[SkateDC] How not to race

[Carl Ford]

   Thanks to Jim Dillard for catching my error.  The thing to NOT do  
is NOT drink tons of water.

   Quoting Jim Dillard <jmdill1 at verizon.net>:

> Carl,
>     'Sorry for my confusion on #2.  Are you saying don't drink lots or
> do drink lots of water?
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Ford" <ford at dcaccess.net>
> To: <skate at skatedc.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:18 PM
> Subject: [SkateDC] How not to race
>
>
>
>
>    There are two big things to not do in a race:
>
>    1. Do not run too quickly early.
>
>    2. Drink lots of water. The time that you spend on a bathroom
> time-out will be less than the time you spend if you get nasty cramps.
>
>    I ignored these two rules and ran the first 23 miles in 3 hours  
> 21 minutes.
>
>    Unfortunately, a marathon is 26.2 miles long. So I limped in to
> the finish and missed all skaters but one. Oh well.
>
>    --
> Carl Ford
> ford at dcaccess.net
>
> Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
> -Mark Twain, Note to the Young People's Society, Greenpoint
> Presbyterian Church,
> 1901
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Carl Ford
ford at dcaccess.net

Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
-Mark Twain, Note to the Young People's Society, Greenpoint  
Presbyterian Church,
1901