"Suit & Tie" - JT [socks & shorts] ProCompression giveaway & Motionwear discount

So lately.

My fun has been found here [Instagram]. I freaking love it.

Like LOVE it X 444.

It's my happy place. I pretty sure no one misses my "blogging" [minus my Mom]. I find Instagram to be a mini blog through a photo. It works for me.

However, these two promos brought me back for a quick blog post.

* ProCompression giveaway

and

* Motionwear discount.

I have long been a believer in compression post workout. I am now beginning to enjoy it during as well. I typically stuck with my CEP compression socks.......mostly because they were the first brand I was exposed to. After seeing a promo code on Hungry Runner Girl's blog a while back......I took the PCP. Pro Compression Plunge.

Anddddddddddddddd

I TOO......am a fan.

And I may wear them a lot.

Like a freaking lot.

So ProCompression has offered to giveaway one pair to one of you. Sa-weet.
Here's how you enter:

LEAVE A COMMENT FOR EACH [4 possible entries]

1. Tell me your big goal for 2013
2. Follow @Procompression on twitter
3. Follow me on Instagram
4. Tweet ..... "Yes, I freaking want to win some @procompression from @runemz and I think they should make these in CAMO." ;)

And just because they rock........

...............here is the promo code for 40% off : BLG13

I also received a pair of Motionwear shorts to try out.

I did one of my recovery runs in them. Zero complaints. Felt great. No rude rubbing or weird seams. #hugewin

[Please ignore the grandma socks.]

They are offering 15% off a $75 order when you use promo code: RUNEMZ

You can find them at
Twitter @motionwear
Instagram @motionwear

Winner will be announced Monday the 25th.

"Wide Awake" - Katy Perry..... & Planet Gear Giveaway!!

[If you just want the Planet Gear Giveaway Info ----- scroll down below all my Yackity Yack ;) ]

What a week.  ummmmm errrrrrrr two weeks.

Busy. Busy. Busy.

Here's a very small run down of what's been going down in the RUN EMZ household.

1.  This is from last Friday . . . .

2.  The food was Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmazing.

Mine:

Pita's:

[I know, right.......insanely expensive steak house and they bring him a kiddy bib. ;) ] 
3.  Saturday night's menu = awesome.  Burger & fried pickles.

I as in Emz, Emily, Peanut's Mom, Twinkle Toe's Daughter ..... won $600 on roulette.  Such a freaking blast.  [ummmm, in case you are curious......the Pita lost it the next day but.......Honestly, it was tons of fun watching him lose.]  I was in tears LAUGHING!

4.  He did buy me this shirt for the loss.  FREAKING. Love. it.

5.  He sadly [for me] packed up [one day after his big "40th" birthday] early, early, EARLY this morning to go on a 4-5 day fishing trip in Colorado. 

However, I woke up to find these amazing flowers.
It. is. the. little. things.

so. grateful.

Followed by a text saying, "remember your run for today calls for a rolling hill 18 miler".

Bam.

Ya, he won't have cell service for the next 4 days . . . . I hear the flat treadmill road calling! ;)


G I V E A W A Y
GIVEAWAY
GIVEAWAY!!!

The awesome people at PlanetGear.com have offered to give one of my lucky readers a $40 gift card!

Here's how to enter:
[please leave a comment for each one you do]

MANDATORY:

1.  Visit www.planetgear.com
2.  Be a follower of my blog.
3.  "LIKE" Planet Gears Facebook page

For EXTRA entries:

1.  Follow  me on Twitter [ @runemz]
2.  Tweet about the giveaway:

"I'd freaking love to win the $40 @PlanetGear gift card @runemz is giving away."

3.  Follow me on Instagram

Winner will be chosen on Friday July 27th!

Good Luck!!

"Rocky Raccoon" - The Beattles [and ONLINE SHOES WINNER!!]

So a few nights ago Mase [pitbull] was barking something fierce.  This is highly uncommon.  After the Pita and I laid there at 1:20am playing rock, paper, scissors [YES, in the dark]. . . . ya, the Pita lost.

He went outside to find this:

Seriously?!

