2019, June - REWIND

June was a comfortably busy month.

JUNE 1st: I met a group of women downtown for a run and then brunch. I was confused about where I was supposed to park so I missed the official start of the run so I did my own thing and then caught up with them for the brunch portion of the morning.

JUNE 2nd: a friend of my husband's mentioned that they had a 6-week old barn owl that they were caring for until they could get it down to the Indiana Raptor Center where it will be part of the educational program there. We were invited to come out to see it if we wanted to.  YES, PLEASE!!! That was such a cool experience.

Working on eating a dead (previously frozen) mouse

So majestic 

JUNE 4th: I signed up for a Boot Camp class and this was our first morning. My friends Angela & Vee registered as well. And with a 5:30 AM start time its a good thing they are also attending because that will help keep me accountable. I'm not a fan of getting up that early. I did make it to the majority of the classes. It met every Tuesday & Thursday morning.

From our very first class (outside!) 

to the last June class in the gym.

JUNE 5th: was Global/National Running Day and since this "holiday" always takes place on the first Wednesday in June it was also a Speedway Running Club night. I made personalized running bibs for the girls that I went to NOLA with and then some generic bibs for the rest of the club to have. The club was offering a discount on their membership so I finally became an official member.

JUNE 9th: was the SHE Power Half Marathon. You can read more about that here - SHE POWER Half Marathon

JUNE 13th: was the RUN(317) Broad Ripple race. While I'm not really a fan of the Broad Ripple area - streets are narrow, parking sucks - I did have fun on this course.

JUNE 17th: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPEEDWAY RUNNING CLUB! 
SRC celebrated it's 4th birthday and we had a big pitch-in. Lots of people attended and it was so much fun.

The 3 of us each won a prize! 

It was a NOLA reunion minus Esther. 

JUNE 29th: This was the date of the 4th Indy Ultimate race. 
I've participated all 4 years and you can read more about this year's experience here: Indy Ultimate

2019, May - REWIND

The month of May = WOW!

MAY 1st - the month of May is incredibly exciting in Indianapolis and this year there was a big kickoff at noon downtown so I walked over to partake in the festivities during my lunch hour. 

Always good to see my friends!

Boomer is one of the best in the business

Doug Boles - Mr. Indianapolis 500 (and President of IMS)

MAY 2nd & 3rd - although I was not running the Indy Mini Half Marathon this year, I went to the expo. And it is always a goal to get another picture with Frank Shorter, the very first person to win the race back in 1977. I also worked the RUN(317) booth there one day. I love a race expo and go as often as I can. Luckily this expo is right across the street from where I work so how could I NOT go multiple times?!

MAY 8th - Run With Racers at Speedway Run Club. Although at this point in time I wasn't an official member yet, I had been going to many of the Wednesday night group runs. Always in May, they get some racecar drivers to come run with the group. 

MAY 10th & 11th - I made a whirlwind trip to Kansas for the Running With The Cows Half Marathon. You can read more about that here: RWTC Half

MAY 14th - Taco Run Indy. FUN! FUN! FUN! It was the 2nd year for this Racemaker Production event and I was super excited to be doing it with my friends from Speedway Running Club. I "may have" brought some extra margaritas! 😲🙌😜 

I thought my shadow on this person in front of me was too funny not to snap a photo of! 

I won a chance to crack open the pinata and I was the last person to "take a swing" at it and thus was the one to open it. I have learned that you do NOT want to be the one to bust open the pinata. By the time you realize it is open and can get the blindfold off, everyone has bum-rushed the area and grabbed all the good stuff. 😢😡😠

MAY 16th - our first RUN(317) event, downtown on the Circle. There were some very bad storms hours before this event and it almost got canceled. Luckily it was merely delayed. This is one of my favorite events. And I took AAAALLLLLL the pictures! 

My friend and coworker Katie

AMBASSADORS!

FRIENDS!

MAY 17th thru 19th - We headed down to Chattanooga, TN to volunteer at the Ironman 70.3 and also so my husband could run and ride some of the course in preparation of his 140.6 down there in September.

Friday night we met some of his extended family for dinner at the Frothy Monkey. 

Then on Saturday while we was riding and running, I went for a run as well. 

Later on Saturday I went and listened to the panel of female professionals.

But is was lights out early on Saturday because we were working body marking at 4:30 AM on Sunday!

MAY 27th - Honor the Brave 5K always takes place on Memorial Day. This race is put on by 131 Events and if you are a connoisseur of medals - like I am - you usually can't beat their bling. Bonus this year was that my friend Angela was there too!

MAY 29th - was the kick off to the Summer Fun Run program put on by our local parks department. In the past, I've made it to almost every Wednesday night run but - spoiler alert - in June I officially joined the Speedway Running Club and since they meet on Wednesday as well, this was the only SFR I did. I was very happy to see my friend and former coworker Pattie that night. 

MAY 30th - last but not least, I participated in a free demo Boot Camp class at the YMCA near my house. Three of my Speedway Running Club friends joined the festivities as well.  It was HARD! And with my shoulder issues there were several stations I couldn't do. While this would have been a great class to register for it was out of my price range. But we sure had fun that night.