117: Team-In-Training is like a being in a Sorority

They have an acynym for a name (TNT).
They have colors (Purple).
They have a "secret handshake" ("Go Team!").
They have weekly meetings (Tuesday buddy runs, Thurs track workouts, Saturday long runs).
They have a pledge period (Between registration and re-commitment).
They have initiation (Re-commitment).
They have an active period (Re-commitment to race day).
They have alumni (Race completion).
And, they have a philanthropy (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)!

Anyway, it was a funny realization that I had joined yet another "sorority" post college. There are a number of social aspects: post workout events, happy hours, and new friendships made during the training season. As Clay's co-worker Diana, a TNT alum put it, "You get to know someone pretty well after training with them for hours at a time, especially those several hour long runs." She is still good friends with some of those she met during her first season with TNT. Sounds like the bonds of sisterhood to me....

Aimee, my mentor, and me on the Embarcadero..yay!

Tonight was my buddy run on Embarcadero. Again, we met under the clock tower @ 6:30 and this time ran towards Fisherman's Wharf to about Grant Street and turned around. The goal was to run 15 mintues out and back for a 30 minute round trip run. Mapped it out and distance was 2.77 miles.