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I've been traveling A LOT. Three trips total in October which left me with only one weekend to do the things I didn't do the other three weekends. Oh, and each trip left me more broke than I already am....inconveniently so before the holidays. Money stresses me out sooo much. Who's in favor of the barter system? I give you something worthwhile, you give me a plane ticket home for the holidays??!
All the stresses were great running motivators. I can't keep all of that in. Gotta run it out! Not nearly as much as I wanted, but quality runs. Quality over quantity, right?
One in particular was my illegal 6 mile run in the Chicago marathon. You see, Chicago was my marathon to run, but then a best guy friend from college decided to get married that day. But, I had a nice compromise. Jacob and I flew back early Sunday morning and landed in Chicago only 2 hours after the start of the race. I hurried from the airport to Jacob's office downtown, changed into my running clothes and went on my way to cheer on some friends that were running.
I met my friend Mike at the 21 mile marker, ran with him for a mile or so, ran back and met up with his wife, Barb who was struggling a bit. For the last 5 miles I served as her personal cheerleader; running with her, encouraging her and the crowd to cheer her on ["Go Barb" shirt and all]. Really, it was an excuse to run at least 6 miles of the Chicago marathon...and it was AWESOME. I wanted to run back to the start and run it all. Next year...next year it'll be mine.
In other stories:
KU basketball season is here=Taylor has a life now!
Well, we're not talking about the ORU pitiful showing. You know I'll still cheer them on to my death bed. I just LOVE KU bball...it really is apart of who I am. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
I have been putting in some obnoxious hours--at least 10 hours a day...and some even 12 or 13. You know what, though...I'm okay with it. I know there's a light at the end of the tunnel and no one is forcing me to be here--it's my own neurotic tendencies. I work for such a GREAT company. They recognize, appreciate and reward me for my hard work.
Jacob and I are going to Indiana tonight for the Notre Dame/Army game, basketball game on Sunday, company bowling party on Monday, basketball game on Tuesday and then it's Thanksgiving. Time is FLYING!
Happy Friday!
4 comments:
Welcome back.
About damn time, Taylor.
I feel like the Sea of Sadness needs a memorial post from you. You owe Captain George at least that (even though he took his $5 pitchers card back...evil man!).
We need to figure out when we're all going to go run with the team again.
WHERE ARE YOU?
How has your training been going since November? Any more races coming up?
If you get a chance, please visit my running web site, Faithful Soles. I have a categorized and searchable running Blog Database on there and would appreciate it if you would link your blog to it. I also have my own blog, but most of my information is on the main web site. Thanks and continued good luck in your training.
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