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A Look into the Kansas City Marathon Experience with a BibRavePro

“Disclaimer: I received free entry to the Kansas City Half Marathon race as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and write race reviews!”

Half Marathons – Fun, right?

I absolutely love the half marathon race experience. Mainly because there is always a good crowd. Both in the spectators and the runners. I never feel like I’m in no man’s land by myself. When I start feeling doubt or that I can’t do it, there is always someone watching to help push you through. The environment is unlike any other race. I’m excited for the Kansas City Half Marathon presented by Garmin. I have never ran in Kansas City, so I’m excited for this experience.

Training

If you have been following me on my social media channels, you would’ve saw that I was killing it with my training. Then life happened. My work schedule became early mornings and as we know, we just started to have fall weather. So after work it was still over 90 degrees. Not very welcoming for a tired person. Excuses though, I could’ve ran on my treadmill. Now I am currently in the middle of moving. I am hoping to at least get a few weeks of training, so I’m not completely out of shape. 

Background: I only ran one half marathon of which I actually trained for. The other four were exactly like this. Promising until an injury or life excuses and I just went out and ran. I still love the experience, trained or untrained. I just had higher hopes for this race. 

Expo

I would be lying if I said that the expo itself wasn’t my favorite part of the half marathon experience. I plan to be at the expo Friday at some point. The best part is that the race is a Saturday. Normally my half marathons are on Sunday and you race and then you have to travel back and resume normality on Monday. Enter in jelly legs and people wondering “wtf is wrong with you?” So, a Saturday race will be great!

Chiefs!

So, as I’m talking about a Saturday race, that means Sunday is free for FOOTBALL! As I will be in town, I will be going to the Chiefs vs. Bengals game that following Sunday. Arrowhead is an incredible stadium and you know how LOUD it gets! So I will be cursing the stairs to get to our seats, I’m sure. But totally worth it to cheer on the boys. 

Hotel

The official hotel sponsors of this race are:

  • The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center
  • Hampton Inn and Suites Kansas City – Country Club Plaza

Normally on race day I am trying to figure out how to get from the parking lot or hotel I am in to the start line. I am actually pumped to be staying right at the start line, so I don’t have to worry about my poor geography skills. Winning.

Lululemon

This was such a surprise, but the Kansas City Marathon partnered with Lululemon and I absolutely love the one pair of shorts I own from lulu, so I decided to treat myself on some gear. I chose the longer shorts and the full tights. It was truly a tough decision, but I settled for just those two. I could’ve bought it all.

Bling

And last, but not least. The bling. I love collecting my race medals. In fact, I am hoping to score some good Black Friday deals this year and possibly get a good deal on a nicer medal display that what I have. But check out the different medals for the different distances. 

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Why OOFOS Recovery Footwear?

“Disclaimer: I received a pair of OOFOS OOMG Fibre Low shoe to review as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and write race reviews!”

Why OOFOS Recovery Footwear? The real question is why aren’t you wearing them already? I first discovered OOFOS in a Bibrave #bibchat twitter chat, which happens Tuesday nights. I won a pair last year and just fell in love. Seriously and I will tell you why!

There’s my first pair of OOFOS. But let’s get into why I love these shoes. I recently did a “day in the life of Sam’s OOFOS,” post to capture the different elements of the company and the shoe. So follow along with me as I point out some features. 

  1. OOFOS are not just for runners. I did a leg workout and wore these shoes the rest of the day. Are you on your feet a lot? These would be great for you. the OOfoam recovery technology absorbs 37% more impact than other footwear foams. This equals faster recovery and feeling better! 

2. I’ll take it the next step further with wearing them all day at work. I am on my feet a lot. A lot of people ask me what shoes I would recommend for work shoes and I say OOFOS and I get the strangest response. But honestly, these are GREAT. They are closed toed and come in black/gray which goes with most dress pants. I get to work on recovery all day long while my feet don’t hate me. Seriously though, I wore different shoes a few days last week and am back wearing my OOFOS again. The OOfoam seriously absorbs impact and reduces stress on your body when walking. Once again = faster recovery. Are you catching on yet? 

3. If faster recovery isn’t enough for you to get these shoes, then maybe this will. OOFOS donate 3% of your online sale at OOFOS.com to Project Pink. What is Project Pink? Great question. Here’s some more info! 

Duncan Finigan is a longtime member of the OOFOS Family. As the Director of Marketing, she embodies
the Make yOO Better ethos of the brand. In 2014, she was diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Breast
Cancer and we knew that we had to get behind her.
We believe in contributing to making others feel better beyond our product – through our
actions and support we offer. We also believe strongly in the power of research, which is being
held back by a lack of funding. That’s why 3% of every pair sold on OOFOS.com, will be donated to
Project Pink.
This contribution goes directly towards to the critical work the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is doing
in their research department to increase the survival rate of women with breast cancer around
the globe.
We welcome you to join Project Pink and the contribution to breast cancer research we are all
making together.

https://www.oofos.com

They will also donate an additional $10 for every Project Pink Collection purchase found here.

I love companies that give back, but also a product that gives back to you too. A product that can help me recover, but also help an organization. That’s seriously a win-win. So I ask you again, why not OOFOS? 

Q: What do you do for recovery?

Q: Have you tried OOFOS? 

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