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December 15, 2005

woohooo I'm on my way!

This morning I ran a whole mile straight without stopping!! I don't think I've done that since I was 13 or 14 so I consider this a massive accomplishment!!! Granted, it was a 13 min mile but still! I can work on getting faster.

I've been averaging nearly two miles every training session but it's always interspersed with walking so this is just plain cool to me. My boss wants me to run the James Joyce Ramble with her at the end of April. It's a 10k so that's a rather lofty goal but I'm going to aim for it! If I keep on the same training schedule I should be able to manage it! I think that running a race like that for my first one is actually terribly apropos since I'm such a literary lover...

The James Joyce Ramble is a charity-driven event of a nature not offered anywhere else in the world, fully integrating the elements of culture, literature and athletics.

In its second decade, it is known throughout the world. Among its attractions is the scenery and ambiance of the course where each mile is named for a literary work by James Joyce, with costumed professional actors all along the way interpreting these works with staged readings accompanied by traditional music of the British Isles.

The venue of this respected 10-kilometer road race and fitness walk is in the historic New England town of Dedham, adjacent to Boston. Dedham is the government seat of Norfolk County. The race by tradition is always held on the final Sunday of April. Ramble participants are college educated professionals who are drawn from all over the country by the event's reputation as a grand spectacle of a race sanctioned by USA Track & Field and conducted on a certified 6.2 mile course with records held by Olympic medal winners.

I REALLY want to be able to do this...

Posted by crystallyn at December 15, 2005 07:55 AM

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That's a laudable goal! You can do it!

Posted by: Ancarett at December 15, 2005 07:26 PM