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------------------------------- DID YOU KNOW? ------------------------------- The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (http://www.hiv.va.gov/) served 19,346 unique patients with HIV during the federal fiscal year 2002. ------------------------------- PROGRESS UPDATE ------------------------------- I’m almost there. Can you believe it? You would think I would be bursting with excitement, but it’s just too surreal for me to grasp. I know once I arrive in Florence, it’s all going to hit me, but right now, it’s still in the future. With this marathon taking the good part of this year, the training has simply become habit. I wake up. I run. Repeat. The fact is that, in less than two weeks, I will board a plane that will take me to Italy, but as far as I’m concerned, Italy might as well be another planet. (Some of you would argue that it, in fact, is.) Adding to all this is the fact that I’m in pre-race recovery mode. We’re only running 8 – 10 miles for our long runs every week now. By the time I do the marathon, a month will have passed since I ran anything near 26 miles. Of course, I seem to be repeating this in my professional life as well. I’m in the midst of a job change, and now that I’m approaching the big day, it seems like I have to put everything on hold. I have to wait until I return. All I want to do is cross that finish line. I’m the kid in the back seat asking, “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” I’m suspended in time and space. I’m held at 23 miles and I can’t seem to run the last three. I just want to move forward. And I think, you know, if I had to watch Rocky going through a recovery period, I probably would of walked out of the movie. Fortunately, an article came my way, called Taper Traps (http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244--10201-0,00.html) and I realized that I’ve struggled a little bit with “That Sinking Feeling”. Reading this article helped. I realized that I haven’t been allowing myself to stop, rest, and ready myself for the long run. It always amazes me how standing still is far more a difficult challenge in life, than say, running a marathon. It’s one of those things, I beg for at times (“Oh, please, just let me rest!”) and then when I receive it, I don’t know what to do with it. I become nervous about what I should be doing and nitpick over what I’m not doing. Thanks to the article, I had to face what I’ve been doing to myself for the last week or so. Running in circles! So now I’ve been working on enjoying myself, taking pleasure in 8-mile runs that seem easy and short, while I make my final preparations for the trip. And besides, there are some wonderful things to look forward to between now and the marathon, like the Bon Voyage Party the wonderful people at APLA are throwing for us runners. That’s this Thursday. Then once we are in Italy, we’re having a dinner all together the night before the marathon. Pasta, of course. I figure with that kind of incentive, I can learn to take it easy. ------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------- SILECT AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED On Thursday, November 26, 2006, the Black AIDS Institute will honor Rev. Michael Beckwith (see http://www.agapelive.com) in their sixth annual fundraiser, “Heroes In The Struggle,” at the Directors Guild of America, Sunset & Laurel, Los Angeles, CA. Other honorees this year will include Dionne Warwick and Friends (Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder), Duane Cramer, Patrik Ian Polk and Rashida Abdul-Kabir. The Black AIDS institution is still seeking items for the silent auction. Anyone wishing to purchase tickets or take an ad in the souvenir journal please contact event producer Kenneth R. Reynolds, (323) 766-5551 or publicrelationsplus@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------- RUNNER OF THE WEEK ----------------------------------------- K SQUARED As a promising young runner during the early 1990s, Khalid Khannouchi of Morocco asked the track federation of his home country for assistance with training expenses. When the federation refused assistance, Khannouchi traveled to the United States in 1993, found a job in Brooklyn washing dishes, took up residence with three friends in an apartment and then began serious training. Khannouchi married American Sandra Inoa (a runner he met at a 5k race in Hartford, Conn.) in September 1996 and applied for his green card two months later. He was sworn in as a U.S. citizen on May 2, 2000. Khannouchi ran very well in smaller road races in the U.S. before running the fastest debut marathon in history to win the 1997 Chicago Marathon. Two years later, Khannouchi ran the fastest time ever in the marathon at Chicago on October 24, 1999. And three years after that, he again ran the fastest time in the world in the London Marathon in April 2002. 2002: Set World record by winning the London Marathon in a time of 2:05:38. Amazing! 2000: Set American record by winning LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon in 2:07:01 on October 11, his first marathon as a U.S. citizen...3rd at London Marathon in 2:08:36...U.S. citizen on May 2...ranked #3 in world (#1 U.S.)...best of 2:07:19. 1999: Won LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon in world record time of 2:05:42...best of 2:05:42. 1998: Won LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon in 2:07:19...best of 2:07:19. 1997: Won LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon in 2:07:10, the fastest marathon debut in history...best of 2:07:10. ----------------------------------------- LINKS ----------------------------------------- Visit my blog – http://runnerla4119.blogspot.com Find out more about APLA – http://www.apla.org/ Make an online donation – http://www.aidsmarathon.com/participant.asp?runner=LA-4119&Year=2006&EventCode=FL06 And if you have a good, durable suitcase with wheels you are planning to donate, please consider passing it on to me :) Visit my Amazon Marketplace shop – http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/002-2564014-4522461?seller=A1FZSVIGYMYZ50&marketplaceSeller=1 Download the flyer and spread the word – http://www.geocities.com/jrossini@sbcglobal.net/RossiniAIDSFlyer.pdf Visit me at MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/oldladyrossini ------------------------------------------------------ CONTACT ME / SUBSCRIPTION INFO ------------------------------------------------------ Jennifer Rossini runnerla4119@sbcglobal.net http://runnerla4119.blogspot.com |
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