Ybor City Night Runs

The husband and I made our first Friday night trip to Ybor last night. Did we partake of the movies, dining, drinking? Of course not. We ran the 9th Annual Hillsborough County Tax Appraiser's Run for Shelter 5K. Jokes about more people being homeless because of property taxes aside, it was a great time with lots of after race random prize drawings. Southwest Airlines donated a round trip for two so we stuck around to the end. We didn't win the trip but did score a $10 gift card to Carmine's, had some free beer, and a couple hot dogs. All in all it was a very well organized run. The husband finished fast enough to win a mug, and I was successful in my quest to not finish DFL (dead f______ last).

Another Ybor night race, this one to benefit UT Cross Country, is scheduled for April 21st. Registration for "Night Moves 2006" is available on active.com or via mail. Registration forms are in the Mar/Apr issue of Florida Race Place which is free at area sports stores. Random drawings at this race will include a Rooms To Go grand prize gift certificate.

You probably won't see me at Night Moves though. When you are worried about finishing DFL you pick your race charity carefully, knowing that it will bring out people who aren't necessarily runners but have an affinity for the cause. Give me a race for Type 2 Diabetes, or in support of Gastric Bypass for low income folks, now there I have a chance.