A raccoon in our pool.

ummmm, I didn't believe him so that's how I got the photos.

Pita:  There's a raccoon in our pool.
Emz: ya, and monkeys fly out of my butt.

Pita:  I'm serious.  Come look!
Emz:  I'm serious.  I'm not getting up.  Take a photo and prove it.

So yay!  Now we have photos!

I've been freaking pool jogging running as of late [sucks my big toe --- actually my right achilles]  but I did have a blast putting my raccoon face on.

The Pita tried to fish him out but it wasn't buying it.

Ya, that's an aqua belt.  Don't be a hater.

Where's his super ugly Boston marathon shirt?

I'm hoping all the chlorine will fade this sucker.

Ya, ya, the hat too.

Now for the winner of the Online Shoes $100 Brooks Shoes Gift Certificate . . . . .

HEATHER-O from:  "Just Another Day In The Life Of Team Oravec"

Heather --- Shoot me an email when you read this [runemzrun at gmail]

Happy Sunday!

"Give Me Everything" - Pitbull

GIVE-A-WAY time!

Got a bunch of goodies here for ya to score.

Yes, I will ship to ohhhhhh Canada. 

But first you have to see this photo.  I just found it in my snapfish account and it made me happy.  Mostly because I remember everything leading up to this photo.  And. It.  [NOW]. Makes.  Me. Smile.

Maybe not quite as happy as Caroline made me [but you know she's an angel].  But that's a whole other blog post ---- oh and it's [the blog post] coming on Monday.

FOR TODAY . . . ..

we have a giveaway!

What you will win:

* one highly sought after "RUN EMZ" shirt. [let me know size & with or WITHOUT the word "freaking" ] like Run Emz 1.0 or Run Emz 2.0

* One RoadID certificate [for a bracelet]

* One RoadID hat

* Gu Brew's, Gu & Vemma Thirst[s].  Love these!  They are what I used during my 24 hour run [recovery]

It'll arrive looking something like this:
[but all wadded up in a box]

NOW.

How. do. you. win . . . . . ? ? ? ?

ONE COMMENT FOR EACH!!

1.  Tweet about this giveaway " @runemz is freaking giving away a run emz shirt plus other things that I actually want." [ plus 1]

2.  Post about this on Facebook. [plus 1]

3.  Vote for me on Circle Of Mom's [here] ---- [plus 2] ends today at 5pm.  Include # you bumped me up to! [what I totally trust you ;) ]

4.  Tell me what you'd actually TRY to listen to me talk about [here] in Vegas. [plus 1]

5.  Tell me why you hate or love treadmill running. [plus 1]

6.  Be a follower of this blog. [plus 2].

7.  Tell me if you like pickle juice. [plus 1]

8.  When is it really "hammer time" .....like . . . .  stop.....hammer time.  Seriously.  Tell me. [plus 2].

Winner will be announced Monday June 6th.

"The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA

We've had quite a busy morning.

Ok.
Peanut
Has.

Writing.

Writing.

Writing.

It was a lot of writing!

We had a super sweet "cat" hat to put them in!

Peanut reached in . . . . .

and . . . . .

Pulled out . . . .

Aimee!!  At, "I Tri To Be Me".

Congrats to Aimee!!
[I have your address from your awesome Paypal donation to Sojourner Center, which is, I'm sure, how you won with all those additional entries!!]

YAY!!

And Happy Birthday to Angie B & son!!  You. rock.

Thank you so much to all who entered and especially DONATED!

Thank you!

Happy Weekend!!

"Last Chance" - Nicki Minaj

To win this:

Click here to enter [click] 

Winner announced tomorrow!

Want to see a sneak peek of where I'll be living on May 6th?!

Right behind that brown gate.

YAY!!!

"Oh Happy Day" - Etta James

Best

Mail

Day

E v e r.

You see I received a bottle of this:

What is it?

PILL SHAPED GOLD.The bottle that may very well save my butt on May 6th!

Who in their right mind would send little ole' me such a thoughtful, holy expensive, useful, awesome & amazing gift?

Jeff and Annie.

Need a photo?

