Welcome to the Buddy Community friends!! We're SO happy you're here! Tell us a little about yourselves and your running journey's in the comments :) @Kellyn Chapman @Alison Jones @Cami Zubieta @Yusra Iftikhar @Whitney Alexander @Elizabeth Pulgarin @Aimee Jones @Maritza Soto @Holly R @Taylor Ramos @Valentina Irazabal @Alexa Bronfman @Jason Heath @Jess Schoenfeld @Cassandra Robinson

I joined the marathon club!! Thankful for this group for answering last minute questions and the new people I’ve met along the way! Phone- I used rally, runna and music (only for a few miles, I was listening to everybody around me and taking in the sights and sounds of Eugene, especially along the river) I had downloaded. I turned my brightness all the way down and my phone was on 70% when I finished! Mascara- I didn’t have time to go by Sephora so I grabbed Maybeline lash sensational- waterproof and it stayed on! Hair- I did a slick back with bubble braids because I hate when my hair wraps around my neck and stayed the whole time and no tangles! Unfortunately I have alopecia and used boldify hair line powder to cover a bald spot and it stayed 80%! Things that went right! I finished! Notes- I went out slower than I needed to but only sped up a little. When I was done I felt like I still had more in the tank which was disappointing because even though I said I wanted to finish under 5, I had a silent goal. I didn’t want to push myself and not finish so now I know I could go a little harder. Since I didn’t push too hard I never hit a wall. I was expecting that mile 20 wall, never happened! At mile 25 I was like alright, I’m ready to finish though. Only walking breaks were through water stations. I ate a rice cake, honey and banana before the race. Had a cup of coffee on the shuttle to the race. Ate a gel in the corral. And I was trying to eat a gel every 30 min but I had extra gels at the end so I guess I skipped some times I was supposed to gel. But I did take one around 23 even though I was thinking I’m almost done, why gel? I ate 2 salt sticks, could have had more but I’m used to training in hotter more humid conditions so I felt like it was a little unnecessary. I took small sips of water at every water station except one. Mile 16 water station I took a goodys powder and asked a college boy to open it for me because my fingers didn’t have enough dexterity!

A HUGE congrats to @Aimee Jones for officially being a marathoner!!! 🎉 We can’t wait to hear all about your experience running Eugene this weekend! For now, soak in the post-marathon glory. 😊 ❤️

Clearly I’m freaking out because my race is Sunday but does anybody run with an extra battery pack? I feel like it would be too heavy? I’ll have rally, runna and music playing for 5 hours. Will my phone die? I wasn’t planning on wear a watch but I might because what if my phone dies and I don’t get Strava credit??

Any tried and true mascaras for marathon day??? I totally forgot I should have been testing this out on my runs! But I want to look a little put together for a race photo lol