The Denver Ugly Sweater Run

I signed up The Mister and myself for this:

Image source: http://theuglysweaterrun.com/

The Denver Ugly Sweater Run 5K! Hilarious, right? A few of our friends signed up as well and I'm going to do my best talk everyone I know into doing it with us, because I definitely think this will be one of those "the more, the merrier" type of occasions!

Even though I did a triathlon back in September and can technically run a 5K (albeit slowly), a race with aid stations that consist of sledding hills, hot chocolate tables, and snow machines sounds MUCH more my speed. Participants get to wear ugly sweaters and fake mustaches and basically the whole thing sounds like an excuse to get together and have semi-organized, festively-themed mayhem!

I love this quote from the race website:

"If you want to wear spandex under your sweater and race fast, that’s cool,
but you’re missing the point."

Now, that's my type of race! After the race there are some ugly sweater contests, a fake mustache contest, a real mustache contest and more. December weather in Denver is a total crapshoot--it could be 50 degrees and sunny or 32 and snowy, but no matter what I think it's going to be AWESOME! I never thought I could be excited to pay somebody money to do something I hate, but I can honestly say that I'm really looking forward to the Denver Ugly Sweater Run! 

And possibly, I'm thrilled to have any excuse to hit the thrift shops more frequently. If we're being totally honest.