What a few months:
Just quickly popping in. It seems like I never have time to update this thing. Then, when I realize how far behind I am with updating this site as well as my other two blogs, I feel even more defeated to start writing.
Election 2024:
While I do not really get into politics in this blog. I have to admit that I'm pretty disappointed with the results from this year's Presidential Election, but I've come terms with it... actually faster than I anticipated. As a minority who checks multiple boxes for underrepresentation, I'm used to disappointment from others. For me, it's not a democrat/republican thing. It's more of a never having a candidate with so much dirt on him and still make it to the highest office of the land...twice. I mean, this man literally told (or rather heavily suggested) that his followers over through the government when he lost in 2020. Unfortunately, I kind of had a feeling that he would win a second term. To put it bluntly, there is no way that the US is going to elect a non-White women as President before a White woman.
Richmond Marathon:
Looks like I have four days, well technically five days, before Richmond Marathon. Y'all this marathon is going to be a disaster. But, hey, it's my own fault because I really was not dedicated to training for this marathon. Not sure why, but it was very hard to get into the groove of training for this thing. For instance, my longest run (18 miles) occurred during the 1st week of October, and it's not like I have been doing a lot of easy runs over the past few weeks. While this is 100% my fault, I think part of the reason for my training failure is not having or finding a running community/culture in my part of Maryland. While I was not an active member of running groups while living in NYC, I had ample opportunities to run and participate in local races. Yes, there are local races here, but many of them involve a medium to long commute to them. Also, most of the NYC local races that I ran typically were in Central Park, so it was easy to make and stick with racing routine. Finally, my fitness and eating habits have gone to crap (again, my fault), so I have gained some (well a lot of) weight. Before I even get started working out, I'm already feel like a disappointment for letting my fitness health decline. :(
LOL. I asked ChatGPT to give me some advice on how to "run" a marathon with very little training. Here's what ChatGPT told me.
Richmond Marathon plans for the week:
-Load up my phone with plenty of music, podcasts, and audiobooks because there will be A LOT of walking on Saturday. I even bought a new portable charger for this purpose...maybe I should purchase two. ;)
-Pack plenty of running snacks because I have a feeling I'll be on the course for more than 6 hours.
-Make reservations for a post-marathon dinner. At this rate, I probably will have to get dinner a Taco Bell since I'm going to finish the marathon VERY late. ;) Actually maybe I will not finish too late in the night. This marathon starts at 8 am, unlike NYC Marathon that would typically start around 10 am for my wave.