A contest!

I'm signed up for two running races in the next two months: the Jenny's Light 10K on March 6 and the Boston Marathon (obviously) on April 18.  And I have two FARA goodie bags for the blog readers who come the closest to guessing my finish time at each event!  The best guessers will each win a reusable FARA bag filled with a "SLOW, STOP, REVERSE" FARA wristband, some other miscellaneous items with FARA logos on them, and a homemade baked good (made by me, not FARA).  If you don't live within a reasonable delivery distance, I'll mail it you!

FARA tote filled with fabulous prizes

Since this blog is all about fundraising for good causes, I should mention that Jenny's Light is a fantastic non-profit founded by my coach and friend, BGL, to raise public awareness of perinatal mood disorders.  I want to get in another hard race effort before Boston and I always want to support Jenny's Light!

To enter your 10K time prediction, just leave a comment on this post before race day.  There are a lot of factors to consider when formulating your guess.  The 10K is new event this year (the 2009 and 2010 Jenny's Light races were only a 5K) so I don't have a previous time to benchmark against.  The course is relatively flat, but there are some tight turns.  And I won't really get to rest up for the 10K, it's more of a training event.  But I promise to do my best!  And I promise not to be offended by any slow predictions.  I have no expectations.  Take a guess!