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Missed Race - NYRR 8k Challenge
Posted by Runner NYC on 3/16/2008 on Runner NYC's blog
Last night, I was sitting here with my race clothes laid out on the bed and my race bag packed. I had checked the weather and had a back-up plan for the extra 11 miles I was supposed to run.
Unfortunately, the race was yesterday morning. I planned for a Sunday race all week. I don't know what happened, but I suspect I got mixed up because I'd attempted to run Shamrock and had Sunday in my head.
Even worse, this race was a crucial component of a longer-term goal, which is virtually impossible for me to attain now. At this point, there is nothing that I personally can do to achieve that goal and I can't hope for the necesssary changes, because that will impact thousands of other runners' plans.
My first DNS - but I'm marking it with an asterisk, because I didn't DNS on purpose.
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simon says:

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Comiserations. I'm impressed that this was your first DNS; I am much more cavalier about whether I turn up or not, although I don't think I've ever been DNF.

by simon on Mon, 2008-03-17 18:17

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