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Sizzler -- 07/10/12 |
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I had meant to update more often but somehow time just flies by... But the title "Sizzler" is not in reference to last weeks sizzling weather, but to a fundraising 4th of July run put on in Saugerties, NY. Yes, my brother Charlie was the organizer of that event.
Actually, Charlie was in the wheelchair because... well, let me just lift his words from Facebook yesterday:
(My dermatologist appointment is in four weeks.) As for our 4th of July activities around here.... Jill and I had a problem... okay, okay, it was my problem.... I was convinced that the race started at 9:00 am (yeah, you can see where this is going, right?) but in the real world, it had an 8:30 start. So we arrived after the start of the race... but, what the heck, we pinned on our numbers and took off. The course is two miles out and then two miles back along the same route. A typical conversation with race officials at water stops and intersections along the course:
Hey, but we did our four miles. (Hurray for us!) and we have both been very good about training these past few days. Me, I'm looking to do better at a four mile run coming up in three and a half weeks. Jill decided that she is going to do the Blessing of the Fleet 10-miler again -- coming up in just two and a half weeks. If that sounds like a familiar race, it may be because I have mentioned running it a few times -- most recently with my brother back in 2005. Jill invited me to run it again (wouldn't have a prayer).
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