Saturday, September 20, 2008

Am I Washing or Just Hanging Out?

Hey Prof, back in the time of your parents you know, SuperDave's era, not every one had machines to dry their clothes so there were these contraptions called "Clotheslines" after you had washed a garment you would use "Clothes Pins" to attach the garment to the line and viola! in a few hours your clothes would be dry.
Anyway, when I was in school in Alabama, Clotheslines were still pretty popular and they had this saying for a person that was a 1/2 bubble off plumb- "He don't know if he's washing or hangin' out!"

Well, right now I don't know if I'm washin' or hangin' out, I'll tell you now, you can believe me later. WTF am I talkin' about? I'm giving myself till tomorrow to decide if I'm running Arkansas. Dr. OB is right, these problems with my feet may be telling me something (not, as he suggests, that I need to work on my hand/one-eye coordination) but maybe that I need to take some time off. So, I'll run tomorrow, 15 - 20 miles and see how I feel. Then it's either: 1- Run Arkansas. 2- Get a cortizone shot and run Arkansas or C- Stop running for two months and retool and then start getting ready for Western States.

I don't know what it's gonna be, but shoot, I've 24 hours to decide. A lot can happen in 24!
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8 comments:

  1. superdave524September 20, 2008 at 5:36 AM

    Sounds like an excellent plan, m'man.

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  2. StarSeptember 20, 2008 at 6:54 AM

    I don't think Doc OB or your feet have been the only ones "telling you something" for the past year. I'm just sayin.

    If I were The Decider, I'd use drugs (heh heh heh). But whatever you decide we'll hang out with you Aman!

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  3. LynneSeptember 20, 2008 at 8:33 AM

    AMan,

    Like I said several months back, you will emerge from these challenges a bigger and better person.

    We are with you all of way !

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  4. Chase SquiresSeptember 20, 2008 at 9:35 AM

    Yeah, well you take two months off from running, you will emerge a "bigger" person ...

    I say take the cortisone, pop some oxycodone, take a slug of man-up and run the thing barefoot ... that'w what Dean would do.

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  5. The ProfessorSeptember 20, 2008 at 12:38 PM

    Didn't anyone else catch the punchline of this whole post? School in Alabama!!!! That's a classic...I gotta remember that one.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2008 at 12:38 PM

    No pain no gain.

    - Dean Karnazes

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  7. ArleneSeptember 20, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, whatever that may end up being!

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  8. Chase SquiresSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    so what's the verdict?

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