Saturday, April 25, 2009
1:47pm : Picked up my race packet and bib number: 2804. Carboloading with mum and dad on the pier. Dad ordered a bourbon on the rocks. I am jealous.
I forced down shrimp raviolis at lunch. Then more pasta and steak at dinner. I have no idea what my parents ordered for meals [...]
Posts Tagged ‘big sur marathon’
Big Sur – the aftermath – part ii
Posted in all, tagged moving on, running, big sur marathon, life on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Big Sur – the aftermath – part i
Posted in all, tagged moving on, running, big sur marathon, life on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four weeks ago my racing status in the Big Sur marathon was anything but certain – again. Despite careful training, I was sidelined with what appeared to be the same injury I incurred before last year’s race – a blown out calf muscle. I thought the marathon was cursed. I assumed my body was not [...]
Getting there
Posted in my people, sports, tagged best friends, running, big sur marathon on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recall registering for the Big Sur Marathon because I had unfinished business to complete. After being sidelined from last year’s race due to a torn calf muscle, I signed up this year with the goal of finishing what I started. But oh, how circumstances have changed.
Last year, I needed to prove to myself I [...]
New Year, New Life
Posted in all, tagged running, new year, big sur marathon on January 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
January 1st, 2008 began rather depressingly. Emily lay on the front lawn of my old apartment in San Jose with a raging case of the spins while I packed the ‘Ru with moving boxes after a break up the week before with my live in manfriend. It was a year of changes – most of which were pushed on me [...]
