August has been shaded with ambivalence about this blog. Part of me misses posting regularly, but another part of me cannot muster the energy to sit down to compose anything decent. This Ellipses post is my lazy way of putting my toe in the water, while watching the men’s World Championship marathon on UniversalSports.com. Yes, I paid $3.99 for the privilege, and as it turns out it’s 8:12 and they are having technical difficulties and the video stream hasn’t started yet!…The Irish-American Athletic Club is an organization and structure once located in Sunnyside, south of Queens Boulevard. This club produced scores of athletic champions, men who set world records and competed in the Olympics. Recently, our city councilman agreed to rename 43rd Street in my neighborhood “Winged Fist Way” in recognition of this history. I have a little dream of starting an annual 5k race in Sunnyside that would coincide with the St. Patrick’s Day for All Parade… The Underwear Run was staged as usual this year before the New York City Triathlon. Mark my words: One day I WILL be skinny enough to participate without scaring the tourists…. While I haven’t started dating, I am definitely hanging onto this link for when the fun begins. Also: it’s official, Vibram Five Fingers are now mainstream… Maintaining the trend in my life of men being free of me and then going on to accomplish great things, my ex finally succeeded in getting the community board and parks department to approve and fund plans for a dog run in our local park… While I’ve given up any hope of PRing at my half-marathon this September, I am still looking forward to the flat, seaside course of the Gulf Beach Half-Marathon… on Tuesday I start the Game On! Diet, adopting a healthier lifestyle with friends for four weeks and competing against another team. Hopefully this will be a way for me to lose my divorce weight, hydrate more effectively, and get proper amounts of sleep… at 8:48 and the video stream is still down at UniversalSports.com…
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Pigtails Flying 
thanks, babe. even your random thoughts are a nice connection to read.
may the force be with you.
Good that Universal Sports plugged in the lead prior to the second half of the marathon – some good racing there.
I had a laugh at that underwear piece — I successfully visited Queens without getting lost! You wouldn’t be scaring any tourists — I would however, with my white torso and brown arms and legs (especially if I wore the pair of underdacks that Joy found with the holes in them).
Good luck with your goals. Focus on the positive. I went through a bad divorce, too, and it took a marathon to pull me out of my miserable state. You’ve written some inspiring blogs in the past. I hope you find your own inspiration to keep writing. Best of luck.
Thank you Jess! I haven’t had the stamina for a marathon yet but am hoping to build towards that in 2012.