[ETA: I just got back from a 17 miler with the guys and have been excited about this during the whole run! Didn't have time to quite finish this post before I left, which gave me more time to plan out the goodies. Sit down, grab a cuppa coffee, and read on dear friends....]
A Seuss Snackin Poem, by Dr.TriRunner
Would you like some fruit snacks ma’am?
They turn my tum. No thank you Sam!
They turn your tum? No! Try again!
These Welch’s fruit snacks – for the win!
Fine. If you let me be.
I will try it, you will see.
Egh…
UghH!!
What is in these chewy bits?
Get me a napkin – I need to spit!
I do not like these fruit snacks Sam.
Not from a baggie, not from a can.
Not bought from Costco or Whole Foods,
Not concocted in the basement of some cool dudes!
These fruit snacks are BAD – a dirty trick!
You better watch out, I’m going to be sick.
My mouth feels like it’s coated in FUR!
That’s what happens with too much sugar.
I brush my teeth, but the taste remains
It’s like fruit snack poison running through my veins.
A “runners snack” you say?
Carby energy all day?
These mini-fruits lie.
I want to burn my supply!
There will be no more snacking fruits consumed by this chick.
I see you sneak them in my sweat bag. Don’t think you’re slick…
I SO do not like these fruit snacks Sam.
Vegetarian for 12 years, but I’d rather eat ham…
the guilty party >=/
No joke… these fruity snacks ruined my life week? day? Ok… maybe it was only a few hours. But no-artificial-preservatives and fat-free or not, I will not be delighting in these snacks of fruit again. (Hahah I keep hearing my grandpa’s voice when someone brought mango to christmas and poisoned my very-allergic-cousin: “who brought that shit?!?!”)
So…. the giveaway then?
The real reason you’re still reading this? YOU, my dear Dr.TriREADERS if lucky enough to draw the [random.org-generated] golden ticket will find this upon your doorstep:
A lifetime supply of grape soda, and my neighbor’s cat. Congratulations! Welch’s fruit snacks… Welch’s grape soda… Sam I Am.. Dr. Seuss… Cat in the Hat… Cat. See the connection?
Hahaha! I kid my friends. I kid. Not only do I not drink soda (although if someone MADE a diet grape soda I would totally change that… and my life would be complete), but I am super allergic to cats. AND they have nothing to do with training, running, tri, me, you, or anything Dr. TriRunner related. As far as I know….
No no no. The real prize can be represented by the following:
Only it won’t be MEEE in the box, but everything many many things I LOVE!! The contents of said box are 100% a surprise, but I can assure you that every single thing in there, I bought TWO of so I get to keep one for myself. 
These are things I love for training, for fun, for life!! I’ll drop hints throughout the next week or so as to what they might be.. and will definitely post a picture of the goodies once the winner is drawn, but you better ENTER if you want to get them yourself!
So… how do I enter Mrs. MakeThisSoDamnDifficult…?
I am glad you asked. Based on my poem above… my Martha Stewart obsession… my random creations in the kitchen… etc… you might infer that I like to get creative every now and then. It’s one of the biggest hang ups I have with going to med school, because what I am I going to do with all that creativity then? Wasted? We’ll see…
Back on track… Ways to enter:
1. MANDATORY: YOU need to come up with a little poem about one of your favorite/least-favorite/utter-fail training items. It could be your Garmin. Gu. Your shoes. Your boyfriend who complains at 3 miles. The iPod. The tech shirts. The cotton shirts. Whatever. It definitely doesn’t need to be as long as mine – a few lines would suffice. The point is, have FUN with it and get creative!!
2. EXTRA ENTRY #1: Link this contest on your blog saying “Dr.TriRunner has a Mystery Box Giveaway going on. Don’t go enter, because I want to win… but at least check it out.” 
Haha or whatever you want to say. Creativityyyy my friends.
3. EXTRA ENTRY #2: Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway! If your river of creativity has run dry, you can simply say: “Check out Dr.TriRunner’s Mystery Box Giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/y87e5bp ”
You need to leave a separate comment for each entry since that’s really the only way to keep track of how many entries there are and pick a number through random.org. Sorry… I know it’s a pain. And also sorry, but this college-budget-chick is not made of cash so shipping is limited to within the continental U.S. Does that include Hawaii? I guess so. You send me a coconut and I’ll send you a mystery box full of goodies. 
