This post is dedicated to my good friend Jo. Here's the story:
Jo and I met in college. We were computer science majors at University of Michigan - Flint, and had many good times and laughs in college. (I will not tell you what year it was! ;) ) Well, life happened and we drifted apart. Fast forward to 2004, when I get an email from Jo. She'd been looking for me for years and finally found me. Since then we've been back in touch constantly. The cool thing about our reunion has been that it never felt weird or awkward, it felt like we just were on pause for a few years and picked it right back up. Of course our lives were different and we'd both grown up, but our talking and laughter has not changed one bit.
One of the other really cool things about Jo is that she is a runner. I mean a REAL runner. This weekend, she completed her first Marathon. She's been running the Crim for years and now this. She's been struggling with injury also, but she pushed through and completed this monumental goal. A marathon is really nothing I have an interest in, I'm more of a short distance girl, but I have a lot of respect for the amount of training she has put into this.
Since I picked up my running shoes again in 2005, we have a new thing in common! She's been one of my main motivators in getting me back in running shape. I don't think I'll ever be the runner she is, but I do push my self more and more because of her coaching.
You might call her my Master Po, or better yet, my Master Jo.
Ok, so what I'm about to tell you next may have you thinking "Did you say all those nice things about her so she wouldn't kick your ass?" And the answer is no, her marathon just happen to coincide with this and I really wanted to post a tribute to her on here.
I've been telling her for like a month that I'm gonna run a 5 k. Which I really am. It's not like I don't have the ability. I need to get in an official time because she's been coaching me in getting faster. Anyway, this was another weekend I was supposed to run. Actually I should be there right now, but I decided not to go for several reasons. (My excuses are weather, allergy and bodily function related, that's all you need to know!) So, don't be mad at me Jo, because I WILL run in one soon, it'll just have to wait until after the triathlon next week.
On a good note, I biked 12 miles on Friday, 30 miles on Saturday and 45 on Sunday. I actually feel great physically, so that is NOT one of my many excuses!
So I salute you Master Jo! Congratulations on your great achievement. And about my 5K...
Don't hate the player, hate the game!!
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Naa, I imagine that if you signed up for a 5k you would do just fine. I mean you already do tri's and that's harder and longer and has a 5k at the end basically. Too cool that you want to do that though. Good luck on the tri this weekend!
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