Two new events on the calendar!

Howdy!

I'm getting excited for this Sunday's X-Dog 8k Snowshoe race!  It is Event #1 in my quest to complete (at least) 50 events this year.  Should be quite an adventure.  The weather on the mountain is the big variable - never know what it's going to do.  We'll bring a wide variety of layering options.  I usually prefer to be on the cool side.  As long as we're moving, I'm comfortable.  Wearing the CamelBack allows for carrying an extra layer or room to pack one away.  Gotta keep moving, right?  And it is a race, after all!

The next two events on my little quest are a couple of runs - one Saturday Feb. 2nd; the other Sunday Feb 3rd.  Yep, back to back events.  Since Saturday races are rare we wanted to take advantage of this when we can.  See, doing 50 events, which are almost always held on weekends, means only two free weekends over the course of the year.  Doubling up buys us a weekend off!

Event #2 is the Worst Day of the Year Run, a 6k out at PIR.  Nice, flat course.
www.worstdayrun.com

Event #3 is the 45th Annual Zena Road Run, taking place down near Salem somewhere.  This one is a 3 miler.
www.wvroadrunners.org/zena

We have events set for the weekend after, as well - another double header.  One is the Portland Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics, on Feb. 9th.  While this is a good cause, it isn't really a race.  It's more of a 'gathering' on the shore along the Columbia River and when the signal is given we jump in the frigid water!  I'm counting it as Event #4.  Yes, I make the rules.  Get used to it.

Event #5 is the companion to Event #2 - it's the Worst Day of the Year Ride, a 16 mile bike tour of the city.  This one is on Sunday the 10th.
www.worstdayride.com

That's it for now! Nighty night!