Show us your Ghoulies - Halloween Run Challenge Page #2 (Page 67)

skrtrnr - 2009-10-18 10:37 AM

MORNING GHOULIES!

the pig roast was FAB.  you know there are some events when a cold fall evening is totally appropriate, yesturday was one of those events.

my friend has this beautiful piece of property in the middle of nowhere.  the leaves were gorgeous.  the pig was on the spit.  the fires were goin in the pits.  the kids were all bundled up playing football in the backyard.  the pumpkins were carved and serving as centerpieces. 

it was the best evening!

we of course enjoyed hanging out w our friends, and met some really nice people...

the hightlight for me was when i 'presented' my friend w my finishers medal and race shirt.  i think i took him off guard - he knew full well that i dedicated both of my races to him when i ran em, but i know he wasnt expecting to get the race-day booty too. 

he laughed.  he cried.  we hugged.  he said that he had a wall in his office at work w a tri sticker hanging up, he said he would add these to the wall....and then we talked all tri related stuff from running shoes, to tri suits, to bikes....he was 'picking' my brain.

theres a lot that needs to happen on the 'technical' side of things before he's able to compete - namely being fitted for a special sport specific prosthetic - but even though there will be some 'lag' time my friend is absolutely not deterred.

what i found interesting is, as we were talking, another one of his friends 'offerred' to run a marathon w my friend.  being an avid runner, he 'declared' confidently, 'i'll get you across the finish line'...

and my friend remarked, 'its not a marathon that i feel the desire to do, its a tri.  i want to do a tri'

ANOTHER TRIATHLETE IS BORN!  welcome to the circle, Danny. 

i just thought id share what happened, cuz its pretty darn cool.

stacieb

skrtrnr - 2009-10-18 10:49 AM as if that wasnt 'emotional' enough....

my family has participated in a grief group for families...and while we participated we created a memorial quilt square for my nephew C.

C. sustained a headtrauma/massive hemorragh to his brain stem, and died Feb 2008

our quilt square along w the quilt squares of those that particpated in the group have been lovingly sewn together (by a group of 'saints' and 'angels') to make a wall quilt. 

we've been waiting almost a year to see it....

the MEMORIAL QUILT DEDICATION CEREMONY is this afternoon.

this is sure to be sad, emotional, yet a celebratory event.


i remember well, after C. passed away.  i had a 5K scheduled.  no big deal.  i didnt have to run. 

i figured i would just skip the race...but a friend of mine, who works in palative care, encouraged me to run the race and dedicate it, to honor C's memory.

the day was butt-ugly cold.  i contemplating packing it in and just going home, but....i stayed and ran my heart out, tears streaming down my face the entire 3.1 miles....

i placed 2nd in my AG, my first race hardware  

it was a special moment. not because of the hardware, but...because i knew in that moment, as overwhelming as the grief was, the loss immense, the sadness saturating, life would go on.

im so glad my friend 'convinced' me to run the race...

what could have been a moment in time when i could have started 'skipping' a lot of things in life, because the grief was so consuming, the race was one small way of taking that grief and turning it 'on its ears', morphing it into something that was beautiful, wonderful, sacred....

like what i did w my medals and race shirt.  what Jules has done for Dorothy....

since then, ive made the attempt to dedicate my races to someone/something....

to live life well, is my honorarium. 

to C.  to others that ive loved and lost...to those ive known, and some i havent known personally, 

to those that are struggling to overcome, i race for them.

and though a 23 dying in car accident is completely senseless, somehow dedicating a run, dedicating a quilt brings purpose and meaning to his life.

if nothing else, he's remembered.  and that's sacred.

SO HERES TO C.
and to HIS LIFE that was WELL LIVED.

stacieb

kimk - 2009-10-18 6:51 AM Morning team! Off to church then trap shooting then the Y and hopefully a run for me! Have a great Sunday!

disturbed275 - 2009-10-18 7:00 AM

Well, my mom and dad are coming to visit and we are going to go golfing this afternoon.  I need to squeeze a swim and run in before that.

skrtrnr - 2009-10-18 7:37 AM

MORNING GHOULIES!

the pig roast was FAB.  you know there are some events when a cold fall evening is totally appropriate, yesturday was one of those events.

my friend has this beautiful piece of property in the middle of nowhere.  the leaves were gorgeous.  the pig was on the spit.  the fires were goin in the pits.  the kids were all bundled up playing football in the backyard.  the pumpkins were carved and serving as centerpieces. 

