ozonebrat (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ozonebrat) wrote,@ 2007-10-08 17:16:00 |
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The Unlucky 10,000
I spent the past 6 months giving up fridays and running ungodly amounts. i found out that one had to pass the 18 mile marker at 12 noon to continue the course. at noon, i was passing 17. i was one of the unlucky 10,000 chicago runners that had to be diverted to grant park due to the course being shut down by officials. i do have to say that the conditions were fucking brutal. when i passed the 13.1 mile marker, i had already felt like i had run 20. perhaps it's a good thing that course was shut down. but needless to say, i was disappointed. as we walked our way down jackson blvd, (chicago police lined the roads stopping anyone who was jogging/running/walking swiftly) we all had our heads hanging partly out of fatigue and sadness.
i'm keeping my head high, because of october 12, 2008.....
I spent the past 6 months giving up fridays and running ungodly amounts. i found out that one had to pass the 18 mile marker at 12 noon to continue the course. at noon, i was passing 17. i was one of the unlucky 10,000 chicago runners that had to be diverted to grant park due to the course being shut down by officials. i do have to say that the conditions were fucking brutal. when i passed the 13.1 mile marker, i had already felt like i had run 20. perhaps it's a good thing that course was shut down. but needless to say, i was disappointed. as we walked our way down jackson blvd, (chicago police lined the roads stopping anyone who was jogging/running/walking swiftly) we all had our heads hanging partly out of fatigue and sadness.
i'm keeping my head high, because of october 12, 2008.....
