Isn’t it funny when you talk to someone right after a race. You get one of two responses when you ask what the next run is going to be.
The first one would be the same one you get when you ask a woman who has just given birth when she is going to have another child. Not in this lifetime. Opps, Sorry I confused my own experience with someone else.
The other response is the one that the Gazelle and I answered. Heck, yeah, bring it on! Let’s train for a half marathon.
After doing Around the Bay, I spoke with one of my colleagues from work. She ran the full Bay. She did pretty good. In my estimation anyway. While we were discussing trading Bay shirts, I asked her what she had planned for the next run.
Her immediate response was, not in this lifetime.
She was thinking of taking some serious time off from running. She plays volleyball, basketball and has two kids and a husband, so time is a real issue for her.
So a couple days later we do the actual Bay shirt exchnge. My shirt was orange, hers was red. I wanted red, she wanted orange. It worked out. She has this mischevious grin on her face and said, remember what I said about running the next race?
Sure, I said, not in this lifetime.
Well, she said laughing, my husband found me a running partner. Seems I am going to be doing a full marathon after all.
Great, I said, where do you sign up?
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