Please, pass it along.
The sun rose in San Diego, this morning, though you wouldn’t know it because it was very foggy and I went to Diplo’s Run Club. The 5k event, wherein runners “hit the pavement hard and celebrate even harder,” wound through downtown and ended at Petco Park with the very famous DJ spinning records for a crowd of around 8k and it all gave me much pause.
I was not expecting Diplo’s Run Club to be fun, per se, but it was and I thought, “We surfers are grouchy because there are too many surfers in the water, kooks etc., and it is all grouch-inducing and we tell the kooks to beat it, or wish we could tell them, but never tell them where they might beat it to. Moving forward, we should tell them to beat it to Diplo’s Run Club because they will have fun, too, and not bother anyone.”
It’s a strange thing about running. It is fine alone, it is fine with a group, it is fine with a crowd of 8k and especially when everyone ends up at a dance party. If we spent more time encouraging other activities, rather than surfing, it would be effective.
I didn’t actually run the 5k, I walked maybe 3k of it and cut many corners and stopped at a cafe, at some point, but got a medal at the finish line along with everyone else.
Here’s a picture of me wearing it.
It was a red letter day.
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Better than when JP writes about running at least.
Its the I walked maybe 3k of it and cut many corners and stopped at a cafe, at some point version.
Really?
After the last time you heavy-trolled me then tried to strike up a friendship?
There he is! How’s the book coming…? For all of us I hope it does better than JSC’s.
I found the Cactus locals warm and friendly, aside from the ket laced spliff they shared which left me fearing for my anus while paralyzed in my swag…
Next thing is a full marathon Chas. I hope you are ready for this.
A gentleman should never be seen in a hurry, much less ‘running’.
Such an uncouth activity. All the hideous perspiration and panting.
I do take part in such events but I have one the servants do the unseemly part, and I then take over and saunter casually over the finish line to to collect medals, beverages etc. to great acclaim.
Marvelous.
“one the servants “ 🤣🤣
My 7 yr old son like to wear place ribbons too
Does he cut corners?
Constantly , a lot of them are stolen from his brothers room
That medal balances right on your paunch, you don’t even need the strap.
Street Grit
Beach Quit
Or maybe Quit Grit?
That’s fast recovery from a broken ankle. Did you get some of those Tijuana stem cells injected?
Unfortunately no. That’s why I walked.
Para lympics next
?
consider BPC-157 peptide capsules—if they’re good enough to be a banned substance by most collegiate and professional sporting organizations, they’re good enough to heal you faster
Wait, you wore pants to walk/run a 5K? That’s committment to your “no shorts in public” thing on a whole new level.