There is a run coming up - December 6th - in Memphis, Tennessee. This is important because two of our club members live in Memphis; Pam & Jen! We had a quick, little email session yesterday and the result: Pam & Jen have signed up for the 5k. I told them if they ran I would fly out and run too! So I committed to the 21k. Then it got a little interesting... it was said if they ran, their husbands would sign up and run the 5k! So, long story short, now my husband is also going to run the Memphis 5k. This is especially interesting because Ted (mine) and Tony (Pam's) are both post arthroscopic knee surgery patients. Ted will be 12 months out and Tony will only be 3 months out. They may do it at a walk, but that's ok! The fact that they are willing to try, after injuries and surgeries is awesome.
Then, (because it is my nature), I began an inquiry into another family I know and love that live in Memphis. If there is a way we could get Jamie and Sharlyce and maybe a couple of their teenagers to run too, well..! That's quite a representation of the 50 is the new 30 Running Club!
For anyone else interested in a December run in the land of Elvis and the Blues (not to mention awesome barbeque!), here is the offical web site! Come join us! It's a great cause. (think of the opportunity for a really good post-run dinner!!!! : )
http://www.stjudemarathon.org/index.htm
So this is how it begins... You make a formal commitment. Sign up for a run that is several months out. Then follow the schedule to get you ready for it. Before you know it, the race day is upon you. You feel so much better, so much healthier than the day you signed up (with doubt in the back of your mind). For us that have committed to the Memphis run, December 6th is going to come whether we run or not. But we will run and I am excited for Pam and Jen to feel that awesome sense of accomplishing something they cannot do today. The sense of self that comes with this kind of goal. I am delighted I will be there to share it with them.
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