This weekend, I...
-chafed BOTH underarms (how does one do that, even?);
That's right: I didn't run the Brooklyn Half Marathon after all.
I could tell you the long story, but really the short story is enough: Friday, I realized that the idea of the race was stressing me out. Way too much. Getting to Brooklyn, running the race, getting home... I was just dreading the whole entire thing. I tried to explain to my sister how I had to run it because I'd posted a poll. She thought it was hilarious that I was trusting my life decisions to a flukey poll that dropped half its votes.
(She also had a birthday onRapture Day Saturday. Happy birthday, Mandy!)
And then, well, there was also the race I was signed up to do on Sunday, in Philly: the Dirty German 25k. Tell the truth: how many of you would have changed your vote if you'd known I was planning on doing another race on Sunday?
So I stayed in Manhattan and slept 10 hours Friday night. No regrets. And more on the trail race tomorrow.
-lost a(nother) toenail running;
-ate a brat - not a hot dog - at the end of a race;
-got attacked by stinging nettles mid-race;
-got a nice orange tech shirt for a race, and a pint glass at the end;-chafed BOTH underarms (how does one do that, even?);
-visited a far-off, never-before seen part of a city that I consider home - that being, of course, Pennypack Park in Philadelphia;
-had an amazing time.That's right: I didn't run the Brooklyn Half Marathon after all.
I could tell you the long story, but really the short story is enough: Friday, I realized that the idea of the race was stressing me out. Way too much. Getting to Brooklyn, running the race, getting home... I was just dreading the whole entire thing. I tried to explain to my sister how I had to run it because I'd posted a poll. She thought it was hilarious that I was trusting my life decisions to a flukey poll that dropped half its votes.(She also had a birthday on
And then, well, there was also the race I was signed up to do on Sunday, in Philly: the Dirty German 25k. Tell the truth: how many of you would have changed your vote if you'd known I was planning on doing another race on Sunday?
So I stayed in Manhattan and slept 10 hours Friday night. No regrets. And more on the trail race tomorrow.
"had an amazing time" = yay! I'm glad you had a good weekend and got good sleep on Friday. Have fun at the game (I am jealous!!!!)
ReplyDeleteI too had a recent adverse encounter with stinging nettles. Those buggers literally do attack.
ReplyDeleteAnd the rapture really did happen on Saturday. We just got left behind.
Congrats on running the cooler of the two races.
Right decision. Any race that has 'dirty' in it, wins. ;) Too bad about the 'German' (Dutchies aren't a huge fan of germans. ;)). ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Silly Girl. Any race with dirty in it wins!
ReplyDeleteOh, if I'd known you had a muddy race to run on Sunday? I would have told you to screw the half and have fun getting dirty. So I'm very glad to see you followed my advice.
ReplyDeleteWe did see some horses on the course, and I did wonder briefly if they were the horsemen of the apocalypse. But, there were more than four of them, and I would assume that armageddon will bring riders more intimidating than a group of suburbanites out for a leisurely trail ride.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! Since I voted 'no' on the half, I am glad you ended up doing a race that didn't stress you out and was fun. Can't wait to hear the dirty details.
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