weird to me.... drinking salsa??

Yeah, I remember wondering about that too! I was like, if I run first I won't have the energy to race! Now I understand.... but I don't get the drinking salsa before!!

The only running I do before is just maybe a tenth of a mile or so. The first race I decided to skip the long line for the bathrooms and go to the ones at the other side of the park. Then I had to run to the start line to get there in time (with a few minutes to catch my breath). But then for the next 5K I had planned to get there early and do a 1 mile warm up. Instead I woke up too late, got there, got my t-shirt and number, ran back to the car to put away the t-shirt, and then ran back to head over to the starting line.

For the Halloween 5K I doubt I'll do much warm up because my friend will be running it with me and if she warms up I'm afraid she won't even finish. So she will warm up during the race, I told her to take the first half mile or so at a pace that feels slow, and then if she wants to bust out some more and take off, that's fine. I doubt she will, but you never know. Besides, I think just finishing will be pretty good with such a short time to train.

I'm looking at a couple of Turkey Trot 5K's. Planning on the Chicago half-marathon next year then the Chicago marathon the next! Still hanging at the 5K level for now though! Headed to one this morning actually. My nephew is running with me! Yeah... if I ran 5K before the 5K I'd be done! lol! Gotta work on that I guess!!

That is awesome! Let us know how you do!

I might like to do a half marathon sometime. Tomorrow I'm going to get a feel for the marathon distance by doing the bike tour of the marathon.

I asked her specifically what it was "good" for... I figured she had some sort of reason for drinking it at 8 in the morning! She said its nutrients helped connect the brain and muscles up in some way!

Hmm, very interesting. I guees maybe it gets the blood to pumping in some way?

I think it's different for everyone. I have my standard bowl of oatmeal with walnuts just like every other morning. I haven't hurled yet, and I don't intend to! I would be a little afraid to drnk so much acidic things or even eat dairy before I run. I've just tried to be careful and so far, so good!