I'm doing 42 things
I get a call from my high school coach inviting me to run a time trial with the kids. I said yes. I haven’t been doing much training because of work and school but figured 3.1 miles shouldn’t be that bad and it would be fun. I get there and find out we are actually doing 8 miles, yikes! He says I can ride my bike but I’ve never been one to skip workouts unless I’m hurt.
So we get on the road and I’m running 6 minute pace which is good considering the limited training and having been sick for the past week. Anyways, this is not a comeback story, I died little by little but managed a 55:49, about 6:58 miles. Way off my personal best of 46 min but I was expecting worse.
Now I’m psyched about training and coming back maybe I’ll do some indoor races. My load of school and work is not too bad this fall so my goal is to train at least 5X a week. Gotta get myself a good training book and start building my work outs.
Francisco's Life List
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1. own my own island
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2. stop procrastinating
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3. run a marathon
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4. run faster
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5. Read more
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6. get married
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7. Understand women
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8. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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9. actually do all the things on my 43things.com list
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10. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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11. Fall in love
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12. stop being so shy
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13. Go to graduate school
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14. stop being a mess
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15. Make love.
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16. learn to dance
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17. clean my room and keep it organized
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18. be confident and courageous, consistently.
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19. let go
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20. learn to be the sweetest guy ever
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21. be more decisive
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22. live instead of exist
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23. swear less
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24. be happy
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25. get straight A's this semester
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26. Drive across the USA
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27. learn to swear in every major language
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28. get braces
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29. learn guitar
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30. be less sarcastic
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31. be less cynical
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32. be nicer to my parents
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33. Share my 'music knowledge' with other 'music geeks' as myself
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34. Skydive
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35. be a better listener
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36. Make new friends
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37. make sure the people i love, know it
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38. find the name of a song I only know some of the lyrics of!
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39. Get over my hesitation in approaching and talking to attractive women
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40. have more faith
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41. give my parents as much as they have given me
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42. cook more often
1 cheer633 people
Recent entries
Time trial
45 minutes ago
f*** the real world
7 months ago
I say f* work and f* school if it don’t give me anytime to do any serious training. Enough time for half hour runs is not enough for a distance runner. I need a buddy who will run with me late at night or the marathon this year will be very slow or I won’t finish cause i won’t cross that finish line if my time is slower than 2:52. Anyone from Staten Island, NY just though I’d ask.
