This was actually the case. The quilt shop where I had just taken my first quilting class, was advertising a quilt run like crazy that week. Hmm, I thought, I've always wanted to start running. I only needed the right motivation, and I was sure the charity it was for was deserving.
"When is it?", I asked. Only 2 weeks from the day. Well, not enough time to train, but really some of these ladies that seemed so excited about it surely couldn't do a 5K either. "How far is it?", I asked. How far you wanted to go was entirely up to you. Now we were talking! "What charity is it for?". Blank stare from the lady I was asking. "Is it for a charity?", I could tell she was stuggling to figure out how to respond. Finally she told me, "well, I guess it is for the charity of the stores that are participating." Now I was the one with the blank stare. The quilt shop owner that had caught the last bit of the conversation finally came over and explained that it was more of a shop hop around the area. "Oh", I replied. I like shopping as much as anyone else, but travelling between 5 of the quilt shops spread across Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Bernadino counties seemed like a daunting task. I mean, it takes me 20 minutes to go 3 miles in the morning. I mean this thing must have taken all weekend.
I still haven't participated in a true quilter's run. And, in case anyone was wondering, it took me till this year to start running. And, it hasn't been going very well.....
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Hi Jen! This is my first time visiting and I see that you are new to the blogosphere-- Welcome!! You are going to love the quilting blogger community-- so many inspiring things that people create and the stories people share and giveaway opportunities. I live on the East coast and they call the Quilter's Run a "Shop Hop"-- which is a little more clear. I would say its for a good cause since there are so few LQSs (Local Quilts Shops) remaining-- so many of them have closed due to on-line competition. I shop a little on-line and a little at LQSs. I'm very excited b/c I'm signed up to take a paper piecing class in January.
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