October 29, 2006

• Dirty, Dusty, Crooked, Muddy and Gutsy

  It  is the Xterra 10K Makena Scramble. What’s a Scramble?
  Scram·ble (intransitive verb)
  
  Definition: To clamber over rough terrain; to move uninhibited; to
  travel, go, locomote in a disorderly fashion; to free yourself from the
  ordinary and run wild!
  
  Basically, it’s a 10 K run on  Xterraroids.
  
  In their own words:
  Runners begin with an ascent up the south slope of Haleakala into
  the desert-like environment; all the while, the hot temperature
  enlightens racers why it is named “House of the Sun”.  After a pass
  though Cactus Alley, competitors are treated to a run on the white
  sands of Makena Beach, famed as one of the most beautiful beaches in
  the world. 

  The course continues through the “spooky” forest
  adorned with kiawe thorns and leads to a striking black sand beach, but
  beware, because the final leg is ornamented with grapefruit-sized
  cobblestones and lava rocks that are infamous for grabbing and twisting
  unsuspecting ankles

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  So, what’s the point of my little discourse on the 10K Xterra Scramble? Hubby and some of his friends went out yesterday and tried to kill themselves with this “little” run. Actually they had a great time while I and another wife hung out on the beach relaxing. We made up to the finish line to snap some pictures and welcome the returning warriors!

  I’m very proud of hubby — not so bad for a guy in his late forties!!

  Then we came home and started moving the fridges. We have two, one that we take everywhere because we love it so much, and the crappy one the landlord has in the house. Well the crappy one started doing an extra crappy job. I got tired of throwing food away because it kept spoiling so I asked hubby to switch them. Cost of living is high enough here without throwing away milk, cheese and other misc. food stuffs and having to replace them regularly.

  Why hubby choose yesterday to do this heavy duty menial task — no clue. But it’s done. We cleaned both fridges out thoroughly, and got rid of all the food that needed to be disposed of. Boy did hubby sleep well!

  So did I. It’s been a busy week. Had MAJOR problems with the charter school (That’s a whole nother blog — I almost had an aneurysm dealing with them), but Squirt starts normal school tomorrow anyway.  She’s excited and nervous. I think she’ll be just fine. The real bummer is on Friday afternoon a home-school mom called, she had heard about Squirt through a mutual homeschool friend and had some questions for me. Her daughter is small for her age, 13, and thinking about going to same Intermediate school Squirt will be at. If we had hooked up 2 years ago, Squirt would have had a friend that was her age, home-schooled, and liked many of the things that she does……aaaarrrrrghhh.

  Murphy’s Law right?
  We have another busy day today, so I’m off to catch up and comment and then to get ready to go.

  Question of the day:

  Sports with a side of extreme or hold the extreme please?

  
  

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