Also, make sure you’re entering your legit email in the email field… because if you win and I can’t get ahold of you, which has happened before, you’re S.O.L. and I’m keeping/eating/enjoying everything in that box myself! Bahaha.
This giveaway closes at… oh wait. That’s also a mystery! Hahah but it may or may not be very soon, so I would recommend you not dilly dally too much. Because you do want to win this… that I’m sure.
I just posted my facebook status as this:
“17 miles — condo showing — coffee with mentor — martha stewart easter creations — easter vigil mass. best. saturday. ever!!”
So I must leave you now and go get to it! And YOU must leave now and write a poem so you can enter this giveaway. Deal? Deal. Out.
-E
[EATA (edited again to add): Any companies out there wishing to participate in this epic giveaway?! OF COURSE YOU CAN! But remember, you gotta send two, because I need to make sure it is wonderful/not poisonous/DTR approved. Haha, kidding. Sort of. Shoot me an email at drtrirunner@gmail.com and we will get it going asap!]
Haha honey!! Such a fun give-a-way!! Okay here is my poem:
I am 11 miles in
and I need water
The sun is shining bright
I am getting hotter!
Water stop is just up ahead
keep those arms moving I am closing in
I grab for a cup
but it is Gatorade, what a sin.
I throw the cup down
Where is the water?
Is this any way to treat a
running daughter?
I ask a volunteer
Sorry ma’am we’re out
no water for you
my mouth is in a drought.
I finsh the race
My mouth is dry
I grab my husband’s water bottle
and smile up at the sky!
Haha…totally cheesy! But this was about the time I ran a half marathon and they ran out of water…seriously! How does that happen??
.-= Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly´s last blog ..Saturday Sunshine =-.
I tweeted…
.-= Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly´s last blog ..Saturday Sunshine =-.
Your linked on my blog….
.-= Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly´s last blog ..Saturday Sunshine =-.
Oh and you know I already follow you on twitter!!
But I will keep tweeting it throughout the day! Have a great Easter honey!!
.-= Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly´s last blog ..Saturday Sunshine =-.
Oh good Lord – this requires some thinking…I’ll have to get back to ya
But great giveaway! p.s. like your anatomy lesson Doc in the previous post 
.-= eatmovelove´s last blog ..Part 2… =-.
No Shakespeare, but hopefully you’ll enjoy it either way.
* Years ago, I would have never even dare
With all of this tight clothing that I choose to wear
* Demanding confidence in my sexuality,
Nothing to hide behind, a daily dose of reality.
* Bike shorts, speedos and tri tops, I own more than any man should.
Shorts over my running tights? You know I never would.
* Funny looks from strangers, smoking out on the street
Running by in tights, they try to catch a peek
* Always the perfect fit on the swim, bike or the run.
Love those thick tan lines, after long rides out in the sun
* Holding close in all the right places, even up my butt crack.
You keep my goodies in just the right place.
* Since no one deserves my junk all up in their face.
.-= Jamie´s last blog ..Trail Running Love =-.
LOL i am so NOT CREATIVE girl!!!!
you are awesome tho. I loved what you commented on my post!!
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Runners are beasts
So therefore we can feast
gayest poem ever. HA!
Tweet posted: http://twitter.com/jamesonbull/status/11551496790
.-= Jamie´s last blog ..Trail Running Love =-.
I must win this!!!….I heart you my runny-buddy!…ok ready for a little KESHA, TIK TOK ~RUNNIN’ STYLE:
(sing tik tok while reading my ‘poem’!)
Wake up in the morning feelin’ like P-Diddy…
Gosh I can’t believe the thought of 12-miles could make me feel so giddy!
Put on a bra, and some shorts, and a runner hat…
Ohh Sh*t my I-POD’s dead, what the hell is up with that!
Gotta grab a Gu, gotta take a poo; yep that’s a matter of fact…
Cuz I said 12 damn miles; and you know I aint stoppin’ until I hit that pact!
I’m talkin’…running shoes hurt my toes, toes!
Snot’s drippin’ out my nose, nose!
Uhhh sweating so much this blows, blows!
Don’t stop, keep it hot, we like runnin’ a lot!
12-miles imma fight, to eat all the food I like!
tick tock on the clock; but the miles don’t stop; nope…woooohhhooaaooo!
…yes! haha….I hope that counts! I don’t think it’s a poem!..
.-= Lizzy´s last blog ..Where’s Your Head At?? =-.
