Fire! Fire!

OK...now that I have your attention!    So really, who doesn't love Firefighters?  Honestly...they're in good shape, they save people and they look great in a calendar.  Really really really goooood.

Well, because of this, I have gone and done something that I may regret.  I signed up for the Firefighter Fun Run/Walk. What is fun about a run, you ask?  Well, nothing really.  Anyone who knows me KNOWS that I am not a runner.  In fact, I have diagnosed myself with exercise-induced asthma and am certain my lungs are smaller than average (I have no proof of this except for the fact that I feel like I am going to die every time I run).

My friend and bootcamp buddy sent out an email about this fun run and initially I was not even going to entertain the thought, but I clicked the link and read a bit about the run.  There are two distances... 3.43 km and 9.11 km.  The 3.43 is for the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on September 11, and the 9.11 is for 911 emergency response.  So that's cool, right?  But then reading on....apparently there is a bonus....as you cross the finish line you are welcomed by uniformed firefighters who present us with our finishers Challenge coin!   Uniformed. Firefighters.  

So, yes, I signed up.  And I signed up for the 9.11 km (am I cray-cray???).  Already I am panicking about what I am going to look like, huffing and puffing past the finish line with my hair all in disarray (uh-oh...didn't think that part through, did I?).  Maybe right before the finish line, I can quickly apply my lipstick (I'll find a place for it), and fix my hair?

Either way, I will cross that finish line (maybe in need of CPR?) and I will be able to say that I ran (?) 9.11 km.  So who else wants to do this with me???  

http://events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=10089

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