Day two of training for the big Blog Jog, and we did better than yesterday, but it’s still hard to imagine how I’m going to get to running for 30 minutes straight when I’m huffing and puffing after 60 seconds. Hopefully 32 more days will be long enough that I can put in a good showing.

Whether I make it through the whole Redlegs Run running or not, I’ll enjoy the Blog Jog events. There’s supposed to be a pre-race gathering at the ball park, where there will be prizes for the best outfits, and pictures of everyone for all the blogs. Sounds like there will be a gathering after the event, too, but whether there’s an official event or not, you can bet your booty I’ll be celebrating.

If you’d like to join in the fun, log on to http://reds.com/5k to sign up for the Redlegs Run, then email blogjog@reds.com to RSVP to the Blog Jog proper. You have to pay to be in the run, but you don’t have to pay any extra to hang around with the blogging goofballs.

If you are a regular reader of Better Off Red, you’ve already seen that the Crack Technical Staff and I are participating in the Blog Jog.

This will be a special “event within an event” designed for you to meet your fellow online Reds fans, mingle with your favorite Reds bloggers, and most importantly – to have fun!
…
Participants are encouraged to make t-shirts and/or signs to represent their favorite Reds blog(s), wear costumes, crazy outfits, etc.

Even though the theme of the Blog Jog is wacky fun–something I’m entirely in favor of–I’m actually training for this event. I took care of the first step yesterday: buying shoes and a Kevlar sports bra, and tonight I began the actual running.

I haven’t run a mile since high school, so I’m starting from scratch using the Couch to 5K training system, modified, of course, since this system calls for a person to train for 8 weeks, but I have only 33 days. Here’s the results from my first trip out.

Stay tuned each day to see how the training progresses, and if you would like to join in the fun, log on to http://reds.com/5k to sign up, then email blogjog@reds.com to RSVP. You have to pay to be in the run, but you don’t have to pay any extra to hang around with the blogging goofballs.