The Carnival of Running #52
Welcome to the 52nd edition of The Carnival of Running!
This one is for Vanilla, who last week outed himself as the lead singer and guitarist for Mott the Hoople:
We also honor Danica at Chic Runner, for running the Malibu Marathon in a tutu. But if she really wanted to push the envelope, she would run a marathon dressed as a Tutu.
It’s Thanksgiving Eve, and for runners that can mean only one thing – eating!
Huntsville Times columnist Mark McCarter describes his taking on the Krispy Kreme Challenge, and no chunks were blown during the Virginia Beach running of the doughnut race. This might disappoint columnist John Krahnert, who is proud of crossing the puke threshold.
If doughnuts aren’t your thing, there’s always the Cinnamon Bun Fun Run. And you might have missed the Philadelphia Marathon this year, but file away this list of carb-loading Philly breakfast eateries for next year.
Of course, we’re always saddled with the healthful eating crowd – like Team Vegan Philly, and Deena Kastor, who offers up her recipe for Green Chile Pumpkin Pie.
Crabby McSlacker offers a host of reasons not to run a marathon. But just showing up for as many races as possible is a reward in itself, as I proved with my 39th place finish in the Buzz Oates RunSac Race Series, despite a crummy running year.
GlamSpirit offers another cup from the bottomless well of sports bra advice. Meanwhile, you can prevent leg fatigue and be fashion forward at the same time with the Injinji EX-Celerator Performance Compression Toesock⢠(pictured below).
Christmas is right around the corner, which means a lot of folks running around dressed as Santa. Who would be silly enough to sign up for something like that?
This week’s linky love goes out to Kenley at The Essence of Running, and to The Loose Moose, who earns a permanent spot on the Running Is Funny blogroll. Huzzah!
That’s all for this week, friends. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Submit your posts to carnival@runningisfunny.com. Until next time, run away!
There appears to be a high concentration of stupid in the water in these here parts as thousands have supposedly signed up for the Santa run. At least I won’t be alone in my idiocy.
Happy Turkey Day to you!
Those socks are ridiculous. I’ll stick with my knee-high, cotton tube socks. Happy Thanksgiving. Cheers!
Score! Thanks!
HA HA dressed as a tutu?! The tutu was ENOUGH! :) these are too funny. And I will NEVER be dressing as santa, that’s for SURE :)