Hello! How are you?
I’m feeling great considering I ran a full yesterday! I’m not sore at all and kinda feel like I wanna go for a run even! But, I’m not – I am taking a rest day. I am wondering though if I should be sore? Maybe I should push it more in races?? Hmmm.
I did hit up the gym for some light weights (okay, mostly to see my friends) but that’s it. I rocked a headband – so that’s how you know I wasn’t taking it seriously. Red/big hair don’t care.
Music Monday –
We need a slow recovery song today… “I belong with you You belong with me You’re my sweetheart”
RER Readers Run!
I asked for your pics of the Surf City Marathon / Half and you delivered.
Reader Shannon spotted me before and during the race! I guess red hair don’t care and is also easy to see in a crowd?!
Sarah and Sarah from The Fit Foodie ran the half repping for Oiselle! (photo taken by Striding Mom) 
Julie looks pretty Happy here
Dione’s husband Jeff ran his first half at Surf City!!! (He’s second from the right.) Congrats!!!
Another Monica knows how to party too…
SoCal Rachel bustin out the bling:
Surf City was Jen’s 2nd Half 
Katie from GettinMyHealthyOn.com ran her first full at Surf City!
Debbie and her husband trekked here from Virginia to run the half for their anniversary! Isn’t that super cute? Congratulations!!!
Anyone want to run a race for my RER anniversary with me hand in hand all romantic like? <- My blog anniversary is coming up soon! Just sayin’
Speaking of – did you know you can get married on the Rock N’ Roll Las Vegas course?!
I took this pic of some of the couples before the race in Vegas. I love the idea of it but am not sure it would make for the most romantic ceremony? 
Question: Would you get married during a race? Yes or No?
Would you celebrate a milestone with a race?
Yes, I would celebrate a milestone like that for sure – I love how Debbie and her husband ran a race for their anniversary!
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I’m impressed that you’re not even sore the day after PRing! I don’t know that I would get married at a race, but I would definitely do a milestone race. I actually kinda want to run a race for my bachelorette party, but I think only one of my bridesmaids (who’s a triathlete) would do it with me.
Okay fine, I’ll run it with you guys too… Oh, you weren’t asking me? Weird.
Haha, I would love that! Running with big groups of supportive women who are out there to have fun is the best.
Celebrating a milestone with a race would be so much fun. I just got my husband into running… maybe I can work on getting him excited for a big race!!
Elizabeth @ livingrunningcooking.com
I wouldn’t get married at a race, but I’d definitely use one to celebrate a milestone. I would love to convince my hubs to run with me. Does Ben ever run with you?
Ben ran the Big Sur 10 miler last year, but then stopped running because he hurt his ankle. He hasn’t gotten back into it since
Eric ran cross country in high school & loved it. He stopped running when he moved into the frat house and I’ve never been able to get him back into it. If you figure out a way to tell a man he should start running again without insulting his manly physique, let me know!
I wouldn’t get married at a race, but my husband and I ran a 5k together before we got married (we called it to the trot before the knot!). He’s not a big runner, so it was really special to do the race together. Congratulations on your huge PR!
If you we’re feeling it during the race then you probably pushed hard enough, right? I know nothing
I wouldn’t get married during a race (since I’m already hitched and hubs isn’t much of a runner and I’d feel dumb, but i think it’s cute when others do) but I’d definitely celebrate a milestone with one!
Married during a race? Erm…. no. Besides the fact that I’m already married, it’s just not my thing.
Celebrating a milestone with a race, however, heck ya. I’m already considering a destination HM for my 35th birthday. We’ll see. =)
Too late on the getting married during a race. But I did see the run through chapel when we did Vegas a few years ago. And I would celebrate a milestone with a race. If it were the right race!
The Kidless Kronicles
Hubs and I ran a half (his first!) last year to celebrate our anniversary!
Awww! Super fun and cute
Thank you for the shout-out, Monica! That was my first and I hope someday to have the time to train for another. Fact is, with two busy kids, those long training runs really suck up the entire day. It was a fantastic experience and I am thrilled to have set, stuck with and met such a huge goal.
