All of the participants

I hate running, but contrarily, I LOVE doing races. If there was a way to train through osmosis and just go to a race and run, that would be my ideal.

Last Saturday, we ran the Race for the Cure. This came up when a group of us were sitting at brunch chatting about how to get motivated into doing something active. This race was the perfect distance (5K/3.1 miles) for the group and had the option to walk or run, providing options for both the amateur and not.

I’ve blogged about this before, but Greg has a very enthusiastic, positive and caring style when it comes to training. Unfortunately, I typically respond better to my various Tae Kwon Do trainers methods of intimidation and being much harder on me. So it was not unexpected that this time as we were running the race, the demons were coming out the more Greg was making comments to me like: “You’re doing great!” “Almost there!” “You’ve got this!” and “Wheeee!!! Catch me! Catch me!”

The response in between gasps and huffs: “If you say anything else, I am going to toss you into that golf cart, place a plank of wood down on the gas pedal, and send you over that ravine very slowly on the Mall.”

What a rewarding feeling when it was over. But as Greg and I played back what was said during our run, his comment was, “Wow… you know? That was pretty creative to all get out while running!”

Poor guy.

Coming up next, the Rockville Twilight 8K, or as I know it, the Race for Free Beers. Hope to see you there!

The response when I said, "Show your support for saving the tatas!"