Sole Searching and the Pursuit of Medals

Mother Daughter trip to Missoula A new state for both of us! Beautiful views from our hotel room Warm welcome from the Holiday Inn Missoula Exploring Checking out the farmer's market We had smooth travels into Missoula, Montana. Our hotel, the Holiday Inn Missoula, provided a shuttle from the airport. On Saturday morning there was a wonderful farmer's market in Caras Park right outside the hotel. The Expo and packet pick up were there as well, with vendors and merchandise from previous years available for purchase. I got the softest hoodie that I've worn almost every day since.  I especially liked that they had repurposed the leftover volunteer shirts from last year's race into reusable shopping bags! So cool! There was a very nice walking/biking path along the Fort Clark river. My first pre-race dinner meet up with the 50 States Half Marathon Club We went out to dinner at The Montana Club restaurant to celebrate with Laura Lindsey. It was a big group, and a really nice...

I always appreciate free race photos! I just returned from a quick weekend getaway to Maryland for the Maryland Half Marathon in Fulton, Maryland. It should have been a four-hour drive for me from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I ran into some bad weather/traffic though, and the drive down took me six hours! I almost turned around, but I am glad I kept going because I had a very nice experience at this race. I stayed at Homewood Suites by Hilton in Columbia, which was about five minutes from the start. It was convenient and nice enough, I only ended up spending seven hours there in total, six of which I was asleep! This was a smaller race with packet pick up in the morning. It was based in a small community shopping area. I got to hang out in my car until the start, which was nice because it was drizzling. This was my first experience running with a pace group. I really enjoyed that they had a Galloway pacing team! I met Floyd and Marilyn who were pacing the 3:30 group using 15:30 run/walk ...