Emerson wrote "how much of human life is lost in waiting", he must have known how long today would be for me. You see today is the day Nike Women's Marathon randomly draws 12,000 names from an eager pool of 30,000+ people (mostly women who hate to wait) to gain entry into this year's race. According to the NWM Facebook page people were being notified at 4:30 this morning that they were in. It also said they were still drawing names.
It's 6 p.m. and I've heard nothing. Meh.
This is the October race I am hoping to have lined up for my race-a-month and it's looking like I may have to hunt down another. We put together a group of several women, one a friend from college and some of her family, a friend from work, and a new running buddy. It's not just Karla and my heart's on the line here, there's a village counting on this!
It was also another destination race to get me out of Portland and hang with Karla. I think we've decided if this doesn't come through we may do the Diva Half Marathon in Puerto Rico. It is in November, in Puerto Rico, obviously. By mid November I may be ready for some sun, surf, fruity cocktails and running, of course. Karla and I are emailing back and forth tonight looking for new information from the other.
So, for tonight I'll be on this couch doing the last assignment for my EDRES 563 class and refreshing my email every five seconds. Don't send me any emails tonight unless you are Karla, are giving me thousands of dollars or have great news like our group is running the NWM in October.
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