Bucket List!!

I've always had a bucket race list in my head... but all of these Running World Posts l are making it difficult for me to remember all the awesome races that I NEED to run.

So I'm starting a list.... What races are on your must do list??  Which ones have I forgotten??  

• Bay to Breakers (Drunk people and costumes!)  12k, May, San Francisco, CA
• Napa to Sonoma  (Wine, duh!) 1/2 marathon, July, Napa, CA
• Rock n Roll Vegas ( Mary needs Nevada, although the full looks boring)  full and 1/2, November, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Grandma's  (I heard good things and it's pretty),  Full, June, Duluth, Minnesota
• Flying Pig (Pigs! Swag! Pig swag!), Full/Half/challenges, May, Cincinnati, Ohio
• London  (London, duh!)  Full, April, London, UK
• Tokyo (excuse to visit my 2nd favorite city)  Full, February, Tokyo
• Big 5 (chance to run with Lions (and giraffes and rhinos), for real), Full/Half, South Africa
• Detroit (2 countries, 1 race!), Full, Detroit, Mi
• Disney Races  (because I feel like its a requirement),  any/all, multi distances and challenges, Orland, FL

This is just the beginning!   I will add more as I remember!

UPDATE:

Will the generous donation of my brother and sister-in-law, I am 80% to my goal of $1500 for Girls on the Run fundraising for the Chicago Marathon!!   I only have $300 to go... that's only 30 people donating  $10!!!  So easy!!    Please donate here!

YAY! 2/3rds there!!!

I'm over the $1000 hump!! Less than $400 to go!!!  Thank you, thank you, thank you for all who have donated.  I sincerely appreciate it.

 I'm not going to lie... training this year has been tough.   Tougher than what I remember from last year.   I'm not sure why... maybe I'm traveling a bit more, maybe I'm busier in general... I don't know.   I know that I've been so tired for the last few weeks.   It really has been difficult to stay motivated to do anything at all, esp. running.

I arrived at Fleet Feet Saturday totally convinced I would not be able to get through 11 miles.  I was just getting over jet lagged... I only managed 6.5 in London the week before instead of the scheduled 10.  
I dropped back to pace a slower group which was suppose to only do 10, but we end up doing 11 anyway :)   Got back to the store to see that Asic was setting up for a free 5k- Detox Dash.   I love free swag and free food, so of course I, along with my other pacer buddies, decided it was a great idea to put in 3 more miles.    I was super sore yesterday, but the free shirts and hat were worth it.

A couple pics I stole from Courtney, because my phone is so busted it is difficult to take pictures at this point.   (On a side note, my new phone is sitting in a box on the counter... I'm not allowed to open it until my new case and screen protector arrive.   It took 3 broken phones to learn this lesson, but I think I finally got it-  phone needs heavy duty case.)

Half way point!

Detox Dash Rockstars!  Go CES!

I'm getting super super close to my fundraising goal of $1500... I really didn't think I'd be able to do it!  If you have a few bucks, please consider donating.  Every dollar counts... I just realized there's a $10 minimum on the fundraising page... if you'd prefer to Quickpay or give cash, I'm happy submit all cash donations at once. Just let me know!