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Thanks and have a great day.

Go out and run.

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Yep, it’s National Running Day today! Bet you didn’t know it was today, did you? Or that there even is a national day set aside to celebrate running and all it’s greatness as a cheap method of exercise.

Neither did I.

But there’s a website, so it must be legitimate.

So anyway — especially today — go out and run.

I sort of decided to run a race this week. Despite having not ran much in the last month and rolling my ankle a week or so ago, I figured, “What the hey, I haven’t raced in a while.”

Plus, it’s for a good cause.

Basically, it’s a local horse farm that provides animal-assisted therapy for physically disabled. Like I said, a good cause.

So I’ve ran once in the past week, and I’m not sure when the last time I ran before that was. On top of that, I messed up my ankle pretty badly last week playing frisbee at church. Icing has helped a little bit, and I realized a few days ago I had been wearing my ankle brace backwards, so now that I’m wearing it the right way, my ankle’s doing better.

The other problem with tomorrow’s race is I’m not actually sure if it is a race. It’s billed as a Walk/Trot. I’m fairly clear on what walking is (not to brag, but I’d say I’m pretty good at walking too), but I’m not so sure about this trotting business. Is that like running? Or is it more of a quick walk? Isn’t trotting what major leaguers do after hitting a home run?

Nothing on Serenity Farm’s website or anything else I’ve seen really answers this question. So I guess I’ll just show up at registration tomorrow and see what the deal is. Wish me luck.

Go out and run.