Team Waiting for Runs: Anticipation vs. Realization

Texas Independence Relay Info

The Texas Independence Relay is composed of 40 relay legs of various lengths, totaling over 200 miles. The course starts in Gonzales, TX, where the Texas Revolution began, and it finishes at the San Jacinto Monument, where Texas Independence was won!

The relay will run from March 7th - 8th.

8 original Waiting for Runs Relay members will be returning (we will miss abelisle, the Foos, & Mystery runner)

This time, we will up the challenge and have 9 runners in a luxurious 15 passenger van. This means no resting time for the 2nd van.

Keep an eye out here for updated info and up to the minute updates.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Anticipation vs. Realization

As I sit here reading my teammates posts, it's 11 p.m. PDT. I've packed my bag, set up my clothes for tomorrow morning, prepped my iPhone "map" directions to SFO (and will use my Garmin Quest GPS in my rental car) to pick up 1Mile (Doug) and Susie and wonder if I'll recognize Susie ( she'll probably recognize me?) because I do know Doug from Portland (the Nike "Super-User's" Summit). He's easy - he has the largest calves you'll ever see!!! LOL I bet they're implants.

It's been a wonderful week here in the most beautiful city I've been to. I can live here. Biking and running seem to be everyone's most popular pastimes. Matter of fact, GGPRunner (Kerry) and I had a most gratifying conversation with a 55 year old cyclist about his riding and his bike at a park we stopped at along Hwy 1. (Kerry, please correct me if I got this wrong) She was a gracious and most entertaining host. "Alice's Restaurant" was very fulfilling and I want that Porsche! LOL

Texas/Dan, don't worry about dialogue/conversation. Kerry and I hit it off immediately as if we were brother and sister who hadn't seen each other in a long time. If this is the way with everyone else, we should get along just great! As for myself, I have 35 years of stories to tell! LOL Most of my teammates could be my children. This is a good thing since it keeps me feeling young. I think the running will be secondary to the socialization.

Going to sleep tonight will be like a kid trying to get some sleep the night before Christmas. Let's see which will trump the other. I'm betting on realization.

Alex

1 comment:

1miletogo said...: That's funny Alex, no implants, they are actually shrunk a little since I joined the gym, last measurement was 18.5. So you might not recognize me. I will be wearing shorts and a grey T-Shirt with NIKE on it - so predictable. I guess I can hang out in baggage claim, just give me a call.; April 18, 2008 at 4:55 AM