“Barry,” my cousin Mike said, “I think it’s time.” It was clear that my brother didn’t feel the same way, but he only shrugged, which Mike took as agreement. “Dave,” he said, giving the words as much gravity as he could muster, “Go get the dictionary.” I was nine years old, and a tag-along. I’d walked in on my brother telling a story about how—during school that morning—a girl he knew got her period in the middle of French class. And I laughed like the dickens. And then they called me on it. After I’d lugged the dictionary down from the spare room, Mike told me to look up the word period and read out the definition. “The end of a cycle, a series of events, or a single action?” “Keep going,” he said. “The full pause with which a sentence closes?” “Not that.” “An interval of geologic—“ “Gimme that!” He yanked the book towards him, read down the page, and pointed me towards the definition he’d found. Menstruation: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from pu...
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You were an inspiration to run beside for my 10K a few years ago.
You left such an impression, I'll never run a 10K by myself again!
10K is an excellent goal! If you can complete it, and then train for another few weeks (14, or so), you could easily run a Half!
Running a 22min 5K is quite the goal, m'friend. On this trek I wish you well. (All's I know is my sis and I ran a 24:40 5K in April, and it was harsh! Harsh like - during the 21K and 30K runs I never doubt myself. During that 5K I was nothing but self-doubting.) It's a mighty mission.
An Ottawa friend played Dodgeball in the city and had a blast... That fun leage sounds like it'd be a blast! H'enjoy, h'eh.
You never know.
When I graduated from physical therapy and started a real gym, I kept diligent notes in a little brown notebook of how long I ran and in what time, and how much I could bench...and somebody stole it. Stole it! Now who would need to steal a brown notebook that says they can curl 10 lbs 6 times per bicep, I have no idea.