I Had a Clever Title, But It's Been Forgotten

Eli 24.3 is leaving for Zimbabwe tomorrow for the SkyRun, which is 56k of incredibly difficult ultra-marathon. He'll be there for a week to acclimatize to the altitude, and the race is on December 6. 

We talked on the phone this week about family records. 

We have family records for everything (all held by him or me), and also have an endless amount of fun talking about them.

"I wish we had a combined record," Eli said. "Something my kids and their kids would have a real challenge to beat. Like a combined 100,000 step day."

"Maybe the time for that is past--"

"Wait a minute! I'll probably get 70,000 steps during the race."

"Uh-oh, I see where this is going," I said.

And so it did. On the day he runs the ultra, I'll be chugging through Manhattan, trying to reach 30,000 steps to get us to 100,000.

I haven't walked 15 miles in one day in a long time, but we did do 24,000 steps one day in Japan. And it's an opportunity to walk the length of Central Park and all the way down to the Financial District. I think I can get through it.  

Here's hoping, anyway.