Double congrats on the PR.
Great to see you on the course too! It made me smile when I was dying
Ditto that! Mile 400 for me; mile 600 for you!
Awesome that you got a random PR and a random quick recovery! I’d get married during a race but would also want a normal wedding too
Me too! I’d want both
I saw a proposal at a race once!!! Cuuuutest stinkin’ thing ever!!!
And heck yes to a milestone race! I have the dirty 30 sneaking up on me and that would be a run way to celebrate!
are you gonna start sharing your secrets as to why you are able to run so much faster lately?! your killing me
I am all about non-traditional weddings. If running were something significant to my relationship I would be all into it. However, the dude only runs the occasional 5K race with me so I would not make him do a long race with me to get married during it since it means little to him (except of course that I like it). He’d be up for more of a hike and I’d be down with that since that is something we do together a lot.
My brother and sister-in-law ran the Muddy Buddy on the first anniversary which i thought was cool. I’d run a race to celebrate a milestone (my hubby and I are doing our first 15k for his 34th birthday!) but I don’t think I’d get married at race mostly because I like dance floors
My husband and I do adventure races together (Tough Mudder, etc). We’ve coordinated these trips around anniversaries/special occasions. We even named our newst puppy after an adventure race! I would not get married during a marathon, but I would consider ending our vows at one!
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I would definitely celebrate a milestone with a race, but I just can’t get over the ones that got married! Crazy!
Married during a race? Meh, no. I am too much of a romantic lol
Celebrate an anniversary? Absolutely. Some of my favorite memories are from races with my boyfriend
Monica, I thought I posted yesterday how proud of you I am but maybe I forgot to hit submit. I am a little sore today so I am getting a massage. I know you have even faster races in you. I promise to help you but remember the Born to Run 50k, your first 50k, is about us having a fun time, not about a running time. Yesterday was great run before LA. Take it easy for two weeks and lets talk about your training plan for LA. I have some interesting ideas for you. Maybe we could do a joint video on race fueling for your readers. Congrats again.
That’s awesome you ran a full yesterday. Definitely important to take a recovery day (my biggest struggle is remembering how important that is). Tough to get married during a race..unless it was a really, really short run, it seems like jogging in a white wedding dress wouldn’t be conducive with anything too long. Might be fun though!
I suggested to my husband to get married during a race (would be the second marriage for both)…but he said no. However, he said that once I run my first marathon he would run WITH me. That alone would be special since he is much faster than I am.
I am doing the San Fran 1/2 marathon on my 34th birthday this year!! I am so excited!!!
I don’t want to have a wedding so if my man wanted to run with me and get married in Vegas I would line up with all the other crazy people!!
Darn I saw the post about sending pics too late!
Yup, but am not running 30 miles to celebrate my birthday like someone we know! Looking at ya, SR. ;p
Well after doing some looking into venues and prices for my future wedding, yes a run through wedding might be for me.
You are Fierce!! And even more so for the quick-as-heck recovery time!
I wouldn’t get married during a race; my wedding was way too fun! But I would definitely celebrate a milestone with one. I ran the Holiday Half in December the day before my birthday to celebrate. I wanted to get a t-shirt or a crown or something that said “it’s my birthday!” but I didn’t get it together in time.
Hopefully I’ll be doing my 50th half marathon the year I turn 50. It won’t actually be ON my birthday (it falls on a Friday in February) so I’m going to “Save The Date” and run the One America 500 Festival Mini Marathon here in Indianapolis. It was my very first half in 1997 so I thought it would be appropriate to make it my 50th.
Sadly I had to take 8 years off from half marathons (from 2000 until 2008) because of my job at the time. But glad to be back at them now!
Aww, love the shout-out and picture of me and Sarah repping Oiselle on the run!
It was great meeting you at the expo. Let me know if you’re ever up in the PNW in my neck of the woods.