Terry Fox Run 2009: Registered!

I have recently been incredibly inspired by Ben Does Life. It's a blog by Ben Davis.

bendoeslife.tumblr.com

It's amazing! He makes me feel soooo lazy! His smile is so magical, you can see the joy he now has for life, so inspiring! So I was chatting on the telephone with my best friend, Amanda, who loves to run and has starting practicing for triathlons (wow!), about us doing a run together, like the Turkey Trot, because it doesn't have a high registration cost. Some runs have a high fees to cover their costs, however, I'm not too interested in times at this point yet, so if I'm not clocked, I won't be too sad!

So, as I was on a break from work today, instead of driving home, I meandered around my town a bit and noticed a poster in a local business for the annual Terry Fox Run that is coming up. If you're Canadian, I know you know all about this. If you're not Canadian, read all about the INCREDIBLE life and story of Terry Fox on terryfox.org. I just checked out their website, and it has an easy registration form, with no fees, so I signed up! Just like that! I haven't ran in a 'race', whether competitive or not, since High School! I'm very excited, as I ran competitively for eight years in school, but since graduating, then doing post-secondary school, then having Layla, etc... life hasn't had much time for even a jog for the heck of it, nevermind training and signing up for runs! But I'm jazzed, this will be fun and a great way to get my feet wet again and also for a fantastic organization!

Also, if anyone would like to sponsor me, even if only a dollar, on the website you can look me up by name (hint: I'm the only Malora registered! Is that a surprise? No!) or my participant code, which is C2W8GZ.

Wish me luck!