That's all it took for 14 of us from CrossFit Beacon to furiously sign up at the last minute to run in the 1st Annual Bug Light 5K. It was organized as a charity run for the city of South Portland's Historical Society and their Land Trust, which is improving their parks and walking trails system, some of which we ran on today.
Tyson, Beacon buddy/athlete/coach/instigator wanted to run, put it out there for interested others, and this morning we were light-blue tee shirts strong.
For a couple of Beacon Peeps, it was their first 5K. For a few others, it proved a morning 5K PR. And for all of us, it was a great time with the usual banter between us filled with equal parts smack and respect...yeah, that's the usual banter. :)Some of this group are runners and CrossFitters, but most of us are just CrossFitters. The beauty of CrossFitting is that you gain the confidence and the ability to *game* pretty much any activity you choose to try/do, including a 5K. It's very cool! It makes last minute sign ups for a 5K possible.
When I told Laurence that I was going to sign up for this just on Friday, he didn't even hesitate to also sign up. This was his first 5K, and while he does not CrossFit, he hears enough about it to know that by figuring out how to *game* the race helped with his mental outlook toward it. He did a great job sticking to his plan of not walking and going at an easy jog the whole way. CrossFit attitude by osmosis! :)One CrossFitter, CrossFit confidence, and the CrossFit propensity for participating in charitable activities all make for some amazing memories {and memorable smack talk :) }. That's all it took for today was one CrossFitter putting out a suggestion for a day of fun doing something that we all love...challenging ourselves!
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