Lord Give Me Love, Mercy and an Open Bar

Following the weeks of preparation and the days of hard work leading up to my first stint as Race Director of a 5K Trail Run, I wanted to crawl into my bed and sleep. Or at least sit on the couch with a trashy magazine and a diet coke. I should be writing about that but it might be too soon, I’ll write when I’m recovered because I didn’t have much time to recover right after the race.

The long awaited wedding ceremony of two people I love dearly was scheduled on the evening of the race and I wouldn’t miss their nuptials for all the tea in China and the cups to hold it. We’ve shared moments like these when we rode great trails, I broke a finger and then we ate pie:

Riding the Syllamo

We’ve hounded, harrassed and heckled harried mountain bike racers into taking beer handups. Nothing like a good Arkansas Beer Fairy to make the last race of the season exciting.

Mountain Bikers Love the Beer Fairies

The second the church doors opened and this beautiful bride appeared, I knew it was going to happen. I felt the burn and my smile twitched. Good Gravy I’m gonna cry.  It’s a damn good thing they thought to include hankies in everyone’s programs.

The Bride Wore Boots

I knew the bride was going to be wearing her boots under her gown so I put my Justin boots from Country Outfitter  to good use. I even polished em up for the occasion.

While the ceremony was going on, the happy couple had thier rings passed among those gathered to wish them well so we could each pass our good wishes for a long and joy filled life together to the physical symbols of this union. Cool. I have seen a lot of happy faces from these two, but none so happy as these.

What true love looks like

There were many happy faces during the course of the evening. Some due to true love, some due to the fantastic meal and wine. Some probably owing to the bars with Jack and Coke Floats or Champagne and Strawberry Sorbet. No matter, a happy face is a joy to behold, right?

While life continues to bring me hectic days and chaos filled weeks I realize that for every weekend from now until Christmas, my calendar has some thing or things scribbled in. Lord have mercy. And I need to get training runs started for the challenge. Lord continue to have mercy. And before I know it Christmas will be here and I’ve bought no gifts, made no plans and don’t have a clue what we’ll be doing or where. So Lord, if you can’t have mercy, please have an open bar.

You Could Be Boot Scootin’ Giveaway

“Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” -J. R. R. Tolkien

I want a life full of Adventure with a capital A, as far as my feet will carry me. So I’m going to need the right shoes. I have shoes for running on the road and running on trails. I have shoes for cycling, shoes for hiking and boots for when it rains. I have shoes to dance in, shoes to kick off under the table, shoes to garden in and shoes to wear when I need the extra three inches in height God forgot to give me. And I have a beautiful new pair of Justin cowgirl boots from Country Outfitter.

My boots and I have already had a few adventures and we plan to have many more. If you want to have adventures in your very own pair of boots, here’s your chance:

Country Outfitter is teaming up with Frenetic Fitness to give you a chance to win a $150 gift certificate for purchasing footwear for your next big adventure.

Just 2 easy steps:

1. Click here& submit your email address to Country Outfitter. You may receive occasional emails from them, but trust me; you’re going to want to stay up to date on their awesomeness.

2. Follow the Frenetic Fitness Blog and leave a comment here letting me know you submitted your email to Country Outfitter.

Please share the love, share this with a Friend, especially if that friend wears the same size boot as you. Borrowing her boots is okay, stealing would be frowned upon.

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Just let us know in the comments which steps you’ve completed.

A random winner will be selected in two weeks on September 28th, 2012 after 9pm EST.”

DISCLOSURE: Country Outfitter, a retailer of Justin Boots gave me these Dark Brown Mustang Cowhide Boots to review. And I love them. I really love them.

My Justin Mustang Cowhide Boots

Bloggers and Boots

Bloggers and Boots: Country Outfitter’s motto is “we know country”

and they’re making a big group of bloggers happy.

I have a good reason to blog about boots right now. Although I’ve been blogging for about 4 years, I have never considered it as anything other than personal journaling or sharing information with a few family members. I thought the rare seeker of information about some of the adventures my family has or fitness ideas was cool but never gave much thought to actually encouraging them. Then Stephanie Buckley invited me to join Arkansas Women Bloggers Network and I learned that blogging can be more. So much more. And I’m excited to learn. Soon I’ll be attending my first Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference and Retreat at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. As information about the conference schedule and the sponsors started taking shape I got even more excited about going. I have a list of reasons in no particular order:

1. I need to learn how to write better, how to focus my writing and how to encourage others to read what I write. Simple, yes?

2. I love Mountain View and the Ozark Folk Center State Park, The Skillet and Loco-Ropes. I don’t know how else to put that other than if you haven’t been, you’re missing out.

3. I found out that the conference was going to include shoes. Not just any old shoes but cowgirl boots. Cowgirl boots from Country Outfitter. As sponsors of the conference they will be providing attendees with a pair of beautiful boots to review. They have  great selection of boots for the whole family, from work boots to fancy dress boots.

I chose these:

Justin Dark Brown Mustang Cowhide Boots, heretofore known as MINE.

You might wonder how I can possibly fit cowgirl boots into my Fitness theme but hold on to your horses, here it comes. The Folk Center is widely known for the crafters and artisans who make beautiful brooms, jewelery, pottery, weaving and woodworking there. It is also known for great music. The state of the art auditorium there is an auditory marvel. And music has a tendency to make people want to get up and dance. Sometimes it makes people want to get up and dance a Jig. So as part of my workout plan for the weekend, I will be learning to dance a jig, the Ozark Mountain way, from fiddle and jig sensation Clancey Ferguson. And I hope to be wearing this new pair of boots when I do. Dancing a jig in new boots has to be a pretty good workout.

And someone else is going to get a good workout with a new pair of boots because Country Outfitter is giving each of the conference attendees a second pair to give away on their blogs. So that means you have to come back to read my review and to find out how to get yourself a pair of boots.