Want to Race FOR FREE With Me This Thanksgiving?

Tri-Fitness White Bear Lake is hosting their annual "Fast Before The Feast" 5K and 10K race on Thanksgiving morning.

I like what their website says in it's first few sentences:

Most of us are extremely fortunate. On Thanksgiving Day, we get to sit down to a nice meal, surrounded by friends and family.

With the economic hardships over the past five years, many in our community aren't so blessed. Local food shelves try to be there, but they need our help.

Show your compassion with the Fast Before The Feast. Before sitting down for a big Thanksgiving dinner, participate in a race whose proceeds go to help stock local food shelves for those less fortunate.

In 2011, your participation and generosity allowed us to donate over 10,000 pounds to local food shelves. For many nearby charities, "Fast Before The Feast" is an important way for them to meet the needs of the community.

This year alone, they're hoping to bring in over 6 tons of food!! That's fantastic!

If it's not too cold or snowy (like it was yesterday morning here in MN), Pharmie, Henry, and I will be racing the 10K! I'm planning on racing with Henry for the 2nd time - the first was the Lake Johanna 4 Mile back in March. But we'll skip it if it's too nasty. (Or just one of us might go race. Who knows.) We're hoping for a nice day!

Tri-Fitness White Bear Lake (who puts on this race) is the same organization that put on the "Cinco DU Mayo Duathlon" back in May. That was the race where I was in FIRST PLACE for a bit, and ended up taking 2nd overall - my BEST multisport finish ever!

In the lead at the end of the 1st run.

(Click here for my race report from that race, click here to hear the story of the guy who won, and click here for some funny photos of me racing that duathlon.)

Anyway, it's a good race company, and they're gathering goodies for a good cause. What's not to love?!?

THEY'VE ASKED IF I'D LIKE TO GIVEAWAY 3 ENTRIES TO LOCAL RUNNERS! So do you want to race with Pharmie, Henry, and I on Thanksgiving morning?...

If anyone is interested in racing a 10K or 5K just north of the Metro on Thanksgiving morning at 8 am, just leave a comment! (Make sure to leave a way for me to contact you: email, blogger name, twitter handle, etc.) I'd love to see you there! The race is in White Bear Lake, just off of 35E.

So comment now, and check back in 2 days (on Thursday morning, Nov 15th) to see if you were picked as one of the 3 winners. Then you've got a week of training before the big race! :)

Check out more info on the "Fast Before The Feast" website. (And check out Tri-Fitness WBL's other events as well.) Thanks everyone!