Mommies Paradise

I did. Well, me and about 9,999 other people. I ran the five mile Nike Run Hit Remix on Saturday morning at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

It was great fun. Along the race course, runners were entertained by old schoolers Naughty By Nature, Sir Mix-A-Lot, The Sugarhill Gang and a singer from En Vogue, Dawn Robinson (really brought the running down with a mellow tune - blech!). As a rocking ending to a raucous run, MC Hammer brought us all in to the Coliseum with a flashback concert. He did all of his old hits and ofcourse he had an army of dancers who were awesome. And that man can still dance. He was all over the place.

It was tons of fun and an easy five mile run. I am kind of falling in love with running. Especially if I am doing it with friends. I find myself looking out for new group runs to do. I think the half marathon is my limit though. That thing was grueling and I can’t even imagine what a full marathon would feel like.

Then again one never really knows what the future has in store.

Yay!!

Via Feministing

I walked down the hall in a silence interrupted vaguely by the ding of the elevator bell. Of course it was dark outside. It was 4:30 am. I took the silent elevator down. I remembered that my body is strong and that I was ready for this.

The doors to the elevator opened to a shocking amount of people dressed similar to me. They all seemed eager and maybe a little bit caged. They all looked ready.

I found my pace group. These are the people that I have known for the last four months. Every Saturday morning we met. We synchronized, we talked and we breathed. We have listened to the cadence of our shoes pounding on the pavement for miles and miles. And we were sweaty. We were a well-oiled machine at times. At times we were just tired and sore.

And now we are here. It is dark and it is early. And we made it here.

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