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October 03, 2004
Sweet Temptation
I decided to flee the city yesterday and head out 30 miles to visit my mom. On my way "home," I listened to AM 1000: ESPN. ESPN hosted a two hour radio show on the LaSalle BanK Chicago Marathon. Race director Cary Pinkowski was a guest, along with Hal Higdon and Jenny Spangler. Even though I am out of this year's race, I still felt the butterflies fluttering inside my stomach. I admit that I am a bit sad, but there is absolutely nothing I can do to make my injury heal; that said, I am going to hit the EXPO on Friday and pick up my race t-shirt (the most expensive race shirt I will have ever owned without actually running the race!).
Yesterday was such a lovely day that I decided to take a walk. I can easily walk a few miles on my foot - I just cannot slam down three times my body weight, which is what running does to it. I started to trace one of my old - my very first, actually - running routes. It is exactly 3 miles and it weaves in and out of neighborhoods in an out and back sort of way. I used to run this route everyday my senior year in high school - even in the dead of the winter (I feel a rush of nostalgia coming on). I think I felt a tear creep out of my eye. The trees were changing color, the temperature hovered in the mid fifties and I could think of nothing more that I wanted to do than RUN. I thought of "testing" my injury with a few steps forward, but then put on my logic cap and decided against it.
I guess it's back to the bike and the weights tonight!!
By the way, I have read numerous blogs about candy corn. I swear by the stuff and I have been known to consume an 8 serving bag in one day. I try to restrain my consumption of the stuff, but I do not have the "will power" necessary. I justify it by saying, "the pumpkins and chocolate candy corns only come out once a year!" Yeah. I think my skin might turn orange from excessive eating of candy corn. How sad.
Posted by bridget at October 3, 2004 05:49 PM