That is such a good damn song.
Really enjoyable week of running.
¡¡¡¡ "La Media Maratón por el Medio Ambiente" POST-RACE REPORT!!!!!
Right after I came across the finish line, I met up with my friend Kake and went to her house to eat, watch TV and then eat again. We shared a one liter bottle of Heineken, which went down pretty well. Nothing crazy, maybe equivalent to one and a half standard 12-oz bottles...so yeah, the afternoon was off to a slow, maybe overly cautious start.
Got home around 10pm and had 6 cans of Paceña in the fridge. The first one disappeared in no time. I briefly considered that the pace might have been a little hot, but I felt pretty relaxed and it was easy to convince myself that I could keep it up. I might have felt a little pressure given the late start and perhaps I was trying to hurry to gain some lost ground. Hit beer #2 in sub-10:00. I wasn't sure where I was at regarding my salt intake, but I didn't want to waste any time making popcorn, so I powered through beer #3 with just a carrot. It was right around this point that I got a little sidetracked responding to emails and watching videos about ancient Egypt. At the start of beer #4, I started feeling a little sluggish. I won't lie, I had a flicker of doubt at this point in the post-race, but I dug deep and reminded myself of my training. "Stick with plan, dude. Have faith." ...which I took to mean that I wanted to listen to "Faith" by George Michael. This definitely revived my spirits and beer #5 was open and ready in no time. Wrapped up an especially witty (no, hilarious!) email to an old friend and was busy reviewing a wikipedia entry on performance-artist Marina Abromovic's "Rhythm 0" piece, when I suddenly realized..."Duder, this has been an awesome day and you are now fully god-damned ready for bed. Go claim your prize."
7th place overall in 1:24:12. Half-marathon PR.
80 miles on the week. Best week of running that I've had in ages.
Whether you're resting, racing, riding or just running around in circles, I hope everyone is out there giving the whole world some hell.
Remember: Nobody, nobody, nobody can pull off the same shit as you and still come out all right.
3 comments:
Congrats on the PR! Now I gotta go lower mine.
incredible entry.
a ha! i've found a way to contact you outside of facebook! i knew that thing was good for nothin'. and yeah, email me if you wanna. brubakje@bc.edu... er whatever is listed here.
brilliant entry, love
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