Just an Southern girl living in the Desert blogging about random stuff I love! September 15, 2013. Color Run 2013 Tempe Town Lake. Color Run 5K event is the Happiest 5K on the planet. I will have to agree with this! It never rains in Phoenix but on January 26 2013 we all woke up to a very rainy morning which turned into a big color happy mess in Tempe Town Lake. And Debbie thought she was staying dry with the umbrella! February 15, 2013.

Do I look scared? I was a little scared. It was May 29th, the morning of my first triathlon. I had been up since 5 am, driven an hour and a half, and finally, it was go time. After a moment of silence it was time for the 20-29 year old guys to get in the water. I put on my swim cap and googles, debated my wetsuit one more time, gave hugs and kisses all around and approached the water to cheer for the first waves and try not to think abo.

I have thought about how I would word this post over and over for the past couple of months. Let me preface by saying I hate change. It has always been a flaw of mine, as I am sentimental and very much a lover of routine. I am learning that sometimes change is good, and required for growth. Which is a HUGE .

January 28, 2011 by runnerstrials. I know I said awhile back. That my dream was to relocate home to NJ or to a New England state. Now, I could summer there.

Thursday, March 15, 2012. Sunday, May 16, 2010. I FINISHED my FIRST 5K! Yesterday was the big day! I woke up feeling fine and was ready for whatever the day had in store for me. We got to the race area a little before 7am to walk around, and see what we might be getting ourselves into. I was quite excited at this point so we got our chip and did a warm up walk around.

Wherever You Go, Run With All Your Heart. A Nebraska Girl Going the Distance in Washington, DC. How I Became a Runner. After a few early hours of coffee and pool time, Telisa and I headed over to the Disneyland Hotel for the expo and packet pickup. I was not expecting there to be such chaos as there was. At one point, when it seemed like the line was going to merge with another one, a Disneyland employee showe.