On New Year's Eve, Gidg and I spent a bit of time in Manasquan participating in the Jersey Shore Running Club's Twilight Run. This year-ending two-mile fun run was shelved last year due to an earlier iteration of COVID-19. This year, it was "Omicron Be Damned!" Apparently, there were many people among the participants who considered it difficult to take seriously a virus whose name might have had it mistaken for the latest forgettable installment in Michael Bay's interminable Transformers franchise. I must confess that neither Gidg nor Yours truly were among those many people. Neither of us spent a moment longer than necessary indoors to pick up our bibs and the entirety of that time was spent masked up and as far away from others as possible.
While I participated not at all in the event’s social aspect, I did participate in the Run. I did so representing the good people of Boulder County, Colorado, including but not limited to those who share my affiliation with CU.
Although there is actual proof of me crossing the finish line (as opposed to only running 35.5% of the required distance) I did in fact complete it. It was only two miles after all. To the surprise of no one, least of all me, I did not finish first (as evidenced by this photograph taken by a photographer stationed at the finish line.
This young woman was not the only person who finished before I did. She was merely the closest one to me at race’s end.
-AK
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