It’s “in the mail”
After a long day, I came home to an extra large stack of mail. I wondered if I had anything *good* in the stack, like the next issue of Marathon & Beyond, or money, or something like that. What do you know, I did have a package that caught my eye. I was pretty sure that I knew what it was. To my delight, I was right; it was my 26.2K shirt for Hal’s V-Team. Tom had sent me a message stating that it was “in the mail.” Actually, it was not the first time that he sent it; he had tried before when I was at Grandma’s Marathon. This was when *I* had sent him a message saying that the check would soon be “in the mail”. Sadly, my shirt never arrived…until today! I pulled out the shirt to examine it closer and then read the back. There it was, the *date* of this event, “August 6, 2006.” Okay, so what if the longest run I have done since Grandma’s has been 10 miles! Right? I won’t panic because in a marathon the extra 6.2 miles is just icing on the cake. So, why not an extra 6.3 miles? No problem.
On the subject of 26.2: The plan begins officially on Monday, July 31st (Dad’s Birthday). Marathon #11 = CIM and I am excited to be “in training” again. In preparation for both the 26.2K “virtual” event and CIM kick off training, I will be out for a 10 mile run with Cindy and Amy in the morning. Maybe I’ll take my new shirt for a test run – ‘cuz you know that you can’t wear anything new for the big event without trying it out first.
Posted by Juls.
Filed under Running is everything
Posted on Fri, 28 July 2006 at 8:50 pm
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Life is a journey and, for me, running is a huge part of it. Just like a great run, it has easy and tough parts. It is beautiful at times and ugly at others. Hopefully, I will reach the finish feeling good about what I have accomplished and leave a long trail of bread crumbs to show, those that wish to know, where I have been.