I just made a wager with one of the fastest marathoners on the Dana-Farber team -- none other than the Bluestocking Runner!
Our wager is, of course, based on the race. As a Boston qualifier, the BR will start in the first wave -- a few corrals and several minutes ahead of me. (Her number is 6066; that is, she is runner 66 in corral 6. My number is 22175.)
We are racing gun time, not chip time. That is, whoever crosses the finish line first is the winner.
If I finish first, then she must read Gravity's Rainbow.
If she finishes first (by far the more likely scenario), then I must read Pride & Prejudice.
As if I needed more motivation!
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On Monday April 16, 2012, I will run the 116th Boston Marathon in my fifth Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge. Before race day, I hope to raise $7,000 for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Cancer Research.
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2 comments:
Great book, and from what I can tell (I've only read The Crying of Lot 49) a lot less... labor-intensive than Gravity's Rainbow.
I love what the lady said about you . . . she has to remind herself that she's married and old enough to be your mother! What a stud!
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