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Jul 11, 2008

Death Valley Marathon

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I just signed up for the Death Valley Marathon 2009.  Exciting times indeed, the last one was just plain fun despite my inherent dislike for running in general.  It’s in stunning Titus canyon, it’s not a big race with lots of wankers and douchebags, it is just a bunch of dedicated runners (and people like me) doing what they love in a beautiful place.

Here’s another reason why I love the DV Marathon.  Without knowing it, I finished third in my age group thereby getting me a ribbon for this minor achievement.  Since I didn’t know it, none of us attended the award ceremony that night.  A couple weeks later I get a letter in the mail with the ribbon and a congratulatory letter.  Well, this year I plan on going to that awards ceremony and I’m going to go hollywood actor style in my acceptance speech.  Someone will have to physically drag me off the stage this year.

Hopefully the gimp and pimp combo will be able to overcome their fear of the outdoors or whatever the issue is before February so they can see the ceremony this year.  And as always there are tons of things left to explore in DV itself making for a really great weekend of the pimp wearing his medal and the gimp experiencing narcoleptic fits.

The last Death Valley Marathon writeup.