And then there was the Coronavirus... Canceled Shamrock Shuffle 🍀 😞

My running was going well.  And then there was the Coronavirus... and everything changed.

Right before the 2020 Shamrock Shuffle, things started closing.  The day before packet pickup the race was canceled.  It would have been my 8th consecutive year to run it.  It is tradition for me since it was the first race I ever ran (in 2013).

Jody, Nick, Matt and Heather were all joining me.  It was almost as disappointing as the time we missed Bockfest.  Jody and Nick came to Ohio anyway and the three of us ran it virtually and submitted our times.  We can pick up our shirts and medals next month, hopefully.

Then there was the change in the 2020 Queen Bee Half Marathon.  I was so excited to have been brave enough to sign up this year.  I love the course and race, held in October, and had plans to continue my training through the summer.  Well, the Flying Pig (which I hadn't decided about yet but was considering the 10K) was postponed until October, the same weekend as the Queen Bee.

The plan is that the Queen Bee Half and the Flying Pig Half will be run at the same time, on the Pig course (which I'm not as fond of) but if you sign up for both you get both shirts, medals and bags.  You also get a discount.  So the decision is whether to sign up for the Pig Half and do both or defer my Queen Bee Half to 2021.  I'm leaning toward the former.

Also the Fifty West Mile (formerly the Little Kings Mile), which is part of the beer series and the Flying Pig weekend, was switched to the Friday night before the Queen Bee.  I am already signed up for it and decided to run it virtually.

Another event (not a race) I was looking forward to was the Reds Opening Day Parade.  It was also postponed so I got up that day, put on my RedLegs Run shirt and ran in my neighborhood.  It was the best I could do.

Needless to say, the  Saturday morning Runs with MoJo and the Tuesday evening Pub Runs have both been canceled for the unforeseeable future.  :(

So I'm just running on my own, social distancing (six feet from other runners and walkers) and hoping this doesn't last through the summer.


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Bockfest 2020! Here we go again!

We are Bockstars on our way to Brew Hogs!

2020 Cincinnati Cyclones 5K

I ran with my friend Rachel from Mojo while Sonia and Cartoon walked (and ran some too).  Rachel did the 10K and I wished I had done it too.  But I'm happy with my results, my time and my place in my age group.

 

New Year and New Friends

I'm back to MoJo Running and loving it.  I'm also running on Tuesdays with the Pub Run group.

I have made a new MoJo friend (need pictures soon!) who runs at about my pace and distance.  She is also training for a half in the fall so it great for me.

The first Saturday in January I met her and ran with her.  We traded contact information for Facebook.

The next Saturday it was supposed to be rainy and windy so I ran inside at the Rec with my friend from the Oxford Pub Run.

The next Saturday it poured so again I ran with my friend at the Rec.

The last Saturday Jody joined me back at MoJo and we ran with Rachel and met a few more girls in our same pace/distance group!

And as always, why didn't I remember to take pictures?  I was having to much fun.

5K Thai Style

Well I didn't get to do the Thanksgiving Day race since I was in Thailand but I did get to do the Trat Thailand Change for Good 5K!  What an experience!

Everyone wore their shirts, it was a sea of yellow.  The bibs were a thick rubbery fabric.  The food afterward was all Thai cuisine.

   

Pub Runs, Winter Running and 2020 Goals

We are still doing the pub runs and running better all the time.

I'm already registered for four races in 2020.

I did the MoJo Donut Fun run with Stacey, Jennifer and Denise.  I'm so excited to be back with the group again and plan to start attending every Saturday morning after the first of the year.  The group meets at Crossfit Coalition in Fairfield and is a little closer.

And I plan to train for a half marathon to run Spring 2020.

Hudy 7K and Brew Hog Status with Cartoon

I love this race for so many reasons.  It is the final leg of the Beer Series which means Brew Hog Status.  It is "the race that thinks its a party."  The band is one I really like named "Just Add Beer."

We did it and we have the mugs to prove it!  And I'm all signed up for the series next year!