For about the past five years, I’ve been having the annual Easter Bunny Hop for the Cruisers. I fill my baskets with runner goodies and hand them out before the run. One year I tried to wear bunny ears for the run, but they kept falling off, so now I just wear them for handing out the goodies. One year we even had a bunny tail that the Cruiser bringing up the rear had to wear. Ha Ha! Get it… bunny tail, bringing up the rear!
Chocolate Milk, Sports Beans, and Shot Bloks
The Cruisers are thinking, “It’s cold. Do we really have to pose for a picture? Can’t we just start running?
My gloves match the writing on my shirt. If it hadn’t been so cold, you could appreciate it! Don’t you just love them? 🙂
Slightly happier Cruisers!
Jerome is taking a yoga instructor course. Once he’s finished, he’s going to set up a 15-minute yoga routine for runners, just for the Cruisers! I can’t wait! Here he’s demonstrating upward facing bunny! 🙂
Upward Facing Bunny
Beth humored me by running in her bunny ears. She will be a guest writer in a couple of weeks when she writes a recap of the Paris Marathon!
Yesterday when I drove to Costco, I drove across the W&OD Trail on this pretty busy road. The workers had just finished installing these blinking lights to let the drivers know that there’s a trail crossing. Today when we ran by, we saw buttons to push to stop traffic, but they weren’t functioning yet.
Somebody in Costco likes Apothic Red even more than we do! I’m thinking this guy gave up wine for lent, and has a lot of catching up to do tomorrow! Bill, four other Cruisers and I were introduced to Apothic Red at The Tobacco Company when we were having dinner the night before the Richmond Marathon in 2011. We’ve been big fans since, and love the price at Costco. It was $28 per bottle at the restaurant, and it’s $7.49 per bottle at Costco!
Three cases of Apothic Red
Happy Easter! I might have a second post today. I am making my annual Easter Bunny cake, so I might post a “food” blog later!
- Questions:
- Have you ever run in an Easter specific race?
- Do you do yoga?
- Do you ever refuel post-run with chocolate milk?
Looks like you all had fun on your run! I have never done a race on Easter, there aren’t any close by. About a month ago I started taking yoga/pilates once a week. I love it. The class is free, but childcare is $5. It is worth it because my son gets interaction with other kids and I get my “ME” time. I am intrigued about this bunny cake.
I’ve been working on the bunny cake this afternoon, and his head just fell off. 🙁 I’m still going to do a food post, just with an uglier cake! It will still taste just as good!
What a nice thing to do for the Cruisers! Do you use sports beans? I tried the blue ones once but they were too sweet! I stick to my shot blocks.
I’ve never done an Easter-themed race, but I think it would fun! Lots of bunny ears for sure, and maybe some cottontails too!
The only yoga I’ve done was p90x and I’m not sure it was an accurate representation of yoga, lol.
I do not refuel post-run with chocolate milk, as I don’t like chocolate!
Have a Happy Easter!
I use black cherry Shot Bloks; but for Easter, I give out the sports beans because of the Easter jelly bean tie-in.
I’ve done the P90X2 yoga workout and it’s much more intense than the yoga routine that I want Jerome to do for the Cruisers. I’m thinking of a great post-run stretch routine.
Happy Easter to you, too!
What fun basket ideas! I have never done an Easter-specific race, but it makes so much sense to be running bunnies out there delivering goodies! Great idea. And I love yoga classes, but never prioritize it. I just stretch and do a few poses after a run. It is actually nice so that one the rare occasions that I do it, it feels so amazingly good!
A few thoughts…I picked a bad week to miss the Cruisers run! That looks like a bunch of awesome treats. 🙂 I love how Beth looks blurry because she’s running so fast! I also love Apothic Red enough to know the price for it at Costco can’t be beat…did you take a photo of a random guy’s shopping cart at Costco? That is a lot of wine though!
We miss you, Amanda! Bob joined us today and since he hasn’t met you, we told him how cool you are. 🙂 Will we see you next weekend?
Yes, that was some random shopping cart I stumbled upon!
Nothing is safe from you and your camera. 😉 Probably won’t make it this week either…we’ll be driving home from Gatlinburg all day Fri and I’m running Cherry Blossom on Sun. Thought of you as we drive through Blacksburg to get here. 🙂
Those are PERFECT runner Easter baskets!! Clever!!
I refuel with chocolate milk after my hard runs if it’s around. I feel like it’s a perfect excuse to drink it.
I love yoga…I definitely feel like a better and stronger runner when I regularly practice. I’ve definitely lapsed lately, but I’m hoping to get back on the wagon this week because I just got myself a free membership. I’m a big fan of pidgeon pose to stretch out my butt and hips.
After our longer runs (16+ miles), we stop by 7-Eleven on our way home to pick up chocolate milk. Like you said, “…it’s a perfect excuse to drink it.” 🙂
[…] brought our Annual Easter Bunny Hop; and yes, Beth and I look adorable ridiculous in our bunny ears, but we had to dress appropriately […]