Thursday, May 5, 2011

Three Things Thursday: All I Want For Mother's Day....

The hubs and the boys already gave me an early Mother's Day gift - the gift of letting me race this Mother's Day weekend.  This Saturday, I am running the Manassas Runway 10K - it's an inaugural race on the airport runway!  How cool is that?!!  No hills, flat, AND I just found out last week they give out medals to all finishers!

I'm excited, a little nervous (because of the pressure I have deep down on myself to PR), but I couldn't ask for a better Mother's Day gift - it was a race that the hubs wanted to run too (he hasn't run a 10K race yet), but in the end let me do it since it is Mother's Day weekend after all.

So I'm all set for Mother's Day....but I was daydreaming this morning and thought, ohhhh....I wouldn't mind having THESE too....lol!

Garmin 210

1.  GARMIN 210.  I feel like I'm not worthy of one yet since I'm not really working on speed yet, just piling on the mileage, but oh what a neat gadget!  Love that with a quick glance, I know what my instantaneous pace is and how many miles I've covered so far.  LOVE!!










2.  Running Outfits:  Running Skirts and matching RunLove Compression Socks.  OK, I know that's 4 things but I couldn't decide which one I liked best.  I run in nothing else but running skirts and these skirts are just a few of my favorites...oh and I want all 4 of those socks.  :D



3.  Water-resistant Spi-belt.  For those less than 1 hour runs.  I have an arm-band but prefer putting my cell phone in a pocket or a pack and I've been wanting one of these since they're so light, not bulky, AND water-resistant.  (UPDATE: In light of Katie's comment below, ok, I wouldn't mind having a Fuel Belt too with the water bottles for those more than 1 hour runs (thanks, girl!) - I don't know which kind yet, not sure how many bottles I'd want, and I would like one with a pouch for cell, GU, etc.!)  :)

So that's my Three Things (more like  7 I guess) for Thursday.  A mom can dream, right?  Well if not for Mother's Day, birthday, Christmas....Do any of you have any of the above?  What do you think of them?
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3 comments:

  1. Katie @ Will Race for CarbsMay 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    I want that Garmin too! Forget jewelry for mother's day I want a GPS heart rate monitor! As for the belt, I would suggest one with water bottles for long runs. I felt totally dorky at first but now I love having them (especially for the 10+ mile runs). They have a pocket for stuff and you can always leave the bottles off if you don't need them. Happy Mother's day and good luck on your race!

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  2. MarieMay 5, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Katie, I hope you get a Garmin with heart rate monitor for Mother's Day - have you hinted that you want one? ;) I'd take a Garmin over jewelry any day too! lol. Thanks for the suggestion on the belt. Which one do you have? Thanks for the well wishes on my race!

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  3. Katie @ Will Race for CarbsMay 5, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I have the amphipod and I got it at REI. I have the one with two water bottles and then added two more to it when I started running longer. Being able to hydrate has really helped me out! Don't know how I did it before!

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