(3 things) Blisters, Running clothes categories and Costumes

Tip of the day: Trying to break in those cute new (non-running) shoes but keep getting blisters on your heel? Vaseline works wonders for running, why not do the same? I usually just resort to the huge band-aids but a coworker told me she uses Vaseline or Vics vaporub and it works like a charm. Genius, right? I don't know how it's going to work on already forming blisters, but I bought the tiny-sized and will reapply as necessary. Apply liberally and say goodbye to the band aid gu tattoo (is that just me?) Am I late to the party on that one? Carry on. . . 

SO cute, yet SO painful

Can we talk about the fact I just put away about a month's worth of running clothes (your welcome, B :) and I can safely come to the conclusion that I have a problem. It used to all fit in one nice drawer. Now that drawer is just tops and my bottoms have joined the rest of the bottoms in my closet on my top shelf. As I was putting these away, I decided to group them into categories, so depending on my mood/ what I'm doing, it would be easy to grab. For your entertainment, I present you those categories:

Bottoms
Shorts- Fun designed, Compression, Black

Capris- Fun designed/ colors, Running, Gym, Yoga,  ill-fitted but I keep them just in case, House- too worn out but super comfie to to errands/ clean the house

Pants- Lululemon, Winter running, lounge pants

Tops
Tank- Under something (aka tight), Over something (aka too loose to wear alone), Perfects (my favorites), Special occasions aka half marathons only (usually Nike), Gym, Yoga, ill-fitted but kept just in case, cotton for changing into after working out on a hot summer day

Tshirts- Perfects (usually UA), Perfect race tshirts, The race shirts I like but don't fit we'll and I can't bring myself to throw away, Plain tshirts, The tech tees that I wear as normal clothes, Tech tees too big and changing into after working out on normal weathered days, Cotton tees to change into on normal weathered days.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who has different workout clothes depending on what I'm doing?! 

Of all the races I've ever run,
these are the only acceptable tech tees I'd ever run in/ wear.

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Whoever was betting 4 weeks out, YOU WIN! I've officially been bitten by the costume bug. I have NO idea where it came from but inspiration struck last week and I just rolled with it. The slue of "how to pack for Disneyland" posts even got me thinking (and for the record, calm your crazy people. We're not even tapering yet!) and that's when it hit me. Let's be honest, there has only been one Disney race I haven't dressed up for (but it was inspired by!). I picked up most of the stuff I need to get crafty last weekend during my errands day, but we'll see how it turns out this weekend. I will be packing regular running clothes, just in case. I'm also fairly certain The Mad Hatter is going to make a repeat appearance. It's only fitting, right? The 10k IS Alice in Wonderland themed and I am there to get my Coast to Coast. . . . stay tuned! 

 
What's something new you learned this week?