Today I Enter the 21st Century

Today’s my birthday, and I found this from the organizers of the California International Marathon in my inbox this morning:

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That’s very sweet of them, though slightly mitigated by the fact that this is the third year in a row I’ve registered for the race and haven’t been able to run it.

To make myself feel better, I decided to discard my stone knives and bearskins approach to training and join the digital age by getting a….

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Laugh if you will at my Luddite knuckle-dragging lurch into technological relevance, but Best Buy has it on sale and I had two Reward Zone coupons burning a hole in my pocket. Even with the sales tax, it came in under $130.

Now it’s a race to see which will happen first – I learn how to use the thing or I manage to get my mileage up to 20 a week. Place your bets.

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You are MINE, little dude.

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