So I have been training a lot and I haven’t really said much on here what for, well in 7 days time I will be running a 10k (and what could be my last if Heidi gets her way). I will be running the “Beat the Blerch” race. What is this you say? Well it is a Running Series put on by the guy who writes the Oatmeal comic. But you really need to understand what it is first before you go any further. So first off read this:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/running<\/p>\n
Ok… back yet? Good. Now you understand what the “Blerch” is. So why would I try and “Beat the Blerch” Well because the races sound like lots of fun, they include all of the following:<\/p>\n
Every participant gets a \u201cI Beat The Blerch in 2015\u201d tech shirt and medal.
\nThere will be large quantities of cupcakes at every aid station, in addition to Nutella and magical grape beverages.
\nRace photos are FREE.
\nRidiculously awesome goodie bag stuffed with Blerch surprises.
\nA portion of the proceeds go to charity.<\/p>\n
But best of all is this last little bit:
\nThere will be actual Blerchs in fat-suits chasing you throughout the race.<\/p>\n
So some guy is going to chase me for 10K trying to catch me…. SOLD! Actually getting the free stuff and the cake sold me. So I am looking forward to a little bit of fun next weekend, being able to run around and enjoy myself shall be good. The training has gone well, a few of the runs were tough, but the 9k I did on Friday morning (since I had a late shift) worked well, I was on\/under pace and that is good. My body was fighting a little so hopefully I can keep that in check this week.<\/p>\n
Here is to at least one more 10k in my life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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