end of the year
The school year is finally over. I gave my last exam yesterday, and although I have a mountain of papers and exams to grade, the end is in sight, the students are headed home, and things are winding down. I saw off my parents and my mother-in-law this morning, then went for a three-mile run in the late morning heat, admiring landscapes and making plans for mine. (I have been in Florida exactly a year today, and I can't get over how flowers bloom here year-round-- bougainvillea, Mexican heather, lantana, plumbago. I have planted one of each but now want a yard full-- a riot of color). I went grocery shopping, bought some hummus spread, chicken legs to marinate in a tandoori yogurt sauce recipe I found in the latest issue of Food & Wine, and a six pack of Sam Adams. Now I'm set to sit back on the porch and start grading.
I did withdraw my name from the New York marathon lottery, and I felt okay about that decision. Thanks for the supportive comments. My running partner called last night and asked if I wanted to run the Marine Corps marathon with her in October, and although the prospect of having a buddy to train with sounded tempting, I think I would still have to decline. I'm not ready to do another marathon just yet, and I'm also not totally convinced that I'm built for them. Injury-wise, I fear that training for another might put me out of commission for running entirely-- there are still some lingering problems that I didn't have before I started training, and I blame the bi-weekly 16, 18 and 20-milers... I'm going to plan a few half marathons sometime in the winter-- Miami? Tampa again? Definitely Orlando... That will give me the thrill of training with out the agony of de-feet. Ha, ha...
3 Comments:
Hey ,ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right? Half Marathons are great. Just as much run and all the same food!
And, uh, I'm hoping those semi-weekly 16, 18, and 20 milers don't kill me this year. :)
I think it takes a convulsive moment in time to decide you will run a marathon. I've been close but not yet. It took something like that to get me to do a half marathon a few years back and now they're ... doable goal races. The highlight of my training/running season. Orlando yes. Tampa definitely. Miami??? interesting.
Our town gets mighty quiet when all the kids go home. The bars just aren't quite the same.
It's graduation day and I bet you're in your officious looking academic robes saying, "Yes! It's over," but with a little regret.
Oh well. Go for a run and get it behind you.
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