Back to the old story
Thanks to everyone who left comments yesterday. It was a bright spot in my day.
This morning, I got out with R and K and ran 3.3 miles. I ran a couple of minutes slower than usual, but it felt fine. The weather here is COOL and that helps immeasurably. R and E feel that we need to get a long run in this weekend in order to do the Nike Half-Marathon on August 5, so we have a “long” run planned for Sunday. I’m not sure that I want to [can] do more than 8 or 9 miles at their compromise pace, but I’ll see how I feel. I’ll be away Thursday afternoon until Saturday evening and maybe I’ll feel rejuvenated.
I had gained weight when I weighed in at my meeting yesterday. Doing long endurance events always whacks out my system even when I’ve been careful about not overeating the day before or the day of. That doesn’t make me feel better, but that’s just the way it is. Because I am tired, hungry and “on the rag” I am now eating a hot pastrami and swiss cheese on rye with mustard. It’s a religious experience. I refuse to spend another hungry afternoon feeling sorry for myself. It’s not in me today.
Last week was a tough week. Between the funeral, cleaning the apartment so it was acceptable for a guest, and seeing a homeless person’s naked butt while she wiped herself after a satisfactory poo…I was at my wit’s end.
The weirdest thing about the poo situation was that there was a guy there, who didn’t seem to be a cop or a Transit employee. This guy approached her during the wipe and said, “excuse me, ma’am, this is a train station…you can’t be doing that here.”
I can’t imagine that he expected her to say, “oh my god…I’m SO embarrassed…please forgive me…I thought this was the bathroom.”
I think that approaching someone in those circumstances makes you crazier than they are.
July 24, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Yeah, call me morally challenged but I don’t think I’d try to correct that behavior. Especially while it was happening. Ew. Enjoy your sammich. I am pretty sure that this will be the week I’ve gained weight, after the eating and drinking extravaganza of last weekend…que sera, etc.
July 24, 2007 at 3:00 pm
ick!!! I can’t believe anyone would approach such a woman or such a situation!! Just when I think I’ve seen it all while living in the city, you out-do me! Sorry I haven’t read in a while or I’d have left some sort of comment about the up and coming half-marathon!! I hope you enjoy it though
I should really sign myself up for one of those someday. I tend to run my own half marathons once in a while for no good reason whatsoever, so perhaps I should actually run one as opposed to just going out and running 13-14 miles for fun. ANYWAY, I hope you continue to have good weather for training/racing because I agree that running in the heat isn’t exactly the greatest.
July 24, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Wow…She brought her own wipes/TP?
Be careful that you don’t injure youself running in two races that close together.
“hot pastrami and swiss cheese on rye with mustard” I am hungry now…
July 24, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I don’t believe there is any true etiquette available for poo wiping in a public location. Maybe Martha Stewart would know. Or at least what colors to wear while approaching a poo wiping vagrant so as not to clash with your smart stylish outfit.