Winning the Lottery

I imagine the title of this post is a little misleading. No, I did not win THE lottery. I did, however, win A lottery. Last week, I entered the lottery to be selected to run in the coveted Peachtree Road Race. It is a very famous race with 60,000 participant slots. Many of those slots are filled with previous racers and Atlanta Track Club members and then the rest are selected by a random lottery. After patiently waiting all week and weekend long, at 7 o'clock this morning I checked my gmail to find that I have been selected...I am running the Peachtree on July 4th, 2013 with 59,999 others! 

I will be running with several of my friends/running buddies. Our entries were actually all tied together in a team and our team was selected to run. I know that at the very least, my usual partner in running crime, Jessica, will be running with me. You may recognize her from such events as: The Hot Chocolate 5K, Area 13.1, and the Spooktacular Chase. In fact, she has run every race with me except the Noteworthy 5K and I am so grateful that she has. I look forward to many more runs with her!

Anyway, I just thought I'd pass on the news. My very first 10K will be one of the most coveted races in the Southeast!!