HERE’S A POST FROM ONE YEAR AGO – A FEW DAYS AFTER THE BROOKLYN HALF: As
I put on my sneakers this morning, preparing to take another run, I
took a long, hard look at those well-worn shoes. My blue and white
nylon Sauconys with the small hole in the right toe and the frayed
thread around the edges are like old friends. We’ve been through so
much together.

I also put on my official Brooklyn Half-Marathon t-shirt that I got
with the New York Road Runners Club registration bag. My race number is
already in the special cabinet in the living room where we put small,
special things.

The looming question now is what next. Do I train for the New York
marathon or just keep on keeping on with light training three or four
times a week. There are shorter races and other half-marathons to do. A
friend mentioned a half-marathon in Central Park for women over 40 and
there’s always the Faster Five course at Jack Rabbit.

I told a stranger with a Caribbean accent I befriended on the course
as we turned into the final stretch: "Now that you’ve done this you can
do anything in your life."