Being a Fair Weather Runner

I'm not sure about you, but personally I am loving this Spring like weather we have had the last couple of days here in Raleigh. It's nice to have all four seasons in the Triangle, but Spring and Summer are definately my favorite.

I guess it comes from growing up in the area. We always knew Spring was here when the buttercups started blooming and the beach music started playing. And summer would not be complete with trips to the Carolina coast and watching lightling bugs in the evenings from the screened porch. Yes, Spring and Summer in the Carolinas are special indeed.

I guess that's why I am a fair weather runner. I never thought about myself as one, until someone mentioned it the other day. We started talking about the upcoming Bunn Fun Run (a run benefiting William Bunn, a little boy who is fighting cancer-www.BunnFunRun.com ) and if I was going to run it. I am going to run it, but I needed to get back into a regular training schedule. They were shocked that I didn't run (at least not outside) during the winter. What? Run in the cold? You have got to be kidding me. That's when they called me a "Fair Weather Runner."

This is not a compliment. And I did take it personally. That is, until I started thinking about it. If it's less than 55* outside, I am hitting the gym and the treadmill. I mean, I need heated socks to go from the house to the car some days. So getting out there and subjecting myself to this "freezing" weather for an hour or so at a time was way out of my league.

But Spring is here, and the weather is great for getting out and doing all the things we have thought about doing during the winter. So let's hit the pavement, and see where it takes us.

And let's not forget on April 24th why we are running. William is 8 years old, and has been fighting Neuroblastoma Cancer since he was 5. He needs our help. Everyone is optimistic and his doctors and William are fighting this with all they have.

So come out and share this incredible day with everyone. You can walk, run, bike or just do whatever moves you.

Let's not be a fair weather runner on this day. Let's run for William.

www.BunnFunRun.com