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Mayhem, a week before NYC!
By Kevin | October 31, 2011
As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade! Here’s how my last weekend before the NYC Marathon went down.
On Friday, I played indoor soccer with my team. I managed to get in the way of a defensive clearance with my thumb…probably fracturing it in the process (I’m actually waiting for X-rays at the hospital as I type this, now Monday). Can’t wait to see how it feels to swing it back and forth on a 26.2 mile run!
On Sunday, my family and I loaded up the car and headed to the Colorado Rapids playoff game! On the way, we came upon a road closure, and followed the detour. Another guy, who was already lost, also followed the detour, which confused him even more. He ended up rear-ending me at an intersection because he didn’t see all the brake lights ahead of him, especially mine.
No injuries, thankfully, but kinda sore all over today, and the car is pretty smashed up in the tailgate. It’s one more thing to deal with during a week that I was hoping would be calm, and would allow me to get mentally prepared for NYC.
Today is Halloween, so how do I turn a weekend like that into lemonade? Well, I become the “mayhem guy” from the Allstate Insurance commercials, of course!
Now, being in the hospital dressed like this is getting me some interesting reactions! Either people are recognizing it and chuckling, steering clear of me, or just looking at me like I’m really some kind of weirdo.
So, how do you protect yourself from mayhem like me? Just have a positive attitude and a good sense of humor, I guess! Happy Halloween!
Topics: training entry | 1 Comment »
November 4th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
That’s awful! When you retell this story years from now, you can talk about that time you “almost died right before the NYC marathon.”
Glad to see things are turning up for you. Good luck!