Mile 18 Spit: Wet

Wet

Date: 04/08/06
Time: 8:30am
Route: CNF/Front/ESteel/SEsplanade/WHawthorne
Length: ~6mi
Notes: 2nd week with Portland Fit. Small group due to nasty rain. Temps were still in the 50s. Christa came for her first week and finished 5 miles with a smile.

I often talk to the runners around me and today someone spoke back. In my standard quiz, one of the questions is: "where do you work?"

Steve, the gentleman kind enough to talk to me said "Nationwide over on 19th".
"No way", I said "that's where I work."

3 Comments:

At 2:55 PM, April 10, 2006, Steven said...: Wow. It's a small world, huh?
At 7:44 AM, April 12, 2006, Carol said...: So this is Steve! I read and commented on his recipe site.
At 8:42 AM, April 12, 2006, Jason Hill said...: Well, there is Steve and then there is Steven.

Steven has a blog called the Basement of the Alamo and the recipe site I Pity The Fool That Don't Eat My Recipes. I worked with Steven for about 4 years at Pacificare.

Steve is someone I met on my Saturday run who happens to work at Nationwide with me.

Steven is a good friend, Steve I barely know. However, they are both training with the Portland Fit marathon group.

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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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