Oh my goodness gracious
Here I am trying to write a poem in the wide open spaces
I’m out at the pond, fishing you see
But I really want to win the prize from the runner Sperly,
An entry fee of a poem is her request,
So using my blackberry I shall try my best,
A running token that I adore,
Just one I must pick, no less, no more.
I must say my cherished item I’ve picked,
Is my trusty training log, my sidekick.
It keeps me on track,keeps me in place,
It reminds me to never, no never, slack of of my pace.
I keep it up almost all year round,
But sometimes I forget, and then I must frown,
For the information this log contains,
It simply cannot all fit up there in my brain.
I love logging the miles,
And writing in the each run with a smile.
Without my log, I must confess,
I really would have no way to track my progress.
So my dear friends you can clearly see,
Just how much my log means to me.
Now let’s all hope this poem can be,
Safely transmitted from my trusty blackberry.
I linked my twitter…my poem won’t post, let’s test this post.
my shoes are quite old
lots of miles piled up
but no injuries
i’m lame but there’s my haiku
.-= Karyn´s last blog ..March = Crazy Life. April = Crazy Nice Weather (well so far. this is new england) =-.
i linked
.-= Karyn´s last blog ..March = Crazy Life. April = Crazy Nice Weather (well so far. this is new england) =-.
and tweeted
.-= Karyn´s last blog ..March = Crazy Life. April = Crazy Nice Weather (well so far. this is new england) =-.
[...] check out Erika’s giveaway Leave a [...]
Oh, what fun idea!
A haiku.
Twenty-six point two
Would frighten most, but not me
June sixth, here I come
& I Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/voge0092
my brain is taxed b/c i started my own give away an hour ago
in just an hour ive had 200 entries, my inbox over-flow
that’s my rhyme, best i can do
.-= Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga)´s last blog ..Give Away: Cuisinart Stainless Steel Food Processor!!!!!! =-.
tweeted
.-= Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga)´s last blog ..Give Away: Cuisinart Stainless Steel Food Processor!!!!!! =-.
When I put on my shoes, and step out for a run
I’ve got to have my ipod, or it won’t be no fun.
I put my headphones in and I pick my favorite songs,
then I get to running, I could keep going all day long.
Cool giveaway by the way
.-= Ashlei´s last blog ..Banana Split Chia Oats =-.
Following on twitter (@the_vegster) and tweeted: http://twitter.com/the_vegster/status/11583802387
.-= Ashlei´s last blog ..Banana Split Chia Oats =-.
Ok. Here’s a limerick.
Knowing my distance is charmin’
And getting lost – heck, that’s alarmin’!
Though I check every minute
I don’t think there’s a limit
To watching and loving my Garmin,
.-= sarah´s last blog ..OH YEAH IT BE FRIDAY =-.
I was so excited to try my Camelback
After the first few steps, I knew it couldn’t hack
I was so bummed that I couldn’t carry water in this sack
Guess I should go run at the track
.-= Angela @ A Healthy Fit´s last blog ..Dessert for Breakfast =-.
I started following you and tweeted about your giveaway!
.-= Angela @ A Healthy Fit´s last blog ..Dessert for Breakfast =-.
[...] a poem I made for this…thought you might get a kick out of it. I did at least! Dr.TriRunner has a Mystery Box Giveaway going on and to enter you have to create a poem or rhyme about one of [...]
Linked your contest from my blog!!
http://thevegster.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/happy-easter/
.-= Ashlei´s last blog ..Banana Split Chia Oats =-.
Do I get a point for following you on Twitter even though I already was?
.-= Jamie´s last blog ..Trail Running Love =-.
I now follow you on twitter!
.-= Angie Bishop´s last blog ..I guess today.. =-.
I just linked this to my blog too.
.-= Angie Bishop´s last blog ..I guess today.. =-.
Shoes oh shoes you must go
you hurt my back if you must know
you hurt my feet and my make me weak
shoes oh shoes you must go
I thought I could never give you up
but when feet touched the ground
I felt like a new pup
young and free and no pain to be found
This is a fun giveaway but man am I not feeling very creative today
Ah well here is a crappy poem from a barefoot runner! Rock on!
.-= Angie Bishop´s last blog ..I guess today.. =-.
Here’s my limerick!
There once was a girl from Gainesville
Who decided to run up a hill
She ate chocolate Gu
It looked just like poo
And tasted like Tootsie Roll swill.
I also linked to you at the bottom of my post. http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-in-review-happy-easter-edition.html
.-= Chelsea´s last blog ..Week in Review- Happy Easter Edition =-.
