Race Number 61
I am going to call this my "Engagement Celebration" run! Yep, Holly and I are going to tie the knot in March of next year. I proposed to her over the Labor Day weekend in flooded Houston (BTW: she has been safe and had some leaks but no flooding). One of my dear cousins was wondering if Holly was CRAZY to marry me...... I guess she is...... CRAZY IN LOVE!!!! I reminded my dear and precious cousin how smart, charming and handsome I am, but he thought I was full of Gatorade ....... which I was for a few hours today.At each mile marker, I prayed for Holly and me and I asked God (and Holly) for forgiveness, in advance, for all the dumb things I will say and do in the years ahead. Yes, sweet Holly, you are marrying a bit of an idiot, but I am a nice idiot, most of the time.
I jogged real slow again today. My feet seem to be giving up on me or at least staging a revolution. I had x-rays done but there is supposedly nothing wrong ........ yet, the metatarsals hurt badly after the sixth or seventh mile. So, I may have to try a new brand of shoe. I have been running in Asic Kayanos for years, with no issues. So I am perplexed. I am certainly never going to admit it has anything to do with my age.
Today, I read a quote as I sat in my car getting ready to jump on the course today. It was written by Jacqueline Gareau, the 1980 Boston Marathon Champ:
The body does not want to do this.
As you run, it tells you to stop
but the mind must be strong.
You always go too far for your body
You must handle the pain with
strategy .....
it is not age, it is not diet.
It is the will to succeed.
I succeeded today.
BTW: Do not expect a wedding invitation. We are going away to get married. Just the two of us. We did not want a big to-do. Sorry.
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