Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
-Gandhi
October 16, 2011, 10:15 AM---M&G guest star Naomi finishes her FIRST HALF-MARATHON, along with Mumpus finishing her second!!
(Grumpus ran it too, but he does half-ironmans, so it's not such a big deal for him.)
It's odd, I've never considered myself a runner (eg. someone who enjoys running), but ever since my first 13.1 miler in May, I've got to admit that I've become a little enthused. Now finishing my second race I am thoroughly addicted, and I can't wait for my next one. This opens up a whole new world of exciting possibilities, from beer-marathons, to themed, costumed-marathons, to adventure marathons!
For this race, we met up with one of our most favorite people, Naomi, aka Long-legs McGee, who had forgotten to really train since she signed up 6 months ago. Let me also say that it was McGee's idea to sign up for the Newport Half-Marathon in the first place after she was that inspired by Mumpus's great finish in May. Maybe she was also inspired by M's lack of training in May. In addition, Mumpus had a serious surgery a month earlier, so she had lost a lot of her strength and confidence before this race.
Yet despite the challenges, they entered the race with strength and determination, with their tough yet tender coach, Grumpus, to lead them to victory.
We started out slow, and had an emergency pee-break 4 miles in, but as we rounded the half-way point, Grumpus pulled ahead to finish in time to capture Long-Legs and Mumpus on video.
We had lost our coach, but we showed an indomitable will to persevere, and managed to come through with a negative split time (second half faster than our first)..... M was so excited at the approach of the finish line (which came up much faster than I expected) that she tried to sprint and nearly tripped over the girl in front of her.... an embarrassing gaffe made worse by the fact that she and MaGee were supposed to raise their hands in victory together as they crossed the finish line. Oops.
Now for the real drama.....
-Gandhi
October 16, 2011, 10:15 AM---M&G guest star Naomi finishes her FIRST HALF-MARATHON, along with Mumpus finishing her second!!
(Grumpus ran it too, but he does half-ironmans, so it's not such a big deal for him.)
It's odd, I've never considered myself a runner (eg. someone who enjoys running), but ever since my first 13.1 miler in May, I've got to admit that I've become a little enthused. Now finishing my second race I am thoroughly addicted, and I can't wait for my next one. This opens up a whole new world of exciting possibilities, from beer-marathons, to themed, costumed-marathons, to adventure marathons!
For this race, we met up with one of our most favorite people, Naomi, aka Long-legs McGee, who had forgotten to really train since she signed up 6 months ago. Let me also say that it was McGee's idea to sign up for the Newport Half-Marathon in the first place after she was that inspired by Mumpus's great finish in May. Maybe she was also inspired by M's lack of training in May. In addition, Mumpus had a serious surgery a month earlier, so she had lost a lot of her strength and confidence before this race.
Yet despite the challenges, they entered the race with strength and determination, with their tough yet tender coach, Grumpus, to lead them to victory.
We started out slow, and had an emergency pee-break 4 miles in, but as we rounded the half-way point, Grumpus pulled ahead to finish in time to capture Long-Legs and Mumpus on video.
We had lost our coach, but we showed an indomitable will to persevere, and managed to come through with a negative split time (second half faster than our first)..... M was so excited at the approach of the finish line (which came up much faster than I expected) that she tried to sprint and nearly tripped over the girl in front of her.... an embarrassing gaffe made worse by the fact that she and MaGee were supposed to raise their hands in victory together as they crossed the finish line. Oops.
Now for the real drama.....
Hey kids-- Great report. The music/video/intro frames are very well integrated. But Grumpus...you should have had more faith in Mumpus and her speed. Then you could have filmed them crossing the line.(Or G should have run faster) The OAK
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