Congratulations!

Scout Finch — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:52:05 -0500

I just stopped in to say hello. Your name came up in this thread:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/14/161640/696/913/514700

And there is a whole lot of dKos love for fabooj. I'll hope you'll consider coming back around.

Good to see you're doing well. Take care,

"Scout Finch" - a/k/a Jen

Thank you

fabooj — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:29:44 -0500

I don't know about the marathon anytime soon. My legs have been killing me since about 4pm yesterday.

"I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal. I cannot be comprehended except by my permission. I mean...I...can fly like a bird in the sky." Ego Trippin' by Nikki Giovanni
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Way To Go Kid!

Gena Haskett — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:13:14 -0500

Doesn't matter what went wrong, you finished the race! Next stop, L.A. Marathon!

Gena - Out On The Stoop

That is amazing!

cliopatra — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:17:31 -0500

That is amazing! Congratulations!

I'm not dead yet!

fabooj — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:05:52 -0500

x-posted at faboo mama

Today I ran AND completed--thank you very much--my first race. I ran the Santa Monica Classic 5K/10K. I did the 5K.

First off, everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong; I over slept (both alarm clocks did not go off), I couldn't find my shirt, the kids woke up, the batteries in both cameras were dead, I waited in a long line for parking only to find my permit was for the lot a mile away...and I had to walk back that mile to the start line. The race was to start at 7:30am, I got to the start line at 7:28, and was amazed by the crush of humanity for such a small race. I...uh, didn't get the race was starting and watched all these people move forward. Some guy told me, "Yeah, that's the 5Kers." OH! That's me! Where was the gun? I wanted a gun!!!

There was no way I was running with all those people around so I started walking. Once we got onto Main St. and the major group of Runners were gone, I started on a small jog. I guess I should mention at this point that I hadn't run or walked in almost a month because of my knee. My relationship with the gym had dropped to something closer to a booty call. I had been smoking abut a pack and half a day. I also neglected to eat anything this morning becasue I thought that there'd be time to get something before. Oops. For a moment there, I thought I was just going to have to die. Then I saw the mile marker and beamed. That wasn't too bad. I can do this!

As we turned left onto Colorado, we can see the mass of Runners hitting the finish line. Show-offs. I kept trudging up Ocean Blvd. mainly to get away from this couple running with their two dogs (WTF!?!). As I headed back down Ocean Blvd. we saw the leaders in the 10K coming up with a police escort. Ha! I thought, I'm going to finish the 5K before the 10K people show. Whoo-hoo!

I didn't do too bad. I was finished around 8:20, so that means I walked/ran 3.2 miles in about 50 minutes. I was banking on completing the race in 1:30, so that was very good time for me. Not bad for an out-of-shape smoker with a bum ankle.

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Congratulations!

Thank you

Way To Go Kid!

That is amazing!

I'm not dead yet!