Hot Chocolate Run--thank you!
Dec. 8th, 2019 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asakiyumeWow, the running conditions couldn't have been more different this year from last year--last year's post-run entry reveals that it was 37 degrees F, and rainy. This morning we awoke to a world glittering with hoarfrost-the side of the house was decorated with sparkles--and temperatures below 0 F. By the time I reached the race start point, it had warmed up to a balmy 16 F.
Here's a shot of everyone waiting to get started:
I knew I'd run much more slowly this year than last year. I've done way less running this year, first because of the jail job and then, IDK, dispiritedness maybe. And 2018 was slower than 2017, which was the year I trained for a 10 k. But you know, 2015 was only a few seconds slower than 2017, and 2015 I didn't train for a 10 k. I felt **comfortable** running this year--in spite of the cold (I was well bundled), and that's worth something.
Much more importantly, thanks to you all, I was able to raise $665.00, and the event overall raised $632,729, which will keep Safe Passage of Northampton running for another year. Thank you!
(Also thanks to you, I got a really race number--56. I like this number very much--and it's the age I turned late this year [ETA: in October, to clarify], so it meant I was running with my age on my chest.)
Later in the day I went for a walk with a friend who lives in Northampton. There was still some hoarfrost clinging to branches of trees by the river:
For my own record, some specific times--DON'T LAUGH
2019: 35:05
2018: 32:27
2017: 31:23
2016: (didn't run)
2015: 31:49
Here's a shot of everyone waiting to get started:
I knew I'd run much more slowly this year than last year. I've done way less running this year, first because of the jail job and then, IDK, dispiritedness maybe. And 2018 was slower than 2017, which was the year I trained for a 10 k. But you know, 2015 was only a few seconds slower than 2017, and 2015 I didn't train for a 10 k. I felt **comfortable** running this year--in spite of the cold (I was well bundled), and that's worth something.
Much more importantly, thanks to you all, I was able to raise $665.00, and the event overall raised $632,729, which will keep Safe Passage of Northampton running for another year. Thank you!
(Also thanks to you, I got a really race number--56. I like this number very much--and it's the age I turned late this year [ETA: in October, to clarify], so it meant I was running with my age on my chest.)
Later in the day I went for a walk with a friend who lives in Northampton. There was still some hoarfrost clinging to branches of trees by the river:
For my own record, some specific times--DON'T LAUGH
2019: 35:05
2018: 32:27
2017: 31:23
2016: (didn't run)
2015: 31:49
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Date: 2019-12-08 10:35 pm (UTC)Honestly, how often does one get to run, or do anything, with one's age on one's chest? That's such a nice bonus.
I wouldn't dream of laughing at your numbers. I'm sure mine would be genuinely laughable.
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Date: 2019-12-09 02:05 am (UTC)But you know, one year when I ran, there was a woman with asthma running it. She had to run very slowly so as not to trigger an asthma attack--so she did run really slowly. She impressed me. She wanted to run, but she had to be careful because of body limitations, so she took her body into account and ran accordingly. Wise woman.
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Date: 2019-12-09 12:02 pm (UTC)My goodness, how we USians are taught to shrivel everything into some desiccated knob of contest.
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Date: 2019-12-09 12:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-09 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-10 07:45 pm (UTC)Also I salute the slow-running woman. Letting go of notions of how things should be done, when those notions prevent one from doing something one could actually do, is also very hard.
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