When you tell people what you plan to do, it increases your motivation to follow-through. Therefore, I'm telling you that I'm going to follow this so I can run this.
I ran it two years ago, and got my ass kicked. I skipped the next year, because I wasn't running at the time; but I felt bummed about it because the race takes place in our neighborhood and I saw people who could barely walk but were nonetheless out there doing it, while I loafed.
I haven't run since October, after a third strained calf muscle in a month knocked my enthusiasm for running to zero. But, it's time to get back out there.
I still haven't yet decided if it will be shoes or no shoes - no shoes is still enticing, but I never strained a calf running in shoes. Whatever I decide, I'm going to run this hilly, early morning, get beat by 13 year old girls, wife is still asleep and the cats can't wave from the porch even if they wanted to, race.
This I declare.
Maybe you should post a bond or something.
who would act as surety on such a matter ?
Why don’t you ask people to sponsor you for a good cause? I’d happily donate. You’d have to prove you finished obviously. ha!
who would act as surety on such a matter ?
Me, of course. I’ll email you a snail mail address to which you can send the football sized wad of $100s.
The real question is, do you get a cool T-shirt afterwards?
Cool T-shirts used to be standard, but not so much recently.
yeah, i’ll get a t-shirt. it’s from the Catholic elementary school that hosts the race, though. so it’s not exactly “cool”. go Monarchs of St Mary Magdelene!