Thursday, April 21, 2011

Fear is Your Friend!


There's nothing like signing up for a race that's beyond what you've ever done. Say, a 50k trail run. Oh, I don't know, like this one right here.

Yeah, you could say I'm a touch nervous as the date gets closer and closer. I haven't done a lot of trail running and I've never done anything longer than a marathon. So...I'm two for two!

But sometimes that scared feeling is a good thing. It's good to test yourself. It's good to try new things. It's good to push.

You can't do 5k's every weekend.

(...says the wimpy little 5k runner, still brave while looking three weeks away at the 50k...)

Let's race!

RACES FOR WEEK OF MAY 2nd TO MAY 8th

May 7th / Salmon Run 10k and 5k / Bend, OR

May 7th / CARDV Mother's Day Run 5k / Corvallis, OR

May 7th / Run for the Animals 5k / Vancouver, WA

May 7th / Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon and 8k / Snoqualmie, WA

May 7th / ORRC Hagg Lake Runs 10.4m and 10k / Forest Grove, OR

May 7th / Haggen to Haggen 5k / Bellingham, WA

May 7th / Apple Blossom 10k and 5k / Wenatchee, WA

May 7th / East Oregonian Butte Challenge 10k and 5k / Hermiston, OR

May 7th / Free Them 5k / Seattle, WA

May 7th / Lake Run 12k and 5k / Lake Oswego, OR

May 7th / Tough as Nails Trail Runs 15k and 5k / Medford, OR

May 7th / Carson to Stevenson Ridge Run 15k Trail Run / Carson, WA

May 7th / Loyalty Days 2m / Newport, OR

May 7th / The Walk Home 5k / Richland, WA

May 7th / Inspiring Hope 10k and 5k / Mukilteo, WA

May 7th / Cheadle Lake 5k / Lebanon, OR

May 7th / Silverton Hospital Fun Run 5k / Silverton, OR

May 7th / Mother's Day Marathon, Half Marathon, 10m, 10k and 5k AND Sprint Triathlon / Elma, WA

May 7th / Mud Mountain Melee Trail Run 8k / Enumclaw, WA

May 7th / Over the Dam Run Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Grand Coulee, WA

May 7th / Fiasco in Pasco Duathlon / Pasco, WA

May 8th / Racin' for Mason 5k / Albany, OR

May 8th / Run Mama Run! 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

May 8th / Kirkland Half Marathon and 5k / Kirkland, WA

May 8th / Rerun Run 5k / Eugene, OR

May 8th / Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

May 8th / Heroes Half Marathon and 10k / Everett, WA

May 8th / Hippie Chick Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon / St. Paul, OR

May 8th / Run Like a Mother 5k / Portland, OR

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