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December 15, 2005
Deformed and Lost
I was up until 2 AM but I got up at 6:55 AM, brushed my teeth, put on a coat and sneakers, and drove over to the post office. I Express mailed my entry to DC for the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in April. Last night I found out (one day after on-line entry for the race filled) that I am going be in DC the weekend of the race so it would be perfect if I could run it (and Barb will also be there racing!). Then I dropped off some dry cleaning and drove back home and slept from 7:30-9 AM before getting up for school. It’s a good thing I went to the post office this morning b/c the website was updated today and it turns out mail-in entries are being cut off tomorrow. However, even though my entry will be there by tomorrow there is going to be a lottery for the remaining spots so I won’t know if I am in for about a month.
I was outside my 1.5 mile radius of my house for an appointment today so I decided to hit up the Copley branch of my gym. Because it’s more downtown than where I live there is less space available, and the gym is built “up.” Each floor is narrow, but there are about 4 floors. I have been here once before, but I got lost then too, and I couldn’t remember where everything was today either. On my search for mats to stretch on some guy stopped me from climbing down some back stairwell that led outside, and then leaving the mat area another patron watched me walk into the men’s locker room. Am I wrong here-but I am thinking he should have said something BEFORE I did that, right??
I ran 4 miles in 36:03, progressively getting faster. My Taylor’s bunion is kind of scaring me. It looks gross-bigger than usual-but there is not much to do about it. I think my soccer shoes, which (like all soccer shoes) are not very wide in the toes irritated it-and once it’s irritated it is this vicious cycle. It freaks me out a bit b/c I worry I will need surgery on it someday or it’ll get so bad I can’t run. I don’t know. There’s just not much to do about it that I’m not already doing.
I don’t want to end on a sad note though. It was a good day (especially if I don’t glance down at my socked foot with a lumpy bone protruding from the side)!! Cheers people!
Posted by Audrey at December 15, 2005 09:23 PM
Comments
I hope you get in! I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Posted by: Barb at December 19, 2005 11:22 AM