I’m Running ‘Go Girl Run’ and Couldn’t Be More Pumped
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Want to hear something crazy? I haven’t run a single race since I completed my marathon in 2010. Okay, I did walk a half marathon last spring, but I had the flu and honestly spent most of the time just happy that I was able to put one foot in front of the other. But that’s all about to change! Because I have a new race on my calendar: Go Girl Run in Columbia, Mo.! And, dude, I am so pumped.
I will be running my little fit bottom off in the 5K on Saturday, May 26, with hundreds of other women in Columbia’s first all-women’s half marathon and 5K Run/Walk event! Go Girl Run was created to celebrate women, health and fitness, and ultimately support several women-centered charities, including Susan G. Komen, March of Dimes, Girls on the Run, Ronald McDonald House, Rainbow House and Children’s Miracle Network. Plus, I’m a Mizzou alum (Tigers, what, what!), so I get to run in what feels like my second hometown. Yeah, it’s going to be awesome, and I’m already setting a personal goal to do it under 30 minutes. I CAN DO IT.
And if that wasn’t cool enough, to further boost health, University of Missouri Health Care (the sponsor of Go Girl Run) has launched HealthyU, a combination of education and engagement to help people better understand, strive for and maintain good health through fitness and nutrition. Hello, that’s what we’re all about! HealthyU recently started a blog, of which I’ve been putting my two cents on since it started. If you’d like to see the posts I’ve written, go here.
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing how my training is going and a little bit more about HealthyU and the race. Including—big tease here—how I’ll get to introduce the one and only Ali Vincent on Wednesday, May 9, and how you can chat with little ol’ me the day before the race during packet pickup if you’re around.
So the only question is, who wants to do this 5K with me? Either in Columbia or virtually on Saturday, May 26? You guys know I’ll Tweet my progress! The more the merrier! —Jenn