whoohoo! i ran my first 5k today! kris and i ran in the
Grand Rapids Pride 5K
with 4 more "accidental marathonists" who are training for the
chicago marathon
.
it was a great run for a great cause on a great day. i'm happy to report that i did, in fact, finish the race without walking and even managed to keep close to a 10 minute mile pace. while a personal best time and not too shabby for someone who couldn't run for 5 minutes a month ago, i note, for humilities sake, that i was beaten handily by one of the accidental marathonists pushing a baby in a stroller. hi. ho.
just in time for summer - look snazzy and support the site at the same time by buying some snowdeal schwag!
"I think you devise your own limits for your own personal convenience. There are some people who wish to have limits, and they'll invent as many boxes for themselves as they want. It's like, you know, men invented armor. They wanted to protect themselves from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and so forth. And people do the same thing psychically and psychologically. They build their own armor. They build their own rathole, whatever it is. And they choose their existence. Whether they do it consciously or whether it is helped along by a government or an education system, somebody is helping to shape this imaginary box you live in, but it doesn't have to be there."
--frank zappa
runner's world / joe henderson / chicago marathon /
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