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Hello everyone. This is my Blog. Last year one of my best friends (who happens to be a tri-athlete) suggested that we should run a race together. At first I poo-pooed the idea, because I'm not a big runner. I like to workout, but I mainly stick w/ step classes, elliptical trainers, spinning, etc. All low-impact activities. But as far as helping me lose weight these exercises are not very effective. So, I said what the hell, running in a race may be fun. I was initially thinking of doing a 5K in April to get started, but my friend, the tri-athlete, said a 5K was too short. So, he suggested a 10K race on St. Partick's Day in March. So this gives me 3 months to convert my dumpy non-running self into a lean mean running machine. Eeek!!!

Luckily I'm not alone. He also invited some of his other non-athletic friends to join us.
- Anna is a little on the plus size like myself. She is somewhat of a runner, but can be talked out of running by the mere mention of distance or desert.
- Joyce is more athletic then both myself and Anna put together, but she's involved in moving, decorating and shopping which will obviously take precedence over her training schedule.
- Claire is probably the most athletic of the three of us, because she definitely weighs less than we do, but she admits to not being much of a runner. Plus she has a fiance and a life, so who's knows if she'll make it to race day.

So here's to Vijay's all girl running team:
Anna - "2 Cool to Run"
Joyce - "2 Far 2 Run"
Valerie - "2 Big 2 Run"
Claire - "2 Busy 2 Run"
Vijay (Our Coach) - "Will Run 4 Fun"