Subject: RE: Triathlon Love I have, unfortunatly, never met any loves at my races, but I have met some nice people. On my way to my first marathon, Marathon Deutsche Weinstrasse, I met a nice russian. Everybody that thought about going to watch me run, cancled at the last moment, and I was on my own. We were both in the country (germany ) for a short time and both on our own for the race so we warmed up together and just chatted. It really calmed me down to know someone there. He went on to take sixth place overall, while I was happy to finish. At the awards, we sat together and He got a 500 mark check (one of the big fake ones that you get so everyone can see ) and a letter of congradulations. He could not read the letter, because it was in german. I read it for him and it told him where he could get the real check. He bought me a beer for my help in getting his money and we went our seprate ways home.
on a seperate topic, I have always wanted to try the steeple chase. In highschool, I was a distance runner, and hurdler. I didn't go on to run in college. I know some local college meets are open to the public. I will have to give it a try. |