Sweet. I looked at the forecast for Lincoln, hoping it would read "High of 75, no wind, and it'll smell like lilacs in the breeze", but no dice. Especially the lilacs part.
There's also this curious rule about no headphones. Yeah. Yeah. We all know the drill. They say no headphones, but what are they going to do, right? Here's the deal, though. I'm starting this race with only 50 other people. Seeing as though I'm sexy as hell, I'm going to stand out...regardless of the fact that I'll be wrapped up like Ralphie from A Christmas Story.
The first leg sans iPod will be no big deal. I get to run in the city limits, uphill, past my former Love Palace/Apartment (complete with spiral staircase) and between our zoo and Rosenblatt Stadium, the current - but not for long - home of the College World Series.
The other 2 stages will be a challenge. It's Nebraska, so you can imagine the scenery. If anyone tells you that Nebraska is beautiful they're:
A) The Governor of Nebraska
B) From Kansas
C) High
My only hope is that I run up on a Jackalope. What are they going to do at Mile Marker 56 if I want to break out the Boz Scaggs or some postgame analysis of the Nebraska win over Mizzery? Are they going to pull me off the trail? Nah!
I'm going to be dangerous. In fact, "Danger" is my middle name. I throw caution to the wind on a regular basis. Sometimes I even go down the mall escalator without using the railing.
Bad. To. The. Bone.
Sidenote #1 - Thank God Vanilla and Nitmos are back in the mix. It's tough carrying on the tradition of mildly amusing, half-assed posts over here. My shoulders are tired from carrying the burden. You both owe me.
Sidenote #2 - (insert obligatory rebuttal to XC2's weak-sauce smack here. Depends on what route she takes. If we're lucky, she'll break out the Garmin smack. "Your watch sucks". Oooohhh....burn!)
11 comments:
There's nothing wrong with busting out the headphones if you need too. Good luck and have fun!
I have an internal iPod. Unfortunely the only song in the playlist is the theme from The Brady Bunch.
Let's just clarify something real quick...I'm pretty sure that at no point in the history of this fine country has anyone from Kansas ever referred to Nebraska as "beautiful". You've got a kick-ass zoo...it ends there.
I always thought Nebraska was "the old country" where my grandfather lived. Good luck not getting DQ'd for the headphones. Cheers!
Hmmm, I thought Jackass was your middle name?
Missouri has a century of payback due to the Huskers. Sorry that your run will have to include you moping about Nebraska being booted from the top 25...
YES! RunnuRMark took it out of my mouth.
BTW, since you looked at the weather, you are almost certain to have a full fledged blizzard. All of the other runners should start thanking you now.
It depends on how strict the race people are about the headphone thing. At the Army Ten Miler it STRICTLY forbidden, and hey, I wasn't gonna mess with soldiers. They have guns (probably not at the race, but in theory, they could be armed). Do these race officials in Nebraska have guns? If not, then plug in those ear buds as soon as you can!
No headphones allowed? Bring speakers!
Oooh, the forecast now has SNOW every hour. I knew it would pay off to sit on it for a day. My weather post is going to be sooooo much better than yours!
I was told that everyone who lives in Nebraska wakes up every morning and says: “Crap!!! I’m still in Nebraska!!!” oh, and I’ve been there, so I totally believe it.
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