Womans Half Marathon expo and Santa Run recap.

What could be more fun than a girls weekend in Baton Rouge running a race in a Santa suit in front of 1000's of people?

How about following it up running a race with a 1000 woman dressed in PINK and running for an amazing cause.

I had such a wonderful weekend with these ladies...

Stefanie, Shannon, me, Mindy, and Melanie

We loaded the car up and headed on a fantastic girls weekend full of food, racing, and laughs. 

The first thing we did was head to the expo, we knew it would only be going on till 3 because of the parade that night. It was small and very easy to get our packets. Trust me if you have ever done a large race packet pickup is a race in itself, lol!

I was excited to get to the expo and see my friend Lauren, she is the owner of RACEDAYBOOKS.com The books she makes are AMAZING.

 I picked out the pink Raceday book and cannot wait to fill it up this year. 

I may have a little Raceday book giveaway coming soon. Stay tuned!

We picked up these super cool RUN PINK sunglasses at the expo. How cool are these? My daughter has already claimed them:( lol!

Mindy is a RUNPINK Ambassador and I am a blogger Ambassador for the race, so it was cool to be able to finally meet the people that we work with online in person. They were at the packet pickup ready to greet us. I was impressed at how organized it was. They had also a backdrop with every ones name on it that was running the race...

I was running this race for my Aunt Gwen who was recently diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoma. You kind of feel helpless when things happen you cant control. the least I can do is show my love to her knowing that every step I took on Sunday was for her. 

We found a great restaurant called the Capital City Grille to have a late lunch. Shannon and I ordered the Fish Tacos. They were amazing!

We knew it was getting time for the 62nd annual Baton Rouge Christmas Parade, and we were heading the parade in a 2 mile race dressed in Santa suits. 

Yes, I told you guys about the Santa Run we would be partaking in while we were there. The one thing I didn't know is that it would be 80 degrees at 5:00 when we were going to run this race in front of 1000's of people. 

The suits were made of felt and YES they were HOT! 

However after taking over the Subway bathroom we came out looking like this...

We opted for the no pants look! Add cute Christmas socks and You have some pretty awesome looking Santa runners!

Remember this picture from last week?

Well of course I had to do my own version of the picture...

I should have gotten my other leg up but its close enough! LOL

We started at the beginning of the parade and ran the parade route for 2 miles. The look on the kids faces as a couple hundred Santa's ran down the road was priceless.

Overall we had a blast even though we were hot and sweaty. 

If you are in the area next year, you should definitely run this fun Santa race. 

Don't forget I am giving away 30 pairs of my favorite Swiftwick Sustain socks. These socks are AMAZING and 30 readers are getting them. Merry Christmas!

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After the parade we headed to our hotel

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We stayed at the Comfort Suites in Port Allen, LA. It was a great hotel and very easy to find. The man that checked us in was so very nice. I always stay at a Choice Hotel when traveling and have never had a problem anywhere I have stayed. Our room was amazing also. It had a couch area in the front and 2 double beds. It was very spacious and very comfy. 

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Of course being a health and fitness blogger who races, I had to do the infamous night before the race picture. Oh and because Mindy says I have too!;) So here it is...

Mizuno Wave Rider 16's, Under Armour wicking shirt,  Running Skirts, and my beloved Swiftwick Aspires!
Race ready!

I hope I haven't bored you too much, lol!

I will save my Womans Half Marathon recap for tomorrow, STAY TUNED!

QOTD: How did you spend your weekend?