So obviously I've been looking at upcoming events to do. I'd like to try a Tough Mudder this year and have started saving my pennies accordingly. Isabel drew the cutest picture for me to put on my "workout" jar to incentivize me to save up for it. (In case you are wondering, it's me on the monkey bars, me in an arctic enema, me on top of a Berlin wall, me crawling under a net and me with a giant hand trying to get up the curved Everest wall) But Mudder is more a logistical thing with my brother than anything else.
I'd like to do an Olympic length triathlon or two this year, maybe some half marathons or 10Ks. I've started looking at events, but my finances are tight until after the new year (that's what happens when your kid's birthday is two weeks after Christmas). I even looked at another marathon. I know, I said I would never do another one. But this is the Pocono marathon and it is almost entirely downhill. I do love running downhill. And you can do it as a relay, so I'm trying to gently persuade my dad to either do the full run or the relay (where we'd each do half) with me.
I looked at a few jingle bell jogs and such, but they were all a little pricey to be doing this time of year and hard to juggle schedule with everything going on. Oh, did I mention that there was a guy JUGGLING for the entirety of the Philadelphia Marathon... and he passed me? Yeah. Well, that's a challenge that for sure won't be on my list next year.
Any suggestions/ideas for what should be next on my list (funds permitting)? Let me know.
My friend Doug ran the Marine Corp marathon a few years ago. The last party of the leg is uphill to the Iwo Jima, like steeply uphill. As Doug is getting ready to psych himself up for the hill, he hears this weird "thwack, thwack" noise from behind, getting closer and closer. A man jumping rope comes from behind and begins to pass Doug. The dude jump roped the whole damn race, while Doug has worked so hard to even keep going. Doug's response, "Hell NO!" and he sprints the last .25 mile up the hill. LOL!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great story! And definite motivation to get up hills. But I still don't know how people can multitask like that.
ReplyDeleteI saw the jugglers on CBS Sunday Morning. That is funny.
ReplyDeleteIs skating at Rock Center ridiculously expensive? That would be a good item to check off your life list.
Rock Center skating is expensive and crowded. But last year I did skating in Bryant Park (just a few blocks south) next to the NY Public Library and it was just as magical... well, until the riot broke out.
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