A shout out to the Athenas, the Penguins.

Up until this year, I had never known about the "Athena" and Clydesdale divisions in races. A Dr that I work with informed me of such, mostly in regads to the races that are help through Hartford CT. I thought, "wow, a fat girls chance to win someday!". After looking at the weight requirements to be considered as such, I was slightly dissapointed. 150lbs to be considered an Athena? I may be a little biased, but I feel that is quite a low number, especially in those individuals who may be tall. It is however still a wonderful thing to have a category that you can fit into!

The term penguin has not been an old one at all. John Bingham is the creator of the term. As a penguin, you can often find yourself at the back of the pack in regards to race, ok maybe even finding yourself last. However the emphasis is not on winning, rather on finishing what you have started.

I would like this blog to support all of those Athena women out there. It is also to support the Penguins! I would like to review products that I have found that have helped me, especially in regards to clothing that support and also fit the curves of an Athena woman!

I will also discuss races that I complete and am training for! The most notable will be my second Walt Disney World Marathon to be completed on January 10th 2010!

I hope all of the Athenas out there and Penguins will unite!!