Some pictures from San Francisco and my first Marathon in Chicago. I always tell people if you are only going to do ONE marathon do Chicago. Best crowd ever, they support every inch of that race. Trust me, on mile 20 you’ll need that motivation to push you along!

San Diego. Me and my friend Sara ran this together. It was her first and only full marathon. I love the last picture where she’s walking away from our photo op- she was totally over it! lol

More San Fran Pics- Great race. It was supposed to be all girl race, but guys run it too. At the end of the race you don’t get a medal. Instead the San Fran fire department dress in tuxedo’s and hand you a tiffany box with a silver necklace and charm that says “I run to be”

Some of my treats from my Cleveland race. It was the first race I did that I broke 4 hours! Picture on the end was a 8k race that my home town does for 2008 flood repairs.

My Bling Junkie hanger for all my medals! I love this saying too, its on the back of a shirt I bought at one of the expo’s.

Picture of me on my last marathon. It was the Marathon to Marathon race in Marathon IA. I didn’t know the race was going to be so small. There were only 175 actual full marathon runners and maybe 200 Half marathon runners. It started in Storm Lake Ia and ended in Marathon. It was a horribly windy day with winds up to 20 mph, most of it head wind. I ended my last marathon with a time of 4:23 and was okay with that.

My hubby and I at some of our races. The first Quad City half we did way back when and a few years ago at St.Louis Full. We both got our best times at this race- Me 3:53 and Benji 3:51!