I really shouldn't put zero here... but technically, I didn't go running... Once or twice a month I volunteer with an organization called KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now), playing sports with children and teens with cognitive disabilities. Oh boy, kids have so much energy! It's only a couple of hours, but by the end you are truly spent. I participated in the music program this time, so we did lots of singing, playing with different musical instruments, and dancing. Every once in a while one of the kids took off running so fast, I wanted to hire him as a coach! You would've thought we were torturing them, cause they were trying to escape all the time... Too funny...
After that I volunteered as course marshall at a local race, the first Capitol Striders 8k, on the Capitol Crescent trail. As soon as I got to the start line, the course director asked me to get on a men's road bike with an odometer, holding the mile marker signs on one hand, and stopping and posting them every mile... Why he asked me to do this knowing about my luck with bicycles, I don't know... But I did it, and survived. Then monitored the course to make sure the bikers knew there was a race going on, and took some pictures. Boy were some bikers mad! Ridiculous. It was a fun time. I should've ran before or after the race... but didn't.
Went to an Arabic-themed party at night, so much fun! My costume was very conservative so I'd post pictures, but in all the pics I'm dancing with girls that were not embarrassed to show their "talents" :)
A girl from Colombia and I were laughing cause we had trouble learning some of the moves, because they are so specific... Latinas are more used to moving everything at the same time, like when you dance salsa or merengue. But they said I didn't do so bad. Need to practice more! | 