bloggers block

the last coupla days i thought about blogging but just couldn't press the "new post" button...haven't had much interesting stuff going on the last coupla weeks to write about!! but now here's enough for a mishmash...

was a lazy runner last week. partially due to recovery from cherry blossom, other partially due to passover and assorted seders with la familia, and my snooze-button loving finger.

this week going a little better. and yesterday, i not only got the opportunity to lead a speed workout, but i actually led the workout. let's see if anyone gets what i mean here :)

The Hills!! It's back. And Spencer is even more of a douchebag than before. Such a trainwreck. I've really been getting into Dancing With the Stars this season though...rooting for Melissa and Tony to win-sentimental favorite after what happened with "The Bachelor." And Amazing Race!! How the hell can the stuntmen be so dumb to get time penalties on 2 consecutive legs??? Saved by the non-elim...meh. And didn't these guys learn anything from last season when one team lost their passports?? I'm rooting for the lawyer brother/sister team to win...

both of my parents are now on facebook. god help us all. and my dad thought he screwed up my mom's profile when supposedly his picture was showing up on comments my mom was making. ummm...did either of you look to see who's name was at the top of the screen, and logged in? or even think of logging out when you have a shared computer? too funny.

Brooklyn Half registration is up, but not sure I'm really up for a half right now. I'd rather keep my race efforts short and sweet for now. (I am signed up for the Mini 10K, but not counting on it being a great time if the weather is a repeat of last year.) Thinking a non-Central Park/NYRR 10K may be good!! Why? Well...take a look at my top 5 10K times:

1. 47:06-Kleinerman 10K 2008
2. 47:38-Kleinerman 10K 2004
3. 48:37-10K split in Philly Distance Run 2008
4. 48:56-10K split in Cherry Blossom 10-miler 2009
5. 48:59-Mini 10K 2004

The fact that 2 of those are 10K splits in longer races...I need to get the heck out of Central Park for a 10K just once. Anyone have any suggestions of good 10Ks in the area?

MCM is 98% full as of today!! Glad I registered when I did...

Alright-enough blogging, back to watching 13 Going on 30!! :)

running more forgiving than life sometimes...

so, the baby bro finally broke down and joined Facebook (though he swore up and down that he never will.) and i was shocked to find on his friends list...was the Ex-Boyfriend. (and apparently the Ex found baby bro via the "email friend finder"...meaning they must still keep in touch. why my brother keeps in touch with someone i broke up with 8 years ago, i will never understand...) So yeah, I had to sneak a peek at his friends list...which of course included his wife...and some other peeps I remember from college, some with their shiny married names, others with their babies as their profile picture...

and it's not just that, it seems whenever i browse the listings of people I graduated high school and college with, that's all I see-peeps with married names, or either their babies or wedding photos as their profile picture. And I think "my god, that's so many...what's wrong with me that I'm just not there yet?" Yeah, no matter how much I may have accomplished so far, there's a part of me that really feels like a loser that I haven't settled down and started a family yet. I turn 32 in a month, it's not like I have all the time in the world...

Then I get to thinking...ya know, we have runners in their late 30s winning Olympic marathons-as was the case this past weekend. Some runners run some of their best times as a masters or vet runner, in fact we're told that improvement comes with time, especially in the marathon. Qualification standards are made easier for us, the older we get (at least for Boston and NYC.) Running is a sport, a way of life that seems so much more forgiving than...well, real life. There's no "hurry up and do something by a certain time" (well, unless you're trying to achieve Olympic qualifying standards, but that ain't me!) Older runners are admired for their accomplishments, not looked down on. Guess in the race of life, I will always be trying to keep up, but maybe in this race, I'll have more of a chance of winning...