Hi Bethany, I meant to come over and introduce myself. Best I do it here; don't read me right now, I'm frothing at the mouth about the Middle East. I'm not always on political rants. (But ranting in general isn't terribly unusual for me.)
I envy your ability to pound out the mileage. I'm a runner in my heart of hearts, but the reality is that I'm an over-fat over-forty woman who has taken a pounding and can barely run anymore. My mileage tops out around 12 miles a week when everything is going great. That works out to running three miles or so every other day. If I do that, I can stay uninjured. If I do more, BAM, I'm on LiveJournal bitching about knees or hips or ankles or whatever. I'm not aging gracefully. I've taken to doing short course triathlons because I simply have no other option besides cross-training. Swimming is still a bit of a chore to me, but I've taken to cycling quite joyfully.
I'm really involved and interested in education. Key West is one of my favorite places. I appreciate your interest in disasters as well as activism: when I grow up (i.e., when my KIDS grow up) I'd love to go work for Doctors Without Borders in some hell-hole where I can make a difference. In the meantime, I'm a tax accountant (yawn).
I forget how I found you: I think it was by searching for disaster prep. Anyway, that's my intro. I'll go back into lurk mode now!
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I envy your ability to pound out the mileage. I'm a runner in my heart of hearts, but the reality is that I'm an over-fat over-forty woman who has taken a pounding and can barely run anymore. My mileage tops out around 12 miles a week when everything is going great. That works out to running three miles or so every other day. If I do that, I can stay uninjured. If I do more, BAM, I'm on LiveJournal bitching about knees or hips or ankles or whatever. I'm not aging gracefully. I've taken to doing short course triathlons because I simply have no other option besides cross-training. Swimming is still a bit of a chore to me, but I've taken to cycling quite joyfully.
I'm really involved and interested in education. Key West is one of my favorite places. I appreciate your interest in disasters as well as activism: when I grow up (i.e., when my KIDS grow up) I'd love to go work for Doctors Without Borders in some hell-hole where I can make a difference. In the meantime, I'm a tax accountant (yawn).
I forget how I found you: I think it was by searching for disaster prep. Anyway, that's my intro. I'll go back into lurk mode now!