18 miles of pain
I was one out of 3,700 marathoners to participate in the New York City Marathon Tune-Up on October 8. It was a beautiful day for a run, 55 degrees. rising to 67, sunny, calm winds. Everything was great except for the excruciating pain my feeble feet and knees felt. On many occasions (mile 10,14) I had to talk myself into continuing the race while humming "Eye of the Tiger." Just one more mile, one more, until the finish line, where I proceeded to sprint the last 50 yards. I would also like to thank the good-hearted guy who gave me one of his PowerBar Gels, without your generosity this race would not have been completed. Finish Time 2:49:26(Overall Place 2097, Age Place 227, Gender Place 657)
posted by manuela @ 10:12 PM
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"18 miles of pain" ...
Manuela's Race Diary:
Mile 1: Clear skies.
Mile 2: Warm breeze.
Mile 3: Perfect day for running.
Mile 4: I'm like a bird ... free!
Mile 5: Never felt so alive!
Mile 6: Slight ache in knees; no problem.
Mile 7: Pain traveling down ankles, into feet.
Mile 8: Toes numb; can't feel tongue.
Mile 9: Shins on fire ...
Mile 10: Head spinning ... back cramped ...
Mile 11: World ... sliding ... away ... must ... keep ... going ...
Mile 12: PAIN
Mile 13: PAIN
Mile 14: PAIN
Mile 15: Cute guy in front of CVS.
Mile 16: PAIN
Mile 17: PAIN!!!!
Mile 18: I finished! Thanks, PowerBar Gels!*
*This race diary brought to you by PowerBar Gels: GET MORE POWER!
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Seriously, I should send this story to PowerBar maybe the company wants to sponsor my running ambitions. Beijing 08, here I come!
Congratulations! It's certainly a lot more than I could have done.
HI Manuela
Just wanted to send you a message and I found your blog site. Can't remeber your email so this will do. May want to delete this after you read since it's not really a public letter. Guess I just am ready to close a chapter in my life finaly.
Anyways I wanted to thankyou for a wonderful 10 years. Althought we had good and bad times I kinda feel I like to remeber the good times more. Truth be told I wouldn't be the man I am today had I not met you. And even harder to admit I wouldn't be the man I am if we didn't split up.
Took me awhile to get things back on track but life for the most part is going really well for me and I hope it is going just as well for you. You deserve everything you want to get out of life and as I have realized there just aren't many ladies left in this world with your class and style. That's one thing about you I hope never changes.
Good luck with everything you do in life. I really hoope you finaly realized what a good photographer you are and finaly make it into a career. Don't be scared to pursue it.
I'll remeber you always
Nathan
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