relay fever
i checked the detroit marathon website after our 5 mile run this a.m. through split pea soup-type weather conditions (ahh, MI in august!) and hurray - they've posted the relay points! they also have a nice little map of the whole route since the simple description "Atwater @ Dubois" doesn't mean jack to those of us who aren't representing the 313 (but props to the 734...awww yeah!!).
it looks like 2 of us get to go international - the 1st relay exchange is in windsor, canada. exciting, eh? to run out and about in canada? and check out the elevation chart, too - ecshelto might have reason to worry about hills for the crim, but the relay looks nice and flat..except for the ambassador bridge..which is also on the longest leg of the relay...we might have to draw straws to see who the lucky gal is that starts the relay.
posted by apoz @ 9:35 AM
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Road Scholars?! This blog is like an alternate universe Sex and the City cast with incredibly cerebral – if not somewhat lame – Cosmo flavored Gatorade drinkers. I can only imagine the derisive chant of the Alpha Beta fraternity boys when they see all y’all running past talking about p-values and ANOVA. Nerds! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
i want the trophies!
Throw a pop-culture reference at a social scientist and they will inevitably analyze it down to dichotomous outcomes. C’mon. Is there not a causal relationship between pushing yourself, personal achievement, and looking good? When each of you braved the art fair deathtrap to pay homage to the Tortoise and Hare Prefontaine posters, did you not factor in how those kicks might improve your performance AND make you look good in the process? Don’t lie. You're in it for the self-efficacy and the trophies.
And speaking of Pre, how can you not have a review of Without Limits amidst all this dorky running talk?
patience, my friend. proper homage to prefontaine and all related media references are in the works.
also, it's not clear there is any causal relationship between pushing yourself, personal achievement, and looking good. i know plenty of people who push hard, achieve great feats, and are still ugly.
btw, you watch a lot of movies.
ummm, have you seen how ugly Mizunos are? heh heh. All the girls got them ( I swear by them, the only running shoe I will ever wear again) but I would never say they give props to anyone's appearance...
let me tell you something "anonymous" - All my life people have said to me, you're too small, p. You're not fast enough, p. GIVE UP YOUR FOOLISH DREAMS, P! They forgot something: I have to win. No fallback here, no great stride, no long legs--nothing! I'm just some kid from Coos Bay w/ 1 leg shorter than the other!! (Prefontaine is sooooooooo much better than Without Limits.)
As for running to look good, you must never have seen (or smelled, for that matter) us post-run. which makes the SATC episode w/ miranda and the guy she meets while running so very unrealistic.
Again, the need for the mutually exclusive response. Can a physically ugly person not improve their appearance by taking up exercise, or fashion, or showering? As a perfectionist, you are likely unfamiliar with the following revelation: ugliness is a continuum that allows men to have low standards.
I could name 10 chick flicks which are built entirely about this concept, but I shall not yet emasculate myself in this space.
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