Wow. I haven’t even read a post yet, but I’m behind by just answering comments. Here goes.
1. Am I going to the drum & bugle corps competition this Thursday at the Berry Center? YOU BETCHA! To me, it is totally worth the price of the ticket (they aren’t cheap, that’s certain) but then again, I played trumpet in the marching band not only in high school, but also in the Marching 100 at IU for 4 years so that kind of thing is right up my alley.
I don’t think it’s so loud that it will bother your ears though. Part of that is because they are marching in formation some of the time, so on occasion they’ll be facing the opposite side (everyone sits on the “home” side). I don’t think there’s such a thing as a brass instrument that plays too loudly though, so take my comments for what they’re worth.
Off topic, our church very rarely has brass instruments during the service but when they do, it’s behind plexiglass, which is just a crying shame in my opinion. I always comment that the poor things look like they’re in prison.
I think you should definitely go! When’s the last time you went to something like that? It’s summer, it’s fun, I’m pretty sure they have frozen lemonade there, does it get any better? When I question spending money on something like that, I just remind myself that my oldest brother was 44 when he died suddenly, and that reminds me life is short - take it all in while you can, be all that you can be.
2. Yellow vs. Red. Sadly, I am definitely not running yellow pace these days for any number of reasons. Oh wait - just one reason. I’ve done a lousy job of staying up on my running (but I did indeed run this morning with no walk breaks in that fabulous hot Houston weather). So I’m quite slow these days. I also had an issue with plantar fasciitis earlier this spring though, and I sure don’t want to aggravate it by signing up for more mileage/time and so forth so I’m definitely trying to play it easy and not stress myself out over moving back.
Actually, there is a 75-90% chance I will move to the half before the season is over. I know of someone who’s running the half this year for the first time and I’d really like to run it with them. Provided they stay up on their training, and I fully expect that to happen, then I will switch. That’s on the TBD list.
3. Coaching a Fit group. Well, they actually have a gazillion Red coaches. Actually, I’ve unofficially helped out in that capacity the past couple of years, at least part of the time. Last year there was a new runner in the yellow group who wasn’t from the area. I ran with her a number of times until she got comfortable with the route as the season progressed.
The year before that, I ran with 3 other people that we generally were at the front of the pack for the Red group. Because we knew all the routes for the various mileage, we’d lead the pack out.
Right now I’m helping on the side; today I’m working on the sign-in sheet; I have the names of all the members, and pictures for most of them so I’m creating a template where they’ll check in before each Saturday run, and check out afterwards.
I’ve been asked to step up to a different capacity in the next couple of seasons which I’m giving some thought to. That’s also a TBD.
The thing about officially being a coach is you need to be CPR certified so we always need plenty of those around. But anyone can take on the role of leading when the opportunity presents itself.
Posted on July 14th, 2008 by me...of course
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