Right after classes were over this afternoon I packed an overnight bag and hopped in the car to head downtown. This weekend is the august (not the month, the attributive adjective with stress accent on the ultima) Chicago Marathon! And my great friend and old roommate Paul (center) is running it this year, so I wanted to catch up with him and cheer him on a bit. He's running as part of a charity, Team World Vision, that runs to raise money for installing fresh water wells in African villages. Pretty cool, right? Team World Vision hosted a big "carbo load" dinner tonight for runners and their various friends / family / cheering sections, where tonight's picture was taken.
Many people have asked me over the years: "Mark, would you ever run a marathon?"
Ahem, NO. You can tell me all you want about runner's high and the community of runners and the free swag at the expo and the funky swishy shorts, but it still sounds about as much to me as coating my head in rubber cement and then setting it on fire.
That and my knee would explode after two miles, so I really don't see the point.
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