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November 23, 2004
Fast Feet at the Office
About two weeks ago I told my chiropractor that my co-worker H., who he used to treat and train, said hello. He then proceeded to rave about about what an awesome, natural runner she was and did I know that she went to the Olympic Marathon Trials years ago. Huh? As an avid runner, this piqued my interest. I knew H. ran with the Hash House Harriers and dabbled in triathlon, but I had no idea that she was an Olympic caliber athlete. Well, today I finally caught her in the restroom and reluctantly inquired about her experiences, for which she was very humble. I was in admiration and envy....she ran on scholarship at Penn State, but didn't run her first marathon until someone commented after an Army Ten-Miler (where she stopped three times to yak and still placed in top 3) that she could do well in long distance. And with five weeks of training and her first marathon, she qualified for Trials. H. said it was an amazing experience, even if she couldn't finish the race because she had a stress fracture. I enjoyed listening to her story and making a runners' connection with someone at work. I don't encounter too many athletes at the office, since people are either older with busy families or prefer to connect with a computer during off hours. If I get back to non-shift hours, we may try running at lunchtime. She would definitely run me into the ground.
No running today. I'm just going to lift tonight and maybe elliptical if there's time. Good thing for a few easy days, as I'm trying to mitigate this cold/cough before it blows up into something that will keep me home bound.
Posted by Leilani at November 23, 2004 04:34 PM