!
Ronda ran another half marathon ;)
Stefano completed another awesome race!
Stephanie completed a 10 mile race!
Tanya ran her 2nd half of the year and got a new PR!
Tara ran in the Knoxville Marathon
Valerie ran another half marathon!
It's been a fantastic couple of weeks racers!!! Keep up the great work! Please make sure when you email the links you put the exact blog link not just your main blog link. It will help save me tons of time! Appreciate all of you!!!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
First Quarter Over!!!
Allison rock-n-rolled this past weekend in Dallas!
Angie Rock-n-rolled!!
Brooke did a duathlon
Carly Ran the National Half Marathon Relay (and puked)
Christy ran the NYC Half Marathon
Darlene ran for her life at a 5k
Elizabeth ran the Fool's 50K
Hannah ran a new half marathon PR
James ran his first marathon
Jenn ran another half marathon!
Jennifer really enjoyed her race in TEXAS
Johann ran another half marathon
Julie ran her first 5k
Lesley finished the Cupcake Marathon and set a new PR at RNR Dallas
Meggan ran a 10 mile race on Ocean Drive
Michelle is hooked on trail running now!
Ros ran the Disney half a few weeks back and then hosted her own 5K
Shannon - Rocked her FIRST half marathon and completed her first virtual marathon
Shannon got lucky at her half marathon!
Shelley ran her first race after an injury
Sherry completed her 5th half marathon
Stephanie ran a 10k and the Cupcake Half Marathon
Susan ran the RNR Dallas Half!
Tara had a fabulous time at the NYC half marathon
Valerie completed a 5k , a half marathon and another 5k
Victoria ran a great race!
Hey all you racers!!! Great job on sending in the reports! I noticed that some of you commented last week that you did a race – PLEASE email the links to me at runfortheblingofit@gmail.com. It’s too much work for me to have to track them down other places!!!
We are a quarter way into the challenge and y’all are really banging out the races it seems!!! GREAT JOB! Good Luck to everyone racing this coming weekend. It’s a rest weekend for me!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sorry it's late!
Bobbie ran a 3k and a 5k
Brooke was a warrior
Christine ran her first sub 2 hour half marathon
Cornia finished a hot, windy and sandy run!
Cristina ran a half
Crystal - hubby ran the half and she ran the 5k
Elaine did her first relay race
Elaine ran a virtual 13k
Erika ran a 4 miler
Erin did a non race
Jill ran TWO half marathons FIRST ONE. and SECOND ONE
JoAnn ran an insane race
Johann ran a 50k
Kate ran a half marathon
Lesley ran the Dash Down Greenville
Marcia ran a 5k
Melissa ran the cupcake virtual marathon
Mike Ran a 15k
Monique ran an 8k
Nancy ran a Cupcake Marathon!!!
Nancy ran a half marathon
Richelle got lucky
Shannon ran her first virtual race
Shannon is getting a hang of these virtual races
Stephanie ran at the beach!
Tanya ran a PR for a 5k
TUTU Runner ran the farthest she ever has
Keep them coming guys!!! You are all rocking right through this challenge!!!
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Crystal ran a st. patrick's themed 3k
Elaine ran her second marathon and the Austin Half
Hannah ran her first 5 mile race!
Kadie ran a St. Paddy's Day 5k
Liz ran a virtual race!
Lucy Shamrock-n-rolled!
Megan was a warrior, ran a 5k in Feb and in Jan.
Melie completed a 4 mile race.
Pam ran a 5k!!
Paula ran the Little Rock Half Marathon
Traci ran in the rain