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Picnic Dash

Since I spend too much time thinking about races or racing, I thought I'd try to set one up. Easy, right?

Enter The Permitting Process: what an enormous pain in the ass. I spent many afternoons talking to city and park officials about how to do something affordable, and they started suggesting using linguistic gymnastics. "Don't call it a race." "I'll pretend you didn't say 'fundraiser.'" "What if you just get a picnic permit?"

Filling out the paperwork was like trying to rent a venue for a circus without using the words "tents" or "animals."

With a picnic permit in hand and weather permitting, I'll be hosting a 5 mile "Picnic Dash" on Saturday, March 19th in Golden Gate Park. Proceeds will go towards the Brighter Sky Foundation, which pays the salaries for social workers in struggling public high schools.

Registration is on RaceIt.com, and here's the Facebook event page. Now I just have to get people to come!