Try It Tuesday...BAMR Bands Review

This post was scheduled for Tuesday but due to the events of Marathon Monday I pushed it back.

With crazy, curly hair I am always looking for something to tame the tresses when I'm running, working out, or just out and about.  I was excited to hear when a fellow mother runner started her business

Katie Heddleston is an awesome Mother Runner and she is now owner of an incredible band company!  BAMR bands are 7/8 inch bands that are completely stay put..meaning there isn't an inch of slip with these bad boys!  Even better....$1 of each band sold goes to the charity Every Mother Counts!

They come in the cutest patterns and colors!  You can order these bands right off Katie's website and they are a flat rate of $10 including shipping unless noted!  Do yourself a favor and treat your self to a BAMR band!!

TTT...Race Recap Style

This week's randoms all center around the Jamestown Bridge 10k that I ran on Sunday in Jamestown, RI.  

Fun in Numbers...I have run this race all three years it has been held and every year I have run it with my BRF Jill and her brother Stu.

Stu is running Boston this Monday for Team Eye and Ear!

Sporting my BAMR band and LOVING it (review coming soon!)

I ran the first mile with Jill which is always deceiving since it is 90% downhill leading to the bridge.  We ran it in 8:33....normal for my prebaby days but not so much for lately!  Stu was off with the crowd and soon Jill took off to chase/pass her baby bro!  It is so much more fun running with friends!  We laughed, joked (why is it that there is always one person...you know that person...who needs to be the center of attention?  This race it was an overzealous CrossFitter who decided to spread eagle in the middle of the crowd to stretch and do push ups!), made up funny nicknames for people, set goals, and cheered on each other's successes!

Saucony with the Win...A few days before this race I was sent a pair of Kinvara 4.  I was instantly in love but I wasn't certain whether or not I should break the golden rule of running and race in new kicks....How could I resist though?

I mean just slipping them on I instantly felt bad ass!  These bad boys rock!  I had a pair of the Kinvara 3 that I bought last year and loved them for my shorter runs so I was really excited to try out the new model.

Yeah like Em said, "Mom those are going to make you SUPER FAST!"...well I could at least look super fast!  These go on sale starting May 1st....check them out.  You will not be sorry!  They also came out with a Boston Marathon edition that will be available at the expo....

Enjoy the view...The first mile of this race is, as I said, downhill...then starts the climb for 6/10 of a mile.  I got to the peak of the bridge and looked to my right and caught a glimpse of my beautiful home state!  The past two years either the weather has been cruddy or I was too focused on speed that I had never really appreciated the view.  I mean if I'm going to climb this...

I might as well enjoy this!

It was hard to really capture the view!

There were others taking pictures too...actually this one woman in front of me kept stopping and taking pictures.  She would then proceed to break into a sprint every time I trotted past her.  Yeah that's frustration you hear in my words....this irritated the CRAP out of me!  I'm happy to say though that I did in fact beat her in the end!  Hey I'm still pretty slow so I need to take the victories where they come!  I hit my goal of under 1 hour by crossing in 59:12...not my fastest by a long shot but not my slowest either!  This race is the only 10k I've raced in many years.  I have another on tap for June and am excited to see if I can score a pr you know since I won't need to climb a bridge twice!!!

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