In my Pirate Era (Gasparilla 2024)
Cheers to 10 years of participating in the Gasparilla distance classic (and doing running events in general) Of my 10 years this will be my 5th time running the 15k/8k challenge which is now onto its fourth name since participating… the Michelob Ultra Infusions Challenge This year we were staying downtown at the official HOST hotel the Embassy Suites instead of the further away by the airport making race weekend activities a breeze. Just look at this picture I took that looks like a vintage postcard We arrived at the expo just after 3pm again and after grabbing bib, shirts, and my challenge jacket. We wandered around the booths but there were lots of empty tables and the tables that did have giveaways you had to sign up for a mailing list (the one list I did sign up for I’ve already gotten a dozen unnecessary emails as all I want to know about is the running series they advertised) I did end up getting two bondi bands (because girl math 2 for $15 is better then 1 for ...