Sometimes you have to go out and find races, and sometimes they’re dropped right in your lap. The Tessitura Network convention almost always offers a free 5K (ish) to attendees. While it’s a bit loosey-goosey by some race standards, I can never resist a free race! Perhaps these “ish” and “loosey-goosey” qualifiers sound like damning with faint praise. I...
Continue reading5K, If You Don’t Melt First: Tessitura Convention Race Recap
Even when my Tessitura Convention adventure isn’t conveniently located in Orlando, there’s always a highlight for me to look forward to: the convention 5K. It’s wildly informal and the course doesn’t always match the promised distance, but it’s also free, so who am I to complain? Okay, actually, I did have one complaint this time around. Well, not so...
Continue readingSurprise! I’m Hightailing It Back To WDW
And you thought I went to WDW a bunch last year! Frankly, so did I. But as they say, sometimes fate steps in and sees you through. In my case, fate stepped in in the form of a work conference in Orlando, right across the highway from my beloved Walt Disney World. Score! Of course, this trip is primarily...
Continue readingRace Recap! A 5K In The Mile High City
Nobody was more surprised than me that I attended the 2022 Tessitura Network Convention – I went from contracted employee to full time and on a plane to the Mile High City in the blink of an eye. Was I excited to go to Denver for the first time? Yes! But was I more excited for the conference 5K?...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn Runs A WDW Boardwalk 5K
Since I spent most of this WDW trip in a conference, I won’t be doing a traditional trip report, but I definitely still have a lot of stuff to tell you about that will be loosely collected under the July 2018 trip keyword. Read on! Hello from Orlando International Airport! My flight took off three minutes ago. Haha, just kidding! It...
Continue readingThe Fairest Week In Review: 8/16
I was at a conference last Sunday afternoon through Thursday morning, so my schedule was a bit discombobulated – no lunchtime walks and in some cases unfamiliar running territory. I did do a fair amount of power-walking around the conference center, though, which added to my daily count step even if it’s not GPS official. Here’s how all the...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn Recaps A (Literally) Sick 5K
Raise your hand if you’ve ever run a 5K while sick! Damn, there are a lot of us, aren’t there? Yes, I ran a 5K on Tuesday while nursing a cold. Well, to be fair, it was a “5Kish.” We’ll get there. The conference I annually attend hosted said 5K, which explains why I went: it was right there...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn Finally Has A Race Schedule In Place
I’ve been putting this post off for quite a while due to chronic boredom. Not that I’m bored with running and racing, but rather my race schedule was boring. For some time my first planned race wasn’t until September. September. Ugh. What kind of runner can wait that long??? Well, the kind who didn’t enjoy last year’s Cherry Blossom...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn Is A Poor 5K Recapper & Great Balcony Viewer
So, I don’t know, I feel like a should recap all my races, even if they weren’t that exciting. With that in mind, I give you: the 2015 Tessitura Network 5K, which is held annually during the conference I attend. You may recall that last year’s went great. This year’s? Not so much. Oh, it wasn’t that bad. It...
Continue readingIn Which Jenn Has Her Race Calendar Planned For Real This Time
And now for another topic where you can ignore everything I said about it before. I’m talkin’ bout my race schedule! I’ve been alluding to it in bits and pieces over the past couple weeks, but now that it’s all settled I like having it all set out in one place. It looks so tidy, no? 1. Tessitura Network...
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