5K

I don’t care for ‘formal’ exercise, you know the kind where ya join a gym and go every day or every other to loose weight or get in shape.  Can’t stand being on a machine or lifting weights … it’s boring, IMO!  I’d rather be out in the yard working or getting a physical workout from cleaning/carrying laundry around the house – we do have stairs, so that helps.  If I could dance, now that would be a different story.  I thoroughly enjoyed dance throughout my primary, elementary and high school years.  Tap is a great workout and I’d do it again in a heart-beat, if I could swing the time away from kids and there was a class available within 20 miles!

Back to 5K’s …  In college, friends talked me into walking 5K’s with them at least once a year.  I did it because it was for a cause, it was fun to walk with friends, and there was a souvenir t-shirt involved.  There was also the community walk/run in Kearney, NE back in the late 90’s; I don’t remember the length.  Someone in the group (Jaycees) even talked me into running on a relay … I hadn’t run a 400m since high school … I didn’t make any great impressions that day, either!!  I haven’t done any form of racing since. 

But, for some reason, I’m doing it again!  All for the joy of being able to chat with friends … there is no other sane reason why I’d want to walk a 5K.  I would never have done it if left to my own devices, because I’m just not motivated to walk this much in one day.  Baby Louis will be joining me on the walk, in his jog stroller. 

The 5K is part of the Fargo Marathon weekend.  I really hope I’m not extremely sore the next day.  The race starts around 6pm today … please say a prayer for me and my friends!!