Here:

and

Here:

Duh, of course, in their RunEmz shirts! ;)

If you don't follow these two.  You should.  They are 100% Emz Approved  [I'm pretending you care what I think, let me have my moment.]

Jeff:  you can find him [here].
Expect everything from some awesome bike photos, photos of bikes that are pretty much furniture in their home, amazing 1/2 Mary times, current event, politics & sci-fi [really bad like "sharktopus" or something] movie reviews.

Annie: [the better half wife] [here]
This girl can run and can probably run in heels.
This girl knows shoes --- which means we should probably never meet but we will go shopping together one day.  You. Bet. Cha.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

Don't forget to follow me on my new blog [to promote my 24 hour run] [here]

and

Don't forget to enter for a chance to win the 5 pound gummy bear [here].

Run on, my friends!

RunEmz Give-a-way

give-a-way.

yep.

Thanks to VAT19.com . . . .

I've got one of these:

to give to a faithful follower.

You must check out the video {here}

Yep it's just like the one Peanut got [but in Blue Raspberry].  yum.

Wanna win it?

Here's how:

[PLEASE leave me a comment for EACH that you do!!!]

* Follow me on my new blog [click here] . +1

* Donate [from the new runemz blog, please]  ANY AMOUNT!!  +5

* Ask me a question about my upcoming 24 hour treadmill run.  +1

* Tweet about this 5 pound gummy bear give-a-way! +1

* Friend me  on Facebook! +1

* Post about this on your blog! +2
[BUT . . . . you'll get a +5 if your post is ONLY about the gummy bear/24 hour run - not just a link or mention on your blog]

ABOUT THE BEAR:

Features & specs:


•Dimensions: 9.5" x 5.5" x 3.5"

•Equivalent to 1400 regular-size gummy bears

•Weighs approximately 5 pounds

•12,600 calories!

•Hand-made in the USA with domestic ingredients

•Gluten-free

•One year shelf life

You. bet. cha.

I'll be eating [on] one of these on May 6th.  Mine is bubble gum flavor.

Watch out!

Pickle flavor coming soon. ;)

Winner chosen Friday, April 8th!

"Give It Away" - RHCPeppers

Yes, RHCP's again.  Thanks [huge layer of sarcasm] Kovas.

So a very sad giveaway is here for you today.

Remember I had these made:

No Q - it's not for one of these:

And - never - never - never the buckle.
So sorry.  But hey, I'm pretty sure that drunk guy you saw wearing one would give you his, "for a small fee".

So, I know . . . . You are dying to have one of these?! ;) HA!

Hey, what?!!?  I think JenniferLeah is actually claiming to "want one".

So, today ---- up for the taking are two self-promoting, "RUN EMZ" T's.


You pick the size. Small-through XL

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, AND one XXL. 
Yep, that "special order" one I had made for the Pita.  Ya, he's "not wearing that" .

Pita:  I'm not wearing one of those.
ME: [sad face, then angry face] what? why?  That's mean.
Pita:  I'm not. I'll wear one that says "Emz is my wife" but I'm not wearing one of those.  All your other family will be wearing. 

So here's my contest [be it a sad contest or not] rules.

LEAVE one comment per request below.

1.  Follow
2.  Tell me where you'll wear this super sweet T should you win.
3. promise me you won't use it as a drop cloth when you paint or to clean your car with.
3.  Tell me what I should write on the Pita's VERY "custom" shirt I'll be making him.

Oh and if you've ever run farther than me on a treadmill [23.14].  You could win yourself a shirt [here] too!  Thanks MissZ!

Happy Friday!!

"300" - Soul Coughing [+ giveaway]

Welcome.
to.
300.

Emz style.

Look what you started with these sleeves Angie B.

If only, I had those legs.


Now, I did love "Foges" idea of using my very first blog [click here-but please come back!] 

I [mostly] love how much things have changed since then.

Like:

* "number of people who will read my blog" - ummmm, look at the comments total on this post.  Yep, it was "one" too - thanks to [Matty-O].

* number of marathons I've run.  Was one now it's seven.  With and 8,9 & 10 just around the corner.

