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So Alissa says to me one day out of the blue, "I think we should run in that race they are advertising in town." There wer e pos ters all over for the Grants Pass 1/2 marathon, 10K and 5K to be held November 15th. Only three problems. 1) Uh, neither of us run. I have jogged on the treadmill for 5 min at a time tops, but nothing of any distance. We love to exercise together, including weight lifting, but running on the treadmill is a whole different beast. 2) We signed up 1 week before race day. That doesn't give us much time to get prepared in any way shape or form for running 6.2 miles. 3) We know absolutely nothing about running! I tried by best to talk her out of it, or at least talk her into doing some training and signing up for another race, but it was useless. She had her mind made up. Before I knew it, I was signing up for a 10K! Me....the "fat girl" who never even got to take gym in high school because her doctor thought she wasn't &