Ruminations on 26.2
1. Ow
2. I am impressed by the camaraderie of a bunch of people going through the same self-inflicted pain. At one point, I shouted "Does anybody have an Advil?" at the top of my lungs. 3 people stopped to help me out.
3. Ow
4. There is a tree in Columbus's Victorian Village with the imprint of my face in it. If you can find it, I'll give you $5.
5. Ow
6. One of the worst possible times to see a high school crush that you haven't seen in 8 years is when you've already run 16 miles, the last 3 miles up a steady, non-stop hill. The only worse time would have been 8 miles later when I involuntarily kissed a tree.
7. OW!
8. At mile 26, I could barely walk through the pain. At 26.05, I was sprinting with everything I had. A thousand screaming, cheering people and a finish line in sight is the best painkiller imaginable.
9. I think I heard "Eye of the Tiger" played on boom boxes 6 times yesterday.
10. I ran half a mile with a dishwasher who couldn't get to work because the buses weren't running. He beat me quite handily.
11. I can think of few things as emasculating as getting passed by a 70 year old woman.
12. Ow
13. Having someone say "Just think, the leaders are almost finished" as you pass the halfway point will cause you to want to trip that person.
14. Two days later, I STILL can't go down stairs forward.
15. Deciding to run a marathon was quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever done. I can't wait to do it again.
1. Ow
2. I am impressed by the camaraderie of a bunch of people going through the same self-inflicted pain. At one point, I shouted "Does anybody have an Advil?" at the top of my lungs. 3 people stopped to help me out.
3. Ow
4. There is a tree in Columbus's Victorian Village with the imprint of my face in it. If you can find it, I'll give you $5.
5. Ow
6. One of the worst possible times to see a high school crush that you haven't seen in 8 years is when you've already run 16 miles, the last 3 miles up a steady, non-stop hill. The only worse time would have been 8 miles later when I involuntarily kissed a tree.
7. OW!
8. At mile 26, I could barely walk through the pain. At 26.05, I was sprinting with everything I had. A thousand screaming, cheering people and a finish line in sight is the best painkiller imaginable.
9. I think I heard "Eye of the Tiger" played on boom boxes 6 times yesterday.
10. I ran half a mile with a dishwasher who couldn't get to work because the buses weren't running. He beat me quite handily.
11. I can think of few things as emasculating as getting passed by a 70 year old woman.
12. Ow
13. Having someone say "Just think, the leaders are almost finished" as you pass the halfway point will cause you to want to trip that person.
14. Two days later, I STILL can't go down stairs forward.
15. Deciding to run a marathon was quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever done. I can't wait to do it again.
posted by Untiedshu @ 11:04 AM
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