You get an awesome nationwide coalition that at last count had raised over $70,000 for the National Parks. And one really hot, sweaty, sore wanna-be runner. Runner/walker/hobbler. Oklahoma in August is NOT the place to run. Even for fun. Even for a good cause. Next year I'm going virtually to Colorado. Maybe the Arctic.
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| *NOTE* VIRTUAL RACE does not mean that I imagined myself running it. It just means you can run it anywhere you choose, even on the treadmill in your living room, rather than at a designated race location. |
This was my second 5K for the weekend. My friend Juli and I participated in a local race fundraiser for one of the social services organizations in our town, hosted by Hitachi Corporation. And darn if we didn't look cute doing it!
Just for the record, we were in the middle of the pack, we finished at a run, and my time for this first race was significantly better than the second.
Starting at 9 am Friday until 9 am Sunday morning, I asked my body to run/bike/hike/paddle/camp a total of 12 kilometers (since the route I picked in the National Recreation Area was 7.2k), knock out a 5 mile bike ride and an hour of paddling. That was one fast paced, all-outside 48 hours. I'm pretty sure my muscles are plotting their revenge.
So Happy Birthday, National Park Service! I hope I'm as fabulous as you are when I'm 100!
And to all those folks who ran with me or past me- Happy Trails!