[...] to add: I entered Erika’s giveaway contest that required us to leave a poem. If I could enter a profession that required me to write stupid [...]
Alright here’s my poem!
Shoes
Shoes help me run.
Sometimes it can be fun.
But when I get black toenails.
My shoes are a fail.
But my shoes will always be there for me.
Even if I don’t always see.
i like asics and my socks.
i really want to win whatever the heck is in the mystery box!
sorry my poem is LAME! my brain is not working tonight.
.-= kate´s last blog ..Happy Easter! =-.
[...] I go, check my dear Erika’s give away. The clever little whipper snapper is hosting a mystery box give away which makes me want to win [...]
i linked to you too!
.-= kate´s last blog ..Happy Easter! =-.
this is great!!! i love haikus, so here’s mine:
my dear running shoes,
you make me run like goucher,
if only in dreams.
following you on twitter and tweeted! @carrothead
with apologies to sir mix a lot…
I wear short shorts and I cannot lie
You other runners can’t deny
That when a girl walks in with a number on her waist
And a Garmin with a huge face
You get sprung, wanna pull out your tough
‘Cause you notice this chick is buff
While I’m stretching and preparing
To race there’s no need to be staring
Cause baby, I wanna run quicker
Not pose for pictures
My track coach tried to warn me
Girls in races get real ornery
Ooh, Ms. running-real-far
You say you wanna get a PR?
Well, use me, use me
‘Cause I pace so well I got groupies
Naw, I’m just laughin’
To hell with draftin’
Sweat? Check,
I got it goin’ like a turbo ‘Vette
I’m tired of magazines
Sayin’ barefoot is the new thing
Take the average track fan and ask her that
She gotta keep her flats.
So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!)
Are the shorts showing off my butt? (Hell yeah!)
Then I gotta race it! Race it! Race it!
Race that healthy butt!
Baby got track!
.-= Kristin´s last blog ..Week 13.7: Easter Ride =-.
[...] 4 04 2010 Just had to post again because Erika is having a contest for a mystery box giveaway. Actually, I really, really want to win (when DON’T I want to win [...]
and you are all linked up. great idea btw, these were fun!
.-= Kristin´s last blog ..Week 13.7: Easter Ride =-.
I should mention also that I linked. Yay.
.-= sarah´s last blog ..Muhammara changed my life =-.
[...] if you’re FEELin’ creative go ENTER my RUN-RUN SIS: DR.TRIRUN’s Giveaway…or don’t because I want to WIN…and NO ONE can out do my version of KESHA’s [...]
running everyday is what I do
it’s something I look forward to
life’s little problems go away
because running solves them any day!
Love your blog!!
my sports bra chafes and rubs my skin
oh what a predicament I’m in!
to go without this boob support,
or put it on and deal with hurt.
why must it leave an ugly line
of a red rash on my divine
decolletage, making it not cool
to wear a low-cut shirt to school
and so for now I guess I’ll buy
some sport glide — also good for the thigh
Whooaa That Sir mix-a-lot is gonna be hard to beat. hahaha.. Alright here’s my take on Nelly’s Hot in Herre:
I was like, good gracious running’s hardacious
Dirtatcious, trying to show patience
Lookin’ for right time to shoot my speed (you know)
Lookin’ for the right time to pass them chicks
Then um I’m leavin’, please believein
Me and the rest of my team and
Check it, beat ya to the top of the hill not even breathin’
Nikes, asics, target sport bras
No decievin’, nothin up my sleeve, no teasin’
I need you to get up on the trailllll, give that coach what he askin’ for
cause I feel like bustin loose and I feel like passin you
Ain’t nobody stop the speed so baby tell me who is in the lead
I SAID..
It’s gettin hot in herre
I need a chocolate GU
I am gettin’ so hot, I need a chocolate guuuuuu
.-= Alyssa´s last blog ..The big 2-0 =-.
Tweeted about your giveaway
And linked it on my blog: http://www.northlandrunner.wordpress.com
.-= Alyssa´s last blog ..The big 2-0 =-.
Heyho, I’m going for a run
In the beautiful awesome sun
Why am I so picky
I coordinate so I don’t look icky
My shoes are nice and blue
They have a really nice hue
The wind out side is super bad
The extra resistance will make me glad
Running, pumping, hiking, striding
Woah I feel like I’m gliding.
Coming up the driveway
Did I really run half the day?
I also linked you to my blog now!!
.-= maggie´s last blog ..sweat it out =-.