Birthday Bash Virtual Giveaway


The miles have been run and the finish lines have been crossed. It’s time to bring to an end Jill and Jen’s birthday celebrations for this year and celebrate your running joy and accomplishments!
Enter below for a chance to win prizes from our wonderful sponsors.
How do you celebrate your birthday? Ever run a race to celebrate? The craziest I have done is Ragnar to celebrate the big 30!
This year Jill and I are giving the presents to you. A few of our favorite things. Share in our birthday fun and link up your race recap. 
The next surprise...Medals! Yes 13 in 2013 medals will be available soon. The cost will be approximately $5 (including shipping) for pre-orders. Watch the Facebook group and our blogs for more details soon!

Giveaway ends 9/7 at midnight EST. Open to us residents only.







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  1. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    I don't have a favorite birthday memory, I did get a 5k PR on the day after my birthday last year.

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  2. Maine RunnahAugust 28, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    My favorite birthday memory goes way back to age 5 when I got my first pair of downhill skis! I still have a picture of me holding them with a great big smile!

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  3. Breathe Deeply and SmileAugust 28, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    My favorite birthday memory is probably when I was this past year being in Disney World the week after my birthday and getting to wear the birthday pin so people all week could tell me happy birthday. It had me smiling all day!

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  4. Disney_BrideAugust 28, 2013 at 8:04 AM

    Fave birthday memory. My 40th. My birthday is on New Years Day so it is often forgotten in the holiday hoopla. For my 40th, my husband took me to Magic Kingdom and I enjoyed the best fireworks of my life. Fun, romantic, just the best.

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  5. CarrieAugust 28, 2013 at 8:05 AM

    Would have to be my 21st. We went bar hopping on the boardwalk with my parents, SIL and bestie (at the time). It was so much fun and I remember almost all of it!!

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  6. benj13blueAugust 28, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    My favorite birthday memory is my older daughter being born two days after my 30th birthday. My birthday was her due date, so we spent the whole day wondering if anything would happen.

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  7. Disney_BrideAugust 28, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    Couldn't find the race recap linkup on your page. My link is here: http://www.runninghappilyeverafter.com/search/label/recap

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  8. AnonymousAugust 28, 2013 at 8:18 AM

    Happy Birthday! I ran my first half marathon 5 days after my 24th bday!

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  9. RobynAugust 28, 2013 at 8:18 AM

    My birthday is December 30 (and my sister's is Dec 17), so my clever parents celebrated HALF birthdays for us, growing up. Much more fun to have a party in June!

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  10. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    Every year I spend my birthday with my family on vacation. What could possible be better than that!

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  11. CourtneyAugust 28, 2013 at 8:24 AM

    My birthday is just before valentines day and I always feel a little cheated. My favorite memory though is of turning 30 and holding my then two week old twins.

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  12. EBAugust 28, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    Hope you had a great birthday! One of my most memorable was skydiving on my 25th.

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  13. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    I'm a huge fan of the flavor of pistachio and one birthday (I think 19?) I remember going up to my grandparent's house (the lived above us) and walked in the kitchen to see my grandparents sitting at the kitchen table, one shelling pistachios and the other chopping them up to make me a special pistachio birthday cake. It was the sweetest thing.

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  14. RachelGAugust 28, 2013 at 9:01 AM

    One of my favorite b'day memories is my 21st - I had a week long celebration with family and friends!

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  15. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    My favorite Birthday memory has to be a vacation I took by myself to Boston just to enjoy my day!

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  16. UnvalidatedAugust 28, 2013 at 9:11 AM

    I always travel during my birthday since it's around thanksgiving. So far my favorite trip has been Costa Rica

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  17. JenniferAugust 28, 2013 at 9:21 AM

    My favorite birthday moment, was spending it in Disney world!

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  18. MeridithAugust 28, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    My husband and I share an April Fools day birthday so I really enjoy sharing it with him. For my 30th he surprised me with a party and it was incredible. For his 30th, the following year, we took a special trip to Disney World and it was pretty amazing too!

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  19. AnonymousAugust 28, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Spending time with my family at Disney and Universal Studios

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  20. ToriPaigeAugust 28, 2013 at 9:53 AM

    I usually don't do much for my birthday, but I do think it would be awesome to run a race for it sometime!

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  21. Betsy HartAugust 28, 2013 at 10:11 AM

    My goal is to run half #2 to ring in my 30th. I hope to do it with a PR. =)

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  22. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Ok - it was a really long time ago. It was for my 6th birthday party. My parents said we couldn't afford to have a birthday party with all my friends then said, well, let's just go up to Showbiz Pizza (now Chuck E-Cheese) and see how much it costs. When we got there, I started seeing all my friends and I asked who's birthday it was. It was my surprise party :)

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  23. AshAugust 28, 2013 at 1:12 PM

    My favorite bday memory is when I turned 25. My parents came to visit us when we were living in florida and it was an all around special day with my family

    demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com

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  24. jstarlAugust 28, 2013 at 1:20 PM

    Hmmm favorite birthday.....last year I was on vacation with my parents and kids....that was a fun one!

