Tick, tick, tick.  Less than a week out, life-everything now consumed by Triple 8.  Work, home life, marathon training.  3 in 8 days.  This weekend, year’s first double.  Not sure if anything can truly emulate what I’ll experience travelling ALL the world’s continents – but putting it out there, 100% all in.  Nashville connection, touchdown South Carolina.

Friday travel day.  Lyft ride to Downtown bib pick-up, app-ride return to hotel check-in.  Sleeps location chose near tomorrow’s North Charleston finish.

Seaside humidity or seasonal flu but felt a change a-coming.  Which flight, which hacking traveler?  Lotta recent workplace suspects.  ‘Tis the season, hard to avoid LIFE.

Early to bed, early to rise.  Tomorrow’s another day, marathon day.  First of TWO 😉

Saturday morn.  Light drizzle, HIGH humidity.  Body achy.  Cough, head cold.  One step in front of the other.  HUMAN day.  No assurance I’ll go 8 Continents cough-free (trapped inside a host of Airbus coffins).  5-hour finish goal today/tomorrow – same as Triple 8.

Early-going SWEAT fest.  Drowning.  Slow down, walk.  Take it in.  Antebellum homes, Carolina palms.  Shot of ocean.  Not my day physically but… today, mentally blessed.

More walk than slog.  Check, done.  BIG BEAUTIFUL medal 🏅  3rd FINISH in South Carolina.

Lyft pick-up.  Hotel transfer, airport sink bath.  Hour flight.  Touchdown, Charlotte.  Lotta auto texts.  Storms moving thru the South.  Flight to Mobile cancelled?  Re-booked on an 11am flight.  Sunday?  That’s not gonna work.  Think.  Think.

Long line of folks telling me what I can’t do.  American Airlines, not helpful.  Think.  Think.

New ticket, new direction.  Delta to Atlanta.  Connection after storm-line passes thru the City.  Midnite arrival.

I’m here.  I’m sticky.  AND running marathon #2 in SIX hours.  Mobile, Alabama.

NO is a response, NOT a solution ✅

CHARLESTON MARATHON 2020

 

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