I just had a weekend reunion with some of my best friends from college.  We went away and had a great time. We relaxed, ate and drank (too much).  Ah carpe diem...  when I got home, I realized two things 1. I really don’t enjoy spending my entire weekend in college bars and 2. I’ve gained 5 lbs in two days… needless to say I wasn’t very happy or relaxed about what happened.  So I got to thinking,  next year instead of going to a party spot on our “girls weekend”, maybe we should plan something that would have a healthier outcome.  So I’m going to propose an idea to my friends.  We should plan our weekend around a race.  We’ll find a city we want to go to and go on a weekend they have a race.  That way we can get together and see each other, but also challenge each other to a friendly competition of training and racing.  Since not all of us are currently runners, we can pick a distance we are all comfortable with and then take the weeks prior to get ready for it… (See Training for a 5K or Training for a 10K).  It will be a great way to get away, catch up on old times and celebrate our reunion after running. I’m pretty sure some kind of monetary bet will be placed on the fastest race time…. Game on!!!