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  25. Pipers RunAugust 28, 2013 at 1:33 PM

    My favourite birthday was this year turning 33 (in July) with my little family. Our three year old made it way more special then all my other birthdays! It was great to see my special day through her eyes!

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  26. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 1:53 PM

    Favorite bday memory was my 21st birthday. My boyfriend threw me a surprise party with all of my friends. We took a limo into Philly and enjoyed my 21st year with lots of dancing, drinking, and laughing!

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  27. NoriAugust 28, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    My favorite birthday memory was when I spent it on a Caribbean cruise.

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  28. AnonymousAugust 28, 2013 at 2:58 PM

    My favorite birthday memory is when I went out for my 21st birthday and I didn't even get carded. It still makes me laugh

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  29. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM

    I always love my birthday and this year I spent it in Costa Rica :) The host family we were staying with threw me a surprise party and smashed my face into a cake. It was a whole bunch of fun :)

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  30. BarkingMadRunAugust 28, 2013 at 3:41 PM

    This year was my 40th and the hubs threw my a surprise party. Most of my friends gave me running related gifts, and we all had a great time!

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  31. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 4:44 PM

    I spent my 30th at Chuck E Cheese. I was the coolest mom ever!!

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  32. Professor SnuggleSlutAugust 28, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    My birthday is on Thanksgiving every now and then and this year will be my 40th and I'll be at Disney AND I'll be eating at Be Our Guest. So, I'm going out on a limb and predicting that will be my favorite birthday memory! :)

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  33. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 7:24 PM

    My favorite way to spend my birthday is an easy run, yummy dinner and a glass of wine. If my kids behave and listen? Added bonus. :)

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  34. LauraAugust 28, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    When I was 10 I got to have a friend over for birthday dinner (first time ever) - it was a great birthday and I was THRILLED to hit "double digits"!

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  35. DebsdailylifeAugust 28, 2013 at 9:20 PM

    My first year of college, alone and so far away, my mom called the cafeteria and they baked my a birthday cake, MY favorite chocolate!

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  36. AuroraCatAugust 28, 2013 at 10:03 PM

    my favorite birthday was my 21st birthday, i had all my friends and we went to dinner and had a huge celebration! (alisa)

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  37. Katie BAugust 28, 2013 at 10:06 PM

    On my 28th birthday, I decided that I wanted to run a personal distance record, that would be half my age (14 miles). So I come up early, enjoyed a gorgeous morning, and just took my sweet time running along the Pacific Ocean. I wasn't stressing about my pace; I was just running to commemorate my birthday and the miracle of me :) It was a great start to a new year.

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  38. Maryalicia V. August 28, 2013 at 10:10 PM

    How do you celebrate your birthday? Ever run a race to celebrate?

    I love running,m and one day I plan to run a race that falls on my birthday. but I just started running, so thats a few years off. So until then I will run so I can eat yummy cupcakes!!

    Maryalicia Verdecchia
    pegasusrdr@gmail.com

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  39. AdawkAugust 29, 2013 at 4:42 AM

    this was the first year my kids picked and bought presents for me themselves.....they were interesting shampoo and cookie cutters but sweet

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  40. EmmaAugust 29, 2013 at 5:35 AM

    My fave memory was this year- my first birthday with my daughter!
    emma @ a mom runs this town . com

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  41. FunRunnerAugust 29, 2013 at 6:25 AM

    We usually go out to eat for my birthday, but this coming year I really want o run a race for my birthday!

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  42. SaraAugust 30, 2013 at 10:13 PM

    Favorite birthday was when I ran the Chicago Marathon and qualified for Boston! I love that the Chicago Marathon lands on my birthday weekend every year.

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  43. Running In BoiseSeptember 1, 2013 at 9:33 PM

    I got a Prada bag for my 30th birthday. I was pretty darn excited.

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  44. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2013 at 8:21 PM

    Loved when I was little, got to open one present on my birthday morning, then opened the rest that evening. A fun way to start my birthday!

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  45. SethSeptember 3, 2013 at 4:51 PM

    My wife threw me a surprise dinner with a group of friends, something I had not done in awhile.

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  46. AndreaSeptember 4, 2013 at 8:40 PM

    I haven't written the blog post yet so I didn't link that one but this past Sunday was my birthday and I ran in the Disneyland Half Marathon as part of the Dumbo Dare. It was sooo much fun to race on my bday! I wore a birthday button around in the parks and had a special shirt made to wear at the parks. I just wish I had thought about wearing my button during the race!

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  47. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    I'm sooooo excited for 13in13 medals!!!! And that makes me even happier about about low priced they are (i'm soooo broke)!!!!

    But yes, I always run for my bday. If there's not a race on or around it, then I set out for a nice easy jog. That's what I did this year.

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