Follow @vanessajunkin I stood in the starting corral, holding up my sign for the 2:50 pace group. My watch and pace band were on my right wrist; my phone was in my left hand as another timing method. At the OCMD Island to Island Half Marathon today, April 30, I participated in a race as a pacer for … More Pacing the OCMD Island to Island Half Marathon: An amazing experience
Follow @vanessajunkin I signed up for this year’s Zoo Stampede because I loved the cool design on last year’s shirt. I ended up coming away from this year’s Zoo Stampede with an awesome shirt and also a fun experience. The race, as you may have guessed from the name, is at the Salisbury Zoo. Since … More Zoo Stampede: Awesome race, awesome place, awesome giveaways
Follow @VanessaJunkin I already knew I wanted to come back to the Run for the Animals race in Onancock, Virginia, after last year, but I made the decision to run the 10K rather than the half marathon after realizing I might be able to earn the new age group record. For my new age … More Run for the Animals certainly worth returning to
It’s April Fools’ Day, but this post has nothing to do with April Fools. Really. It also happens to be the day after the last day of March, so I’m wrapping up my March running. I ran 79.21 miles. While less than January and February, I expected March’s total to be less because I did take … More Nine facts about my March running
Follow @vanessajunkin I already bought the finisher jacket. I had to finish. Although not finishing the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon wasn’t really an option for me, I was having a harder-than-expected time during the second half, and I kept thinking about the nice jacket I’d spent $69 on the day before. I spoiled it for you in … More Shamrock Marathon Part 2: Running the Marathon
Follow @VanessaJunkin A couple of green wristbands got my friend Veronica and I some amazing experiences as VIPs during Shamrock Marathon Weekend in Virginia Beach. Actually, my weekend was so awesome and I have so much to write about and so many pictures to share that I’m breaking my Shamrock Marathon post into two. Part … More Shamrock Marathon Part 1: The VIP Experience
Follow @VanessaJunkin The Tim Kennard River Run was a great kick-off to my 2016 racing year. It’s a race I always want to make part of my running calendar. I always see so many people I know there, and it’s a fun way to start the spring racing season. I also am friends with the organizers and … More Tim Kennard River Run: Great friends, fans and weather
Follow @vanessajunkin I made my decision to officially sign up for this year’s Redneck Romp 10-miler in Wachapreague, Virginia, after I was on Facebook and saw some of the food that would be at the after-party. Anyone that knows me probably knows my love of food. Facebook even put a post on my News Feed today, saying … More Redneck Romp a fun rural run
My race times have been relatively slow this year, so even though I have the standing goal of breaking 50 minutes for a 10K, I didn’t feel like I was going to meet that goal going into the Across the Bay 10K. And I didn’t. I didn’t even come close. Running is a very mental … More Across the Bay 10K No. 2 offers awesome view, slower time
Follow @VanessaJunkin// I knew going into the Dogfish Dash that I’d have an automatic PR — the race was an 8K, a distance in which I’ve never timed myself. But what I didn’t know was that I was going to improve my speed compared to the previous races I’ve completed this year. I haven’t had a fast year … More Faster pace and fun combine at Dogfish Dash
