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July 14, 2007
true rockstar manner
the running week:
Su: 18 solo, slow (8:33)
M: AM 6.5mi slow, PM 4mi not as slow
T: AM 7mi incl 6x600 on the road (actually .38mi) avg 2:15, PM 4mi slow with the xc girls
W: AM 8mi slow, PM 5mi not as slow
R: AM 9mi brisk w/friends, PM 3.84 w/xc girls incl 6x40s hard up a small hill
F: 10.25 slow-to-med w/friends
Sa: 6.5 puttering around steaming about the thing I'm going to write about shortly
total = 82 or so
Something's been going incredibly right with my training lately and I feel good! like I want to run workouts and 5Ks and stuff, and maybe even PR, ha. Since there are no 5Ks around here for at least a month I'm sure I won't get to test this out before it passes, but it's pretty neat.
There's no good way to segue into this. Yesterday's newspaper mentioned an upcoming memorial show for my dead friend. They ran a photo of him looking world-weary and dissipated, but worst of all was the expository blurb: "...left the world a year ago in true rockstar manner by jumping from the...Skyway Bridge." What the fuck? This wasn't a blog or wiki or zine or "alternative weekly." This was a legit, daily newspaper and I can't believe the music writer wrote that, and I can't believe they let that run. I am not one of those people who write to newspaper editorial staff, but I did write to this one and tried to let her know, as unemotionally as possible, how tasteless it sounded, that "true rockstar manner." She replied that she was trying to buffer pain with humor, and she mentioned an even more tasteless comment she could have included, but decided to cut. ("At least Hitler didn't kill all the Jews," my husband commented). She did apologize if the comment seemed insensitive and if she crossed a line. If, if, if. I'm sorry if you took it the wrong way. I'm sorry you didn't get what I meant. If. I wasn't [bad thing here], I was merely [self-serving thing here]. Anyway, I am waiting not-so-patiently to be able to quit thinking about this with quite so much intensity.
Posted by joe positive at July 14, 2007 9:01 AM
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My goodness..... I had no idea you were so fast! Wow. You're my new favorite CoolRunner. :-)
Posted by: El Dude at July 31, 2007 3:23 AM
I just read the 2nd part.... what a terrible thing to read about your friend. Sorry :(
Posted by: El Dude at July 31, 2007 3:28 AM