Lunatics I Follow
Kaiser Permanente Women’s Fitness Festival
Sacramento, CA
The parking situation was horrendous this year. Parking Panda allowed for reserving spots in the nearest city garage for $5 flat, but Rachelle O. had to bail from my car …
DC Wonder Woman Run Series Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
The inaugural DC Wonder Woman Run Series came to Sacramento in September, with future stops in Oakland, San Jose, LA, and San Diego. This year they had 5K and 10K …
Hot Chocolate Run San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Registered way back in November for earlybird pricing, and chose to sign up again since race day 2017 fell on my 31st birthday...did not get the promo code for the …
Sacramento Santa Run 5K
Sacramento, CA
Won a free race entry for 2016 from Yelp Sacramento's Facebook contest. Since I had done this race before, I knew what to expect. Normally $50, I believe there was …
Elk Grove Turkey Trot
Elk Grove, CA
Ran out of tech size small shirts at packet pickup. Race morning start times delayed 5mins due to race morning registrants. Kids ran first, then 10K then 5K although I …
FroYo Run Sacramento
West Sacramento, CA
West Sac Riverwalk Park start/finish. 10K started at 7:45, 5K at 9:00. 24HR Fitness led a warmup, and there was a costume contest. Street parking free. Parking garage specified on …
Navy’s Bay Bridge Run & Walk
San Diego, CA
Flat streets, incline up the bridge, decline down. Chips available for runners who wanted to be timed, but runner start area wasn't divided by pace or waves. Lots of walkers …
American River Parkway Half Marathon
Carmichael, CA
Wind gusts 20-40MPH, temperatures in the 80s. Great live bands along the course, out and back, mostly paved bike trails except one dirt/rock portion, river views. Plenty of aid stations, …
Donut Dash (CA)
Sacramento, CA
As a Sacramento area runner since 2011, I'd heard about this Donut Dash many times through the years...but it took a local news story on the 2016 event, my coworker …
Run Like A Mother – Davis, CA
Davis, CA
Now held in Davis, I first ran this race in Elk Grove. 5K around paved residential/Park areas on Mother's day, at the finish got carnations to take home to mom. …