Hi y’all,
These were my words last year for this week:
“How do I forget every single year how busy this week is? It’s amazing all that gets crammed into a short number of days. Then we’ll run this weekend and get those few hours of peace and quiet. Ahhhh.”
Will someone next year, please, prepare me for the week before Christmas break. It’s like a horrible surprise party every year!
Big race weekend last weekend for the large group that headed to the BCS races. The weather was miserable…but sometimes that can lend itself to PRs and I’ll be darned, it did. HUGE congrats to everyone…FOR MAKING IT THROUGH or PRing! Sometimes just finishing is a mental PR!
And OH MY GOODNESS did you see what happened out Brazos Bend? Angie Hamann ran her first ultra 50 Miler. FIFTY MILES. Can you believe it?!? OK, sit back up. Ted Mickelson…ONE HUNDRED MILES. Amazing y’all. Congrats on accomplishing the impossible!
Jingle Bell Run
We’ve got the Jingle Bell Run this weekend at 9AM at Centennial Park on McLean. For those new to PARR, this is our little family gathering. We’ll have some treats and a race for the kids. To help manage the chaos of a race put on by amateurs, we will have 3 races, one for each age group. The weather looks like it will be perfect, so after your run…go grab your family or just come! If you are bringing kiddos, please take a minute and RSVP here: https://goparr.com/store/parr-
Looking ahead
The official run next weekend is going to be on Saturday 12/24 – and with that being Christmas Eve, I know it will be a hit or miss for folks. But if you need to run a different day…make it happen! I’ve been so excited to see all the folks coordinating their runs and people jumping in to knock ‘em out! This is an important run…one that you want to get in, but not one you want to push all the way off until the next weekend…as we’ll already be in the taper time, which is OH SO IMPORTANT! Just mentioning so you start making a plan if exhausting yourself on Christmas Eve isn’t what you were wanting to do!
I, for one, will most likely be pushing a bit later…looking like Tuesday 12/27 if anyone wants to join! I’ll post on Facebook closer to then, so it doesn’t get lost, but just putting it out there now, since it’s a doozy…and I’ll most likely {please read as definitely} be doing less, so will make sure to have distance options!
This week
Runs will be going out of Turner this week. I’m keeping the times our regular start times. It’s a difficult week to try to get everyone done in time for the Jingle Bell Run…so some will be done early and some will go straight to the Jingle Bell run. We realize some groups may adjust, but this is a starting point! We want you to run AND eat your cake 🙂
FM – 5:00AM – 16 miles – http://www.mapmyrun.com/
HM – 5:30AM – 9 – miles – http://www.mapmyrun.com/
*Water on Southeast corner of Pearland Pkwy and Oiler Drive
Happy Runs Y’all!
Aimee Galley
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