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@milligfunk, @stlwinegirl, @ashleyjane46, and @jenn_if_er If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you might remember my “Race to the Rocker – I won!” recap. That was a farse. This is not. My relay team for the Joker’s Wild Half Marathon in St. Louis County last weekend won the relay competition. Of course, since the race organizers [...] This morning I ran a 5K race in Festus, Missouri sponsored by an organization called Get Fit Festus. Festus is a town of just under 10,000 people. It’s located roughly an hour south of St. Louis in Jefferson County on Interstate 55. The Get Fit Festus race itself was enjoyable, despite incredible heat and humidity (even at [...] March 27th was the “Race to the Rocker”, a four-mile roadrace from downtown Cuba to Fanning, Missouri, home of the World’s Tallest Rocking Chair. My Mom was there to watch and take pictures, so this race was a particularly well-documented one. As a case in point, here I am lacing my running shoes: The morning brought 40 degree [...] Okay, that’s not true at all. I didn’t win the Race to the Rocker, but let me tell you a story about the guy who did… Cuba, Missouri’s Race to the Rocker ends at the World’s Largest Rocking Chair, adjacent to which sits the Fanning Outpost, a quirky general store where customers can potentially purchase everything from [...] This is amazing: Cuba, Missouri, home of the largest rocking chair in the world (which I blogged about last summer), has a 4-mile road race that ends at the giant rocking chair. The race will be held on March 27th, 2010. Continue reading Race to the Rocker – Cuba, Missouri Until recently, I didn’t know that St. Louis had a marathon. I found out about it when I signed up for the Go! St. Louis 5K. The 5K was one of the first events in an entire weekend of family activities, fun runs and competitive runs. Having not had much to look forward to on the weekends since [...] |
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