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. Go to graduate school
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2. have more faith
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3. be a better listener
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4. Get over my hesitation in approaching and talking to attractive women
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5. stop being so shy
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6. run a marathon
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7. Share my 'music knowledge' with other 'music geeks' as myself
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8. Drive across the USA
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9. Make love.
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10. learn to dance
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11. be happy
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12. make sure the people i love, know it
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13. learn to be the sweetest guy ever
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14. be less sarcastic
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15. get braces
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16. swear less
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17. stop procrastinating
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18. be nicer to my parents
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19. run faster
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20. own my own island
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21. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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22. Fall in love
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23. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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24. learn guitar
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25. be less cynical
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26. be more decisive
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27. get straight A's this semester
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28. Skydive
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29. Read more
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30. be confident and courageous, consistently.
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31. Understand women
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32. live instead of exist
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33. give my parents as much as they have given me
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34. clean my room and keep it organized
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35. Make new friends
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36. stop being a mess
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37. cook more often
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38. let go
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39. actually do all the things on my 43things.com list
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40. get married
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41. learn to swear in every major language
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42. find the name of a song I only know some of the lyrics of!
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Recent entries
Time trial
14 months ago
f*** the real world
22 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.