* number of people I will tell.  While I don't tell many.  I sure as heck have told more than one.

* I ran a 50 mile TRAIL race.  Would have NEVER - EVER thought I'd have done that 299 posts ago.

* I have friends in blog land.  Like real. true. friends.  Friends that are unlike any other.  Friends I hold dear to my heart.  not weird Internet friends.  but friends I'd help out in a heartbeat, if they needed me.

* number of toenails I've lost.  Increased by four.  dang 50 miler.

* I now have friends in Canada, Australia, Italy, Europe [I found out where it is Adrienne], Netherlands, Mexico & New Zealand.  And I wouldn't trade them for anything.
* I do still just have the one [albeit perfect] kido.  That one does surprise me.

* I have blog friends that probably understand me better than some family and without question, most friends.

* Only one blog meet up [so far] with one of my favorite girls who runs this planet Kera.
* I'll be running in this next year with RL.  My fellow AZ girl, I MUST meet!

* I never thought in a million years I'd get called out on the abs.  Still don't get that.  The arm crease now, that is weird and gross.

Big moments in blogging for me:

Amy & Brooke......without a doubt they are the reason I started blogging.  They made it look fun & they made it funny.

When I found Petra.  First runner I ever followed.
When MissZ became a follower.  I mean look at her profile photo.  This woman means business.
When BDD became a follower.  I'm still trying to figure out if he truly exists or is an urban legend.

Then there was "Q" & "SU&R" who - - - man, just speechless.  They are hilarious.

Patrick and all his [not] smiling.  Kovas in all his "strangeness".  DRog with his "tranny" issues [car...people, car tranny].  Andrew with his awesome posts and race shirts.

I could go on & on.  Wait, I must . . .Sarah [can't link her because it's private and I'm invited and you are not.  Love you Sarah].  Slowmo.  Awesome.  And who can forget Jamoosh.  Mooshy, to me.  His RR here.  The best ever.  And oh ya, thanks for putting my abs on the "map".

You guys have made this the best time in my life.  Through the uppest up's and the downest downs.  I thank you.

Now to celebrate:

Be thankful we are not celebrating in person or I'd have to break out my best "running man" .  Okay, we should ALL be thankful [thankful day #5] for ON-LINE parties.

** In honor of 300 post day. **

I have three items up for you to win.

Item #1: [wait I don't even own this one!]

#2:

In "unisex" sizing [black].

#3:

In "girlie" sizing [in black].

HUGE. HUGE. HUGE "thank you" to Ron @ Punk Rock Racing for the giveaway donation.  Have I mentioned, I love this guy?! 

If you don't want to wait to win. . . . click on the new added link on my blog and buy direct.  Tell him "Emz sent you" . . . ONLY because I think it sounds cool.

How to enter:

1. Follow- follow me into my constant state of confusion. +1
2. Follow me on Facebook - HA!  I've been dying to write that. -4
3. Tell me your favorite blog post of mine. +1
4. Tell me why you follow me. +1
5. Link to this post. +1

[rules on #4] . . . must be an appropriate comment that a 10 year old could read.  Because she does read.  So play nice.

** Wnners will be announced Tuesday, November 9th. **

YOU GUYS ROCK.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Emz

giveaway state of mind

Gooooooood Morning!

So, I [somehow] won some sweet swag from last Saturday's marathon.
The $50 gift card - - - well - - - I spent that 2 hours after the race. [sporting goods store]. yay!

However, I still have this sweet little number.

This 99.8% treadmill running girl can't really warrant having a "ROAD" ID when I basically run in place 5 out of 7 days.

I'm thinking I could benefit waaaaaaaaay more from something more like this

Or this:

So I am giving away a $15 certificate to "road ID".  Click here for more product information.

Rules/entry . . .

easy [being that I don't have a FB or twitter account] ;)

Two options:

1.  Tell me why you should get this road ID - why you need/want it.

OR

2.  Tell me a joke - yep, your best one.  I soooooo need a laugh today!

* * and of course --- you get extra credit if you are a follower. * *

Winner will be chosen Monday May 10th.