I went to the Jacob Javitz center today to get my number. I met my friend Lisa, who is not the Lisa I miss, and is not my blog friend Lisa, but who IS a super-nice person, my former neighbor in Brooklyn, my Marathon companion for the Philadelphia Marathon in 2004, and the person who has run more marathons than anyone else I know. Lisa's awesome because she knows everything there is to know about marathons. From immodium to epsom salts to permanent markers to disposable clothing to the worlds longest urinal... she knows everything, and she's fun to chit-chat with, too.
Weirdly, we only hang out at marathons.
Anyway: the Javitz center was overwhelming. So much stuff. I bought stuff I needed: Gu, disposable gloves and jacket... and stuff I didn't: three different commemerative shirts.
I'm getting REALLY excited.
Oh. And I think I'm going through with the merge. I'll know by 10am tomorrow morning.
Love to all. Even you, the bulldog with the control issues.
2 comments:
So exciting!!!
When I ran my first (and only) marathon a woman gave me a mustard seed and quoted me the scripture in Matt. 17:20. {If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place;and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you} I carried that mustard seed in my pocket and every time I got discouraged I remembered it and pushed on even though I was in excrutiating pain (stress fracture in my hip) I finished much later than I wanted and had cried more than I ever imagined. But I did it. It gave me courage!
oops who's blog is this again!!! ;)
Get a mustard seed and Run On!!!
Have a great run, Rich. Will you tell us your bib number so we can track your progress? My brother has run several marathons and it was kind of fun to log in and see how he was doing when I couldn't be on hand in person to cheer him on.
Lisa (not the one you miss, your blog friend or your marathon buddy)...just a fan and regular reader.
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