The one-way street in front of the parking garage did not head the one way I wanted to go, so I had to loop around New York Street to try again, when suddenly I found myself in the middle of a triathlon. I always run into unexpected events downtown.

As I sped alongside the bikers, I had an urge to speed up and try to beat them, as if I was competing. However, the increased police presence kept my speedometer safely under the speed limit.

I yelled, “Yeah! Go!” to the competitors, even though they couldn’t hear me from inside my air-conditioned car. Ever since I participated in the Indy 500 Mini-Marathon, I have a lot of respect for people who train and compete in long-distance events. I’ve been rolling around the idea of competing in a triathlon myself, however I don’t know how to swim and I don’t own a working bike, so I would only be able to run. Then I wouldn’t so much be competing in a triathlon as a monathlon. We could hold [...]

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I’ve had to fight the urge to overeat a lot more lately. It’s like overeating is the school bully who used to pummel me for my lunch money once a week, but now he’s ganged up with two of his friends and they’re beating me up before school every day. I don’t really know why. I haven’t felt so well lately, with my headache and my foot injury and the winter that never ends. I certainly haven’t felt like my upbeat, motivated self that so many of you find inspirational. I’ve been keeping up with my marathon training, but the Pilates and weight training have taken a hit as a result. I just don’t quite feel like myself lately and I miss being myself. That PastaQueen chick, she’s kind of cool, I wish I was more like her.

Anyway, there are highs and lows in life and I’m in a bit of a slump lately. I just have to remind myself that there is a high coming up somewhere. Hopefully I won’t have to run up [...]

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The fire marshal’s dilemma

I went to see Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma speak last night, but I ran into the fire marshal’s dilemma instead. The room Pollan was speaking in was filled to capacity, so I headed to the overflow room with a video feed instead. A woman guarding the door to the room asked me, “Do you already have a seat?” to which I should have replied, “Of course!” and stridden confidently into the room. However, I am far too honest for my own good and said, “No” and was turned away from the lecture. So, your burning questions about locally grown produce will have to go unanswered. Sorry! At least you didn’t have to parallel park and walk briskly in the freezing rain all for nothing.

Help a triathlete out

Want to feel good about yourself without having to do anything requiring your credit card number or copious amounts of free time? You can help Sarah win the final round of a contest to be a member on a sponsored triathlon team. [...]

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