My friend and I were talking about how to motivate ourselves and I came up with the idea that finding places I'd love to see that have an organized race might be motivation to get me into running. For example, spending 2 weeks in Greece and running a 1/2 marathon (which really is the most I ever desire to run in one race) and eating at fabulous restaurants, foods that my husband would never dream of eating but he would like because, well because I was into running. We could get the whole family involved and make it our yearly vacation (this is not considering summer RVing in Alaska as a vacation). Where would I go? New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Italy, Norway, I could go on and on. This sounds so cool to me. Then, today I was watching Headline News and saw a group of soldiers returning from Iraq who were going into central America to give out food because this area had a bad crop year and food prices have risen so much. So, now I want to organize our family vacations around service projects like supplying libraries, building homes, playing with orphans, or providing food, just something that is really helpful and personally uplifting and fulfilling. Maybe I could do two in one--hit it at both sides, healthy body and spirit. Whether there are places in great need that would be desirable enough to host a race is a question I don't know . . . but I can keep dreaming.
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Sounds wonderful. I think that I dream of those same things. I wish I could just pick up and go to South America, but I can't leave my precious school here - it is just too wonderful. Most people that I have talked to about serving in South America say it is best to wait until your youngest is around 12 years old. Someday!
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