The Underwear Affair

On Saturday 8-July, I ran, along with my friends/team-members, Tanya & Duncan in The Underwear Affair. Underwear, you ask? Yes, BC Cancer Foundation wanted to EXPOSE the truth about cancers "below the waist". Tanya told me about the event shortly after her father was diagnosed with bowel cancer, we decided to put a team together and train for the run. It was a bit late in the game to get a full 12 week program under our belts but on Saturday it all came to light that we'd done well. Only in week 7 of our training we ran in intervals throughout the event, 10 minutes running and 1 minute walking. We crossed the finish line in 1 hour and 18 minutes - well below what I originally though. Chris estimated that it would take us 2 hours (thanks for the vote of confidence, honey!), Tanya thought perhaps 1.5 hours and I had no clue (being new to this and all). This time seemed to fly by, especially when my Grouse Grind work friends caught up with us on the trail and kept us going for a few kms!!
Did I mention that we ran dressed in grass hula skirts, flower lei's, and flower bras (yes, even Duncan joined in!)
The best part of all is that together we raised almost $2000 for Cancer Research!! WooHoo!! We're getting ready for next years' event and we're looking to expand our team (hint, hint).