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Aug. 27th, 2012 08:06 pmI am full of ideas today. Here's one I want all my friends in on.
I turn 30 exactly 8 months from today. I don't really have a before-I'm-30 to-do list, but eight months out is kind of the perfect amount of time for me to gear up and train for a half marathon. So I'm making that my one-item checklist for the end of my 20's. I looked for races near here around that time, and there are none that work for me, but then I got to thinking, I could make a destination birthday party out of it. Many of my friends are runners who are happy to travel, and my friends who are not runners would certainly be welcome for the trip as well, on the condition that you stand somewhere along the course and cheer for me and tell me how awesome I am when I finish, and more than likely feel like shit. 30-year-old shit.
So I looked at some race calendars and specifically searched for flat half marathons in temperate climates, and I've narrowed it down to either Nashville on my actual birthday (April 27) or Santa Cruz a few weeks prior. I'm actually leaning toward Santa Cruz, 'cause it's easier for me to get to, and it's BEFORE Gatlinburg, which will surely be a difficult time for me to keep up with my training. Also it's on the motherfucking ocean. Seems like a winner to me. A very nice number of my friends have already chimed in that they're interested, and I want to reiterate that participation in the race is not a mandatory part of this celebration. If enough people commit, I think we should rent a house on the beach for the weekend and make a whole thing of it. So if you want to be a part of it, I hope you will be. Consider this an open invitation. I'm pretty sure all the people I dislike also dislike me, so I'm not at all worried about some a-hole crashing my party when I really don't want them to. So, yes, YOU. You are invited. I hope you'll consider it :) I'm turning 30 motherfucking years old. And you know what? I'm going to be in better shape than I was at 20. Maybe when I'm 40 we'll do a marathon.
I turn 30 exactly 8 months from today. I don't really have a before-I'm-30 to-do list, but eight months out is kind of the perfect amount of time for me to gear up and train for a half marathon. So I'm making that my one-item checklist for the end of my 20's. I looked for races near here around that time, and there are none that work for me, but then I got to thinking, I could make a destination birthday party out of it. Many of my friends are runners who are happy to travel, and my friends who are not runners would certainly be welcome for the trip as well, on the condition that you stand somewhere along the course and cheer for me and tell me how awesome I am when I finish, and more than likely feel like shit. 30-year-old shit.
So I looked at some race calendars and specifically searched for flat half marathons in temperate climates, and I've narrowed it down to either Nashville on my actual birthday (April 27) or Santa Cruz a few weeks prior. I'm actually leaning toward Santa Cruz, 'cause it's easier for me to get to, and it's BEFORE Gatlinburg, which will surely be a difficult time for me to keep up with my training. Also it's on the motherfucking ocean. Seems like a winner to me. A very nice number of my friends have already chimed in that they're interested, and I want to reiterate that participation in the race is not a mandatory part of this celebration. If enough people commit, I think we should rent a house on the beach for the weekend and make a whole thing of it. So if you want to be a part of it, I hope you will be. Consider this an open invitation. I'm pretty sure all the people I dislike also dislike me, so I'm not at all worried about some a-hole crashing my party when I really don't want them to. So, yes, YOU. You are invited. I hope you'll consider it :) I'm turning 30 motherfucking years old. And you know what? I'm going to be in better shape than I was at 20. Maybe when I'm 40 we'll do a marathon.
