YES!!!!!!!!
Today I completed my first 50k racewalk. I earned a silver medal, 2nd place in the women’s USA national championship 50k. Then I ate waffles, and walked right into the ocean.
I am overwhelmed by today — I have spent time with people who have inspired me, who have shown me kindness, total strangers who have come over to shake my hand and tell me they respect me, and how strong I am. And I have cried watching my teammates cross the finish line, knowing what they were dealing with, how much pain they were in, how much it took to stick to the end.
Western Women Go The Distance.
January 28th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Congrats!! Awesome. Your courage and determination is truly inspiring. Great job.
January 30th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
BTW, thought you might like this webcomic.
http://joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/799.html
Hope to talk to you soon.
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:01 am
I am so thrilled for you and your AMAZING accomplishment. The strength and resoluteness exhibited by you and your teammates is an inspiration to women everywhere. I really wish I could have been there to help cheer you on, but I hear Ted’s got a big enough mouth for the both of us
kitchen, kids, and kleenex? and kick-ass and kindness and kissing and kismet and keynote-speeches and kinetics and kinship and knee-braces and knowledge and kung fu and… clearly this dude needs to expand his vocabulary.
February 3rd, 2007 at 6:55 pm
[…] Congratulations to my friend Karen on completing her first 50k racewalk last weekend! How excellent! […]