NY Marathon

It was today? Shit, I wanted him to win so I was going to get HCP to wait at the finish line nude. Oh wait, I meant at the starting line.

 

Thanks!! It was hell and yet I beat last year's time. I don't think I'll do it next year. We'll see.

 

Turquoise shirt, crosses finish line at end of video with fists clenched in air.

 

Well done KS!

 

Thanks!

 

Hey guys. I'm running the NYC Marathon again on November 1st. This time around, I will be running for the Parkinson's Foundation. Once everything is set up, I will let you know how you can donate.

 

Can I donate plasma?

 

Will there be enough survivors of the coronavirus to have a race?

 

I've run 11 miles in a Fitness Appreciation class in college but I've never ran 22 miles. Not much help to you, though.
I've heard it said that you should stock up on carbohydrates the day before such as spaghetti.

 

Hot gas with the electrons no longer associated with their atoms? Makes for great super conductive electricity but I don't see how this is going to help a marathon. Try it and let me know how it turns out. I'm curious.

 

I love fine wines. So far, my favorite is Chateaux Latour's Saint Emilion. I did once have a sweet Mondavi Chenin Blanc that was chilled and so good it was to die for. Love Napa valley reds and Columbia Winery's Red Willow Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (great bang for the buck). Also very fond of Dom Perignon which I get at Costco.

 

Home of Whitman College. My high school counselor graduated from Whitman and tried to convince me to spend my first two years in engineering school at Whitman.
Also, my ex buddy from my first year of college went to work there working for some agricultural interest.

 

Perhaps, with a side of fava beans?

 

I don't like fava beans.

 

Sorry, I just couldn't help the Silence of the Lambs reference.

 

That post was from 2015. I've since run two marathons. You could do it too if you wanted. It's not as hard as it sounds. You just need to train.

 

It's physically impossible for me to do it. I am a dialysis patient and it's all I can do to get in and out of my wheelchair. When I was in my 50s, yes, I could do it. But now I'm in my 70s and live pretty much in a wheel chair.
Before my kidneys failed, I could have lectured on physical activity. I worked out extremely strenuously for 12 1/2 hours a week concentrating on aerobic activity. Now, my heavy breathing comes when I spot a pretty woman.
If I went down the list of my present physical ailments you'd marvel that I'm still alive. I take about 2 dozen pills every day. I use nose sprays and eye drops several times a day. I take blood tests and shots several times a day. I send in my vitals one or two times a day. I sleep with a machine that aids my breathing. I have a partially paralyzed diaphragm. Then there's the cancer. I'm not even going into the over two dozen surgeries, the blindness in one eye, the insomnia, the allergies, the gout, the arthritis, the heart arrhythmia and the thyroid hormone deficiency.
I've been in the emergency room at least a dozen times. One time the fire department responded to my wife's 911 call and they saved my life with an IV while I was unconscious. I've spent a total of 4 weeks in intensive care on two occasions.
On one occasion, my blood pressure, where I have a chronic problem, was down to 39. on another occasion my blood sugar was down to 28.

If I could run a marathon it would be a true miracle and I truly would be the luckiest man alive. Wish I could do that.

Getting old ain't for wimps.

 

Lanny my friend, you've been competing in the Iron Man competition and you are winning sir! Keep it up.