Mile 18 Spit: Short One

Short One

Date: 04/18/06
Time: 7:30am
Route: Down to 162, then up to 172nd via Burnside (view route)
Length:3.16 miles
Dog: Yes
Notes: After the weekend, my back has been bothering me--too much riding in the car. So, I took Monday off and ran sort today. My back felt fine until I hit the last mile.

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At 10:12 AM, April 19, 2006, Johnathan M. Thomas said...: I find that a good HOT coffee drink fixes most back pains when running... If you have a hot coffee in your hands, it's difficult to run. Thus, no running pains.

I must say, this may not be a good blog to keep up on. It makes me feel lazy. I guess I could start another blog myself, blobspot.blogspot.com.

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I've run 2 marathons. In the first I hit the wall at mile 18. Cramps in my legs forced me to walk for much of the last 8 miles. When I finished, I looked and felt like death. One friend at the finish line commented, "He looks gray". ~ While training for my second marathon, I often thought about mile 18. I despised it. I feared it. I fixated on it. I determined to pass it feeling differently than the first time. As the race neared I planned a small ritual that included spitting on the ground as I passed mile 18. ~ The second marathon was much different. Experience and wisdom gave me the opportunity to edit a scene from my life and improve upon it. As I passed the iconic marker, my vision blurred from emotion and I left my mark ~ mile 18 spit.

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