I did the race specifically HOPING I'd "show up and place". I ran this one a few years ago (although I didn't know it was the same race, because it had a less catchy name then. I DID know it would probably be the same course, though, since it was run at the same high school.) and I KNEW how hard the course was. I also knew how few adults run it. It's mostly high school kids, gearing up for their xc season. I fully expected to be dead last in the race. I was NOT! :-)
* Life is change.
** Born in New Jersey. (A Jersey Girl, but I don't know "What Exit".) I went to college in Iowa. (NOT in a cornfield, but close.) I was a New Yorker. The proverbial Struggling Actor in Manhattan, and surviving pretty well for 20-something-ish years (I *heart* New York.)
*** Now I live below the Mason-Dixon line. (But I'm born and bred a YANKEE.)
***For awhile, I was an avid-almost-rabid runner, running WITH my camera much of the time. I have been experiencing some "aging ? and other issues", but I still doggedly clod-hoppily-plod my way through events, camera usually in hand. Now I'm even SLOWER than I used to be. *** :-P ***
** I used to help socialize local humane society cats in their foster home, and take photos for the website, but my Haven kitties moved to a farm in Virginia in May 2018. ~meow~
Awaiting my next incarnation, or not....***
I still have a phondness for photography & a recurring Flickr Addiction, so go see my photos!
6 comments:
Ooooh...
Shiny!
Yeah! Go Jeanne!
It's still a very nice reward, regardless of how big (or small) the field. You did run the race.
I did the race specifically HOPING I'd "show up and place".
I ran this one a few years ago (although I didn't know it was the same race, because it had a less catchy name then. I DID know it would probably be the same course, though, since it was run at the same high school.)
and I KNEW how hard the course was. I also knew how few adults run it. It's mostly high school kids, gearing up for their xc season.
I fully expected to be dead last in the race. I was NOT! :-)
Well, YOU'RE slim :)
Congratulations!
Not as slim as I used to be!
I gained about 9 pounds this past year. I have taken about 4 pounds back off, but I have lost lots of muscle and toning.
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