Jodi and I are at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson, New Hampshire
\ntonight. This is the host hotel for the Mount Washington Road Race,
\nwhich goes off at 10:00AM tomorrow morning. There are a lot of people
\nhere who take their mountain running very seriously. Needless to say,
\npeople who specialize in going uphill very fast tend not to have a lot
\nof excess mas on their bodies. This is like a skinny convention!<\/p>\n
I used to be skinny. Heck, I was skinny just last year. But I most
\ndefinitely am not skinny now. I am going to wish I were 20 pounds
\nlighter as soon as I hit the bottom of the downhill at mile 0.5 and
\nthe world turns decidedly vertical for the next 7.1 miles. The good
\nthing about being so woefully unprepared for this run (in my case, I
\nwon’t even call it a race), is that I have absolutely no expectation
\nof performance, so I am not in the least anxious about it. I’ll get up
\nin the morning, eat a good breakfast, go wait around for the run to
\nstart while Jodi drives up to the summit, and suffer for a couple of
\nhours until it’s over. Once I’ve made it to the summit, I will be able
\nto wear my Mt. Washington Road Race shirt and cap with pride.<\/p>\n
Oh, and tomorrow night I can indulge in an ice cold martini with
\ndinner. I was smart enough to avoid imbibing tonight.<\/p>\n
Till tomorrow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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