Here what she has to say about taking chances:

"It's hard to believe just last week I was running around DC participating in the Great Urban Race, a scavenger hunt type game very close to a small scale version of the Amazing Race.  I did use the verb running, didn't I?  You see almost two years ago I started with Karen to change my eating habits and to be a good role model for my two small children. When I completed my nutrition portion, I decided that I wanted to continue with the training so that I could lose fat and firm and tone those oh so giggly parts.  When filling out the questionnaire about the types of exercise I would absolutely not do, I wrote the word, "run".  I always said I'd have to be chased by a pack of wolves to ever run.  Since that time I have completed a 5K and am currently training for another one at the end of this month.

As part of the Active site where I register for the 5K races, I receive emails on upcoming events and that is how I found out about the Great Urban Race.  I looked at it, thought about it, shared with a friend of mine and then put it out of my mind.  Then I kept coming back to the email and decided to really talk to my friend about doing the race with me.  She agreed, we registered, and became a team, Moms on the Run.  At the start of the race you are given 12 clues.  With the help of a phone a friend, expert Googler, we were able to find the answer to all the clues, now it was just a matter of getting to all the locations in the allotted time.  This meant using the Metro and RUNNING.  We ran and ran.  At one point we got off at the wrong Metro spot and had to run blocks to get to a martial arts gym and proceed to do several exercises.  When we got there, out of breathe, they said come in and do the following: 10 push- ups, 20 squats, 10 body builders, boxing punches and high knee lifts.  The most amazing thing during this whole time is that the thought running through my head was not, "is this man crazy?" but "what else you got for me? This is easy".  I was absolutely amazed that not only had I just run several blocks but now I could do the exercises as well.

It's been almost 2 years and I can finally put myself in some kind of "fit" category.  I am no longer a couch potato eating whatever I want and praying to be thin.  I have done something about it.  I am working hard and enjoying every minute of it. I am so happy that when events like this come up, I know I can do them instead of wishing I could while watching someone else do it.  I am looking forward to the new adventures to come."

Beth

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