*Well done...*
I volunteered in the NY Marathon today (NO RUNNING INVOLVED!), and it was such an exhausting experience. But... it was pretty cool to be able to stand there at the finish and congratulate 35,000 people as they came through. I was working as an Interpreter and signed on for translating Chinese and French... but I ended up only doing the French translating... well, probably because I guess Chinese people aren't really into running LOOOOONG distances??
It was really neat to see them all come through. The ones that came in earlier in the day were SO cute! I was right at the finish line, and when I didn't have to assist Medics with translations, I stood in the "restricted area" at the finish and congratulated them as they came in. I got hugs and kisses and "you're an angel" from around 5,000 very sweaty, very stinky men. But some of those fast finishers were SO good looking... As time went on, it was really interesting to see the shift in body size and the expanding girths of the people coming in. I'd never seen that before, but I was really amazed that everyone really pushed themselves to finish.
Yeah, I saw P.Diddy today. He looked a wreck though when he came through the finish line and did not look like the usually suave Diddy we see on TV and Magazines. He did finish though, and he did well to raise money for charity. I was disappointed I didn't get to say "Run Diddy, RUN" since I was at the finish...
Seeing the masses of people doing this marathon, I've decided that I want to do it next year. That's going to be my "balls-y" out-of-character thing that I'm going to do. I'm probably not going to be able to get in (there's a lottery for starting places), but I think I'm going to train for it. Yeah... for those of you who REALLY know me... I'm NOT a runner (anyone remember me running the 2400 in High School?). I only recall ONE time when I was completely fit and psyched to run the 2400 in 12:34... Many years on and many pounds later... I think that's going to be my goal for christmas, to at least do the 2400 in 12 minutes again. Ha... Good luck, eh?
Gotta get going, I have a huge mid-term tomorrow. Hope all's well out there!~