Even though the paper grind has me kind of beaten down (32 of 130 papers evaluated, another 50 coming in next week, and a five-pager to knock out for My Stupid Master’s Degree™), I’m happy to report that I’ve kicked the vertigo-inducing virus that had me sidelined from athletic endeavors last week.
As you know, regardless of what life throws at me, I’m taking a firm stand against atrophy.
To this end, I took a break from the Foer analyses and This I Believe essays to I stride the River Road this afternoon. While I was doing it, I thought about my plan to demolish my half-marathon PR in February.
You should know that I set that PR when I was 13. Sheila and I ran the race together in matching outfits and although I can’t exactly remember, it’s entirely possible we crossed the finish line holding hands. Then I know we made ourselves a cake with the numbers 13.1 on it.
God, it's tough to recover from such profound dorkiness, but I want you to know I give it 110% every day.
Ha ha ha ha, this profound dork woulda loved a slice of that cake!
ReplyDeleteholding hands = so sweeeeet
you have quite the running history.
ReplyDeleteI miss the River Road.
What half are you doing? I think I might do the Indy 500 half marathon...it ends on the track. I think it's the first weekend in May. You should run it lh!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so funny! I'm going to enjoy reading yoru blog!
ReplyDeletechanga - happy to know i have a sister in dorkiness. :)
ReplyDeletelh - the RR misses you too!
cari - the frozen half which is part of the st. paul winter carnival. it's the only one i've ever done -- this will be my fourth time. the weather is always questionable. last year was -1, but the previous time was 45.
wahine - thx.