Red Dress Run

Up and out of bed early on a Saturday morning to do something I fear most: Run.

This past Saturday (otherwise known as yesterday), my mom and I completed the Red Dress Run West Hartford, CT. It begins and ends in a rose garden and the course was nicely shaded. My mother was nice and took it easy on me: agreeing to my pace and then walking with me after mile two. I made sure we ran the last .1 mile so that when they took our finish line photo it looked like we had been running.

There were some interesting people there - at this race for only women. The first interesting female I saw was this young woman with about 2 pounds of make-up on. It baffles me that someone would put that much (or any really) make-up on before going out to purposely sweat. We saw her at the end of the race and she had sweat it all off. And she was a very pretty girl without it.

Another interesting character we met on the way was this older lady speed walking/jogging along with only her socks on. She explained how back in 1978, she had placed in a marathon in Italy. She may have said second or third, but I can't remember exactly.

Among the crowd were many matching females. A large group of females all ran with bright red tu-tus. I'm certainly not saying we weren't an integral part of the interesting people in attendance: My mom and I both wore the same pink tank top and the same black running skirt. Oh yeah - and same running shoes.

Official time: 49:12. Walk/jog lady beat us.



What I learned: It's true - doesn't matter how fast or slow you go, you're still lapping anyone sitting on the couch.

5k in two days...

A while ago I signed myself and my mother for a 5k Red Dress Run in Hartford, CT. The race begins and ends in a rose garden, it's only for woman and it's for charity - all things I thought would help my level of motivation. Well, I've maybe run 5 times since signing up - two of those times being this week (with a grand total of three miles).

Anyway, obviously I am going to feel pretty bad for my mother, who can run a 10 minute mile at this point because (shocker!!!) she's actually been running. She's said she'll take it easy for me, but I still feel like I've failed her a bit. Well - at least we'll be cute as we jog down the (whatever we'll be jogging down) in our matching outfits.