Okay, so about 3 weeks ago, I had an idea: I would travel to Kitzingen, Germany, to run in the annual Turkey Trot 5K. So, the first flaw in the plan was that I only had three weeks to get ready, but hey, it's only a 5K, right? And so I go about telling everyone that I know that I'm running in it, blah blah blah, mainly as a means of preventing myself from backing out. And that's when flaw in the plan
numero dos was brought to my attention: this year, the race organizers decided to axe the 5K component of the race, leaving,
thaaat's right, a 10K race in it's place. Oh good grief! Okay, so it's too late to back out: I've already told everyone that I'm doing this. Granted, I'm totally unprepared, but so be it: you're not always going to be ready for what life presents you, right? So, I roll out of bed this morning, to find that it's below freezing (nice!) and Bavaria is coated with a thin layer of frost. During the 30-minute drive to Kloster Forest, I'm thinking that maybe, mercifully, the race has been canceled while I slept, or, maybe, noone else will show up...please, please let there just be a way
out of this! But alas, frost on the ground and all, about 100 runners were there, me included. Fortunately, as the race got underway, the sun broke through and it turned out to be a really good day to run, and run I did! Never mind that the race organizers accidentally ran the course through a convoy refueling point...
with a convoy in it. I'm still trying to figure out what the race handicap is for those of us who sucked down the exhaust from 18 running Hummvees and a deuce-and-a-half or two...that's GOTTA be worth a minute or two! ANYWAY, I made it, and for those of you who know how drastically underprepared I was and were praying for me the whole way, thank you and it worked! See you at St. Patrick's Day, Kloster Forest!
Okay, so about 3 weeks ago, I had an idea: I would travel to Kitzingen, Germany, to run in the annual Turkey Trot 5K. So, the first flaw in the plan was that I only had three weeks to get ready, but hey, it's only a 5K, right? And so I go about telling everyone that I know that I'm running in it, blah blah blah, mainly as a means of preventing myself from backing out. And that's when flaw in the plan numero dos was brought to my attention: this year, the race organizers decided to axe the 5K component of the race, leaving, thaaat's right, a 10K race in it's place. Oh good grief! Okay, so it's too late to back out: I've already told everyone that I'm doing this. Granted, I'm totally unprepared, but so be it: you're not always going to be ready for what life presents you, right? So, I roll out of bed this morning, to find that it's below freezing (nice!) and Bavaria is coated with a thin layer of frost. During the 30-minute drive to Kloster Forest, I'm thinking that maybe, mercifully, the race has been canceled while I slept, or, maybe, noone else will show up...please, please let there just be a way out of this! But alas, frost on the ground and all, about 100 runners were there, me included. Fortunately, as the race got underway, the sun broke through and it turned out to be a really good day to run, and run I did! Never mind that the race organizers accidentally ran the course through a convoy refueling point...with a convoy in it. I'm still trying to figure out what the race handicap is for those of us who sucked down the exhaust from 18 running Hummvees and a deuce-and-a-half or two...that's GOTTA be worth a minute or two! ANYWAY, I made it, and for those of you who know how drastically underprepared I was and were praying for me the whole way, thank you and it worked! See you at St. Patrick's Day, Kloster Forest!
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Did I read a March commitment? Better see it they change it to a half-marathon! Good going! I'm proud of you!
Yeah, it's part of that "telling everyone that I know that I'm running in it as a means of preventing myself from backing out" strategy! I figured, last time, I told a few people around the office, and if that worked, surely putting in on the INTERNET has got to be somewhat effective in keeping me from backing out, right?
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