KFI: Training for a marathon can be intimidating. Sore heels, blisters, and pulled muscles are all part and parcel of making it the 26.2 miles.
But, for those who aren’t even ready for a 5k, they may want to look into this Facebook event in Boerne, Texas, that has caught the attention of underachievers everywhere. Instead of training for 26.2 miles, how does training for 0.5K sound?
The Boerne .5K is set to be held on May 5th and will benefit the Blessings in a Backpack organization, which helps provide food on the weekends for elementary school children who might otherwise go hungry. According to organizers, the race is a “very fun, tongue-in-cheek event that will lampoon the typical 5k.”
Runners who arrive early for the start of the race will receive a free pint of beer. Keep reading
“to provide food for elementary students who might otherwise go hungry on the weekend”
The sob story that is America. Parents starve their children on the weekend until they can get them to school for their free breakfast and lunch.
.. do I get one of those smug bumper stickers?
I’m in!
I used the famed Henny Youngman training regimen to prepare for this race and it worked well enough for me to finish in the top tier. Here’s the regimen:
Get up at 5:00 am sharp and take a brisk walk. At 5:04 am, turn off the light in the bathroom and go back to bed.
Unless I can drive it, fxck that shit. If you do your home work Wind Sprints are much healthier. What’s popular is not always best.
I’m surprised all those poor hungry kids could run the 0.5k race.
Yes, you get a bumper sticker: “point five and a pint”. My bumper just says, “5 pints”. Go figure?
0.0 bumper sticker updated to 0.0.5
As a former trackster, I found a marathon sticker that made me smile.
This one added 3 words at the bottom of it.
0.0
I don’t run
I hear ya brother.
OTOH, Boerne has a kickass car show in the fall, and Dickens on Hauptstrasse is always fun.
Key West has the Cow Key Channel Bridge Run…0-K…It’s the Day
after the famous 7 Mile Bridge Run…and it has rest area halfway
through…at the 150′ mark.
http://cowkeybridgerun.com/
Wow, that is SO CLEVER!
A 0.5K run.
A 0.31 mile run.
A 1636.8 feet run.
I wish I was as fucking clever.