Or shall we say.... Mr. Bar?
"Wok's Up?!" (seriously, a name of a Chinese restaurant I stumbled upon last night!)
I did this "Fun Run" yesterday that turned out to be a "Oh So Much Fun Run". A 3.5 miler sponsored by a running store with the theme of "Free Martha". The store went all out - putting up pictures of Martha Stewart, setting up people on the course that hand you cards that say "Your souflee deflated - 10 points" or "Your tea party was a success +25 points", and at the end 3 people tied for the most points and had to battle it out in a cake decorating contest. Two women and one guy. Ironically, the guy won! Not only did we get to eat the winning cake, but there were corn dogs, 7-layer dip, dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, beer, wine, gatorade.....wow!
So I asked Nga (since I freakin owe her money all the time), "How much do I owe you for this?" and she said "It's free...that's why they call it a fun run". Amazing!
And there's more! A raffle! The Clif Bar representative promised that EVERYONE will win. Oh, goody! Just like in AYSO soccer league where everyone gets a trophy! As the guy called out number after number and handed out prize after prize, I got more hopeful and excited. First, Keth (Beth but with a 'K') finally gets a prize...then Nga gets one...then the last prize to give out (Here's my chance!)...doh! Not me!! Nga and this old guy pitied me and then gave me their mesh running hats. Sad! On our way out we scream out "Thanks, Clif! Or shall we say...Mr. Bar?". Probably unfunny to you normal people but we burst into laughter.
I'm all about these "Oh so much Fun Runs" -- 2 in the next 2 Thursdays with a Cinco de Mayo run...yey...I realized I should run with a group because I have never really liked running and so, don't push myself to run very fast. I stretched myself physcially yesterday and it felt great keeping up with these marathon running people. It reminded me to continue to challenge myself in all areas of my life, not just with running.
I did this "Fun Run" yesterday that turned out to be a "Oh So Much Fun Run". A 3.5 miler sponsored by a running store with the theme of "Free Martha". The store went all out - putting up pictures of Martha Stewart, setting up people on the course that hand you cards that say "Your souflee deflated - 10 points" or "Your tea party was a success +25 points", and at the end 3 people tied for the most points and had to battle it out in a cake decorating contest. Two women and one guy. Ironically, the guy won! Not only did we get to eat the winning cake, but there were corn dogs, 7-layer dip, dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, beer, wine, gatorade.....wow!
So I asked Nga (since I freakin owe her money all the time), "How much do I owe you for this?" and she said "It's free...that's why they call it a fun run". Amazing!
And there's more! A raffle! The Clif Bar representative promised that EVERYONE will win. Oh, goody! Just like in AYSO soccer league where everyone gets a trophy! As the guy called out number after number and handed out prize after prize, I got more hopeful and excited. First, Keth (Beth but with a 'K') finally gets a prize...then Nga gets one...then the last prize to give out (Here's my chance!)...doh! Not me!! Nga and this old guy pitied me and then gave me their mesh running hats. Sad! On our way out we scream out "Thanks, Clif! Or shall we say...Mr. Bar?". Probably unfunny to you normal people but we burst into laughter.
I'm all about these "Oh so much Fun Runs" -- 2 in the next 2 Thursdays with a Cinco de Mayo run...yey...I realized I should run with a group because I have never really liked running and so, don't push myself to run very fast. I stretched myself physcially yesterday and it felt great keeping up with these marathon running people. It reminded me to continue to challenge myself in all areas of my life, not just with running.
posted by Chica Chan @ 8:57 AM
1 Comments:
At 4/22/2005 11:56 AM,
sugarfoxnga said…
I have to comment on two items:
First of all, I put money on the guy to win the contest from the very start. He was a cake decorating genius.
Secondly, Carol made the funniest comment when we got back to "Momentum" the running store...she said..'wow we're back already' to which I said "Carol, when you run faster..you finish faster"..and she pensively said "yeah, that makes sense..."
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