Having a giveaway is a great way to give back, show thankfulness and gratitude and frankly is a lot of fun.  I did my first one in July to celebrate reaching the 500 mile mark.  Gave away two Twete Bird headbands to two lovely ladies.  I got such a kick out of the happiness it brought I wanted to keep it up.  Enjoy – keep running and be thankful you can.

August Giveaway – Another One Bites the Dust!

If there is one thing I’ve learned (or lack thereof) from running is keeping your toenails isn’t always guaranteed.  If you run a lot ~ sometimes, no matter how hard you try to prepare with the right shoes or socks etc…you may experience the joy of losing one or two nails and experience even more excitement trying to grow it back.  Soon you’ll be hearing “what happened to your toe?” as you try to hide the loss with a band-aid, or “ewww, that’s kind of gross”.  At least for the ladies, we can cover it up.  As one runner put it,  “OPI” is a girl’s best friend.

To date I’ve lost three toenails.  No doubt this is due to shoes not fitting properly.  I should wear 8s but sometimes the 7-1/2s just feel better in the arch.  If I run a long way in the 7s – I might pay for it later.  This last loss was the fall out (or I should say fall off) of the 50 Mile Challenge Walk in rainy cool Midwest weather.

So here’s the rub (no pun intended – get it “rub”)  do you have a favorite or funny “foot faux pas” story; a lesson you’ve learned the hard way from your training or runs?  Let me know to win – drumroll please……two bottles of OPI A Woman’s Pragueative (left) and Oy-Nother Polish Joke! (right).  I loved these colors the minute I saw them.  They remind me of the warm humid summer air August will bring in the Midwest!

You can comment or email us at wesoar11315@gmail.com to enter.

You can visit the giveaway page here:  https://11315miles.com/giveaways/.

Winner will be selected and announced 31 August 2013.  Good luck and have fun!