Archive for July 9th, 2010

Had a good run this morning: 10mi w/8x2min fartleks (rests averaged about 1:30).  Fine effort for the weather.  And the groin was blessedly silent thanks to the Vitamin I regime.  I’m glad to go off it though, bloats me up something fierce.

Couple things on my mind today:

It’s astounding how much we become party to the life and death of people we’d never have known if not through the internet.  The world has become so much smaller, happier and tragic because of it.

Don’t know if any of you know the RW forumite Mere Runner.  I got to meet her in March at the Shamrock Marathon and we’re FB friends. She’s a 30-year old, super fast, sweet girl of a runner and she got married 3 short months ago.  The thing is, her husband had cancer and last night, he died.  I don’t know why I’m sharing this, maybe some of you know her, but it really killed me to hear it.  It’s just so insanely heartbreaking.

The other thing I wanted to mention was I think I need a new forum home.  I’m fed up with some of the pricks on MRT at the Runners World forums.  There’s a glaring lack of empathy for others and the resident “good ole boy” network is a carnival of rampant egos – a total dick-sucking contest.  This is nothing new, btw, it’s always been like that, but where I used to find it entertaining, now it’s just annoying.

I’ll still post in the Sub 3:20 thread because those folks are top-of-the line fabulous and true friends, but aside from that, where to go?  I’m thinking of checking in with the Masters or maybe I should check out RunningAhead or maybe I should just skip forums altogether.  I don’t participate as much as I used to and am not sure I want to share on a daily basis anymore.  Anyway, that’s what’s going through my head.

Other than that, I’m going to a party tomorrow and when I asked Deb, the hostess, “So…any single men coming?” Deb replied, “Nobody that doesn’t have a reason to be.”  Hah!  But damn.