Gauntlet thrown...

I won an entry to the Los Angeles 13.1 tomorrow.  I hadn't planned on running another half marathon so soon after last week, but I never give up a free opportunity to race.  I had planned to run it nice and easy, enjoying the crowds, music and race atmosphere.  I hadn't really thought about "racing" it.

When fellow Ambassador of Wow, Nadine, found out I was running, she offered up a challenge.  Since she is running the Rock 'N Roll Arizona Half Marathon tomorrow, she thought it would be fun for us to compete.  Both of us have the same half marathon "sweet spot" of 1:55.  She thought that we should push it to 1:50.  Whomever gets the best time will buy a Jamba Juice breakfast in the winner's city.

Of course I accepted her challenge.  Now, as I sit here in 80 degree weather, I wonder what I have gotten myself into.  Nadine is training for Boston and an Ironman.  Nadine does tempo runs and speed work on a regular basis.  I haven't run a heck of a lot in the last month or so (averaging less than 20 miles a week since early December).  The closest thing to a tempo run I have done is last week's half marathon.  I am not race ready.

At least I get breakfast with a friend out of the deal.   It's a win-win situation.

happy running...

Ambassador of WOW!

If you have been following me for a while, you might remember that I ran for Team Jamba over the summer.  I was chosen through Active Ambassadors.  Of the 100 Jamba Juice Ambassadors, several of us were called and asked if we would be interested in taking the ambassador program one step further.  I drove up to Santa Monica to interview with a PR/advertising agency.  Three of us were chosen to be the Ambassadors of Wow!  The coolest thing is that Nadine and I became friends through Team Jamba and are super excited about working with each other.  We met the third Ambassador, Felipe, at the LA Eco Mud Run and he is a really nice guy.

We recently had a photo shoot up in Beverly Hills.  Other than battling gruesome traffic in LA, it was a great experience.  I have never done anything like that.  There was hair, makeup and wardrobe.  There was even a food stylist.  We had a couple of wardrobe changes and I posed with both oatmeal (my personal Jamba Juice favorite) and a probiotic smoothie (they let me drink it afterwards--yummy!)

Today was the launch of Jamba Juice’s Ambassador of Wow campaign.  I checked the website several times during the day.  When it finally went live, I was so excited.  

Check out JambaJuice.com’s newest campaign! 

Recognize anyone?

Over the next several months Nadine, Felipe and I will be Jamba Juice spokespeople.  I don’t have a lot of details yet, but I am looking forward to it. Nadine and I joke that we are the Jareds of Jamba Juice.  I do know that there will be smoothies and oatmeal in my future and that makes me happy.