it was the best evening!

we of course enjoyed hanging out w our friends, and met some really nice people...

the hightlight for me was when i 'presented' my friend w my finishers medal and race shirt.  i think i took him off guard - he knew full well that i dedicated both of my races to him when i ran em, but i know he wasnt expecting to get the race-day booty too. 

he laughed.  he cried.  we hugged.  he said that he had a wall in his office at work w a tri sticker hanging up, he said he would add these to the wall....and then we talked all tri related stuff from running shoes, to tri suits, to bikes....he was 'picking' my brain.

theres a lot that needs to happen on the 'technical' side of things before he's able to compete - namely being fitted for a special sport specific prosthetic - but even though there will be some 'lag' time my friend is absolutely not deterred.

what i found interesting is, as we were talking, another one of his friends 'offerred' to run a marathon w my friend.  being an avid runner, he 'declared' confidently, 'i'll get you across the finish line'...

and my friend remarked, 'its not a marathon that i feel the desire to do, its a tri.  i want to do a tri'

ANOTHER TRIATHLETE IS BORN!  welcome to the circle, Danny. 

i just thought id share what happened, cuz its pretty darn cool.

stacieb

mndymond - 2009-10-18 10:21 AM hey team! sorry I have been MIA...its been a long couple of days!!!

I was having some pain in my IT bands for a couple of them...I'm taking that as a sign to back off a bit and rest for a few days! I'll either go for a run today or for sure tomorrow to get back on the run challenge!

Go ghoulies go!!!

kimk - 2009-10-18 6:51 AM Morning team! Off to church then trap shooting then the Y and hopefully a run for me! Have a great Sunday!

jaxbamf73 - 2009-10-17 12:58 PM

I love stories like that.  Kinda puts my whiney-assed complaints into perspective.

doctorbob18 - 2009-10-17 10:21 PM Hey team... I wish I wasn't so busy these days because this is one CHATTY team, wish I could be more active here! My marathon training is going really well so far, just completed my first ever 20 miler today! What a feeling!

Keep up the good work everyone!

skrtrnr - 2009-10-18 9:49 AM as if that wasnt 'emotional' enough....

my family has participated in a grief group for families...and while we participated we created a memorial quilt square for my nephew C.

C. sustained a headtrauma/massive hemorragh to his brain stem, and died Feb 2008

our quilt square along w the quilt squares of those that particpated in the group have been lovingly sewn together (by a group of 'saints' and 'angels') to make a wall quilt. 

we've been waiting almost a year to see it....

the MEMORIAL QUILT DEDICATION CEREMONY is this afternoon.

this is sure to be sad, emotional, yet a celebratory event.


i remember well, after C. passed away.  i had a 5K scheduled.  no big deal.  i didnt have to run. 

i figured i would just skip the race...but a friend of mine, who works in palative care, encouraged me to run the race and dedicate it, to honor C's memory.

the day was butt-ugly cold.  i contemplating packing it in and just going home, but....i stayed and ran my heart out, tears streaming down my face the entire 3.1 miles....

i placed 2nd in my AG, my first race hardware  

it was a special moment. not because of the hardware, but...because i knew in that moment, as overwhelming as the grief was, the loss immense, the sadness saturating, life would go on.

im so glad my friend 'convinced' me to run the race...

what could have been a moment in time when i could have started 'skipping' a lot of things in life, because the grief was so consuming, the race was one small way of taking that grief and turning it 'on its ears', morphing it into something that was beautiful, wonderful, sacred....

like what i did w my medals and race shirt.  what Jules has done for Dorothy....

since then, ive made the attempt to dedicate my races to someone/something....

to live life well, is my honorarium. 

to C.  to others that ive loved and lost...to those ive known, and some i havent known personally, 

to those that are struggling to overcome, i race for them.

and though a 23 dying in car accident is completely senseless, somehow dedicating a run, dedicating a quilt brings purpose and meaning to his life.

if nothing else, he's remembered.  and that's sacred.

SO HERES TO C.
and to HIS LIFE that was WELL LIVED.

stacieb

kromanowski - 2009-10-18 4:15 PM Morning all!  Got my run in this morning!  It was just shy of 6 miles, but my PF started to bug me so I decided to take it easy and not push the extra 0.2 miles.  Oh yeah I was still recovering from the "fun"  I had at the wedding reception last night.