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July 29, 2006
Day #2
Today I climbed a mountain, up to above 10,000 feet. It was dreadfully hot, even up at that high elevation. I had temple worms when I got home, again, for the second day in a row. Sure I was hot, but I wasn't dying of heat as I was yesterday. I think they make me look like an old lady. I fear my skin is thinning such that it can't appropriately cover my veins. It's not just there, but also on my arms (the vein on my right bicep is just plain gross), hands, legs, and feet. I'm just going to pretend that I'm all veiny because I'm in good shape. Let's all pretend with me. ;)
The weather today boded bad things from the beginning. With the intense heat, plus almost no humidity and a very hot, hard wind, the arrival of afternoon thunderstorms meant bad stuff. Too much cloud-to-ground lightning and not enough rain associated with these storms (we think) created a horrible wildfire north of Yellowstone National Park. Homes, people, and general wilderness are being threatened by a hot, fast-moving wildfire. Tomorrow you might see the story on CNN, with clips of big summer cabins being threatened by tall flames, a typical summer wildfire story, but it really is sad.
So, you ask, why all this trail running and mountain climbing? Am I doing it because this is my typical behavior? Because it's an interesting deviation from my normal? Because I have a plan? I'll take Door Number 3. There is a plan. But I'm not quite ready to reveal it, just yet.
Posted by Meghan at July 29, 2006 7:27 PM
Comments
Dang you! I can't wait to hear your plan. My guess: you will start competing in mountain running which will play into your strengths. Hurry up and reveal it! Regarding all the physical changes and veins and whatnot, they have nothing to do with your age and everything to do with the outstanding shape that you have gotten yourself into. Trust me. Congrats! Those are marks of an athlete and a true runner. I can get a bicep worm to surface once in a blue moon and I'm jealous of yours.
Posted by: duncan at July 30, 2006 7:33 AM
Dude!!! Make sure you're fat enough!!!! Seriously!! Just don't follow my eating habits...there are probably better ways to maintain weight besides ice cream cake...
Yeah for the plan!!
Posted by: Audrey at July 30, 2006 9:03 AM
Can't wait to hear your new plan! Please tell me it's adventure racing. :)
Posted by: anne at July 30, 2006 12:02 PM
Oh nO! Just as things were starting to seem routinely adventurous, suddenly REAL SUSPENSE! A plan you need, a plan indeed ;-) !!
(the melody is pretty obvious...)
You're so VEIN,
you probably think your skin's out to get you,
you are so VEIN
I bet you think your skin's out to get you,
don't you, don't you?
You hiked onto the mountains
Like a wild steinbeck on the loose
Your legs springing on the rugged trail
Your skin burning hot
You had one vision up ahead
As you blogged mysteriously
And all the men felt like they would never keep up, never ever keep up, and...
You're so VEIN,
you probably think your skin's out to get you,
you are so VEIN
I bet you think your skin's out to get you,
don't you, don't you?
You've got me thinking
out here in the Alpine rocks
about whoknows whatever feat
that sooner or later will be revealed,
But till then we can only imagine
how great the feat will be
I had some dreams of a race in the mountains,
race in the mountains, and
You're so VEIN,
you probably think your skin's out to get you,
you are so VEIN
I bet you think your skin's out to get you,
don't you, don't you?
I had some dreams of a race in the mountains,
race in the mountains, and
You're so VEIN,
you probably think your skin's out to get you,
you are so VEIN
I bet you think your skin's out to get you,
don't you, don't you?
Well, I have no idea what it is going to be
But naturally you will win
whatever the place or the test you make
your skin is likely to bake!
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're baking to try the hardest of feats in your life, hardest of feats in your life, and
You're so VEIN,
you probably think your skin's out to get you,
you are so VEIN
I bet you think your skin's out to get you,
don't you, don't you?
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at July 30, 2006 4:21 PM
Such suspense! I can't wait to hear your new plan. I'm very excited for you and I don't even know what's going on yet! The promise of a new plan is always so awesome...
Posted by: Beth at July 30, 2006 5:43 PM