Last night WOW President showed up at 10:30pm with a rotisserie chicken the size of a small child but something smelt fishy. I know he's an awesome man, perhaps the bestest of best sponsors, but I also know he knows the way to my heart is via my stomach. Chicken and coffee are two sure ways to work your spell over me and get me to agree to things I may not normally agree to.
Yesterday, in between eating the chicken's leg and the breast, WOW President had asked me something but I was too distracted by the delishness of the chicken so I said "sure" and continued chewing.
Today it was confirmed. I now am racing in 10 days -- Sunday, October 6.
In ten days there is a race happening here in Cheonan and WOW President enlisted his 'WOW family' to participate in it. His WOW family consists of several of our Hulk members but it also includes Mouse Doctor. Due to Mouse Doctor's motorcycle accident, he obviously can not participate in a race let alone get up and really walk around. He's bedridden for the next two months.
With Mouse Doctor out, they've got a spare 10km racing bib.... well, not anymore apparently.
So in ten days I'll be standing at the starting line of a 10km race, sporting a Korean man's racing bib. The bibs are coloured according to the race you're participating in so hopefully no one will notice that the name on my bib doesn't exactly match me as a foreign woman. Hopefully they don't notice the little 'M' by my name either.
Guys naturally are faster runners than woman and I'll be running in the 20's category so I don't see myself scoring any ranking because the 20's group tends to be the largest. Snickers joked and told me "you better not win any ranking" because wouldn't that be weird to have Mouse Doctor's name called for a prize and then me, a foreign female, show up at the podium. He also thought it funny to tease me about running in the 20's group but I'm ok with that. I much rather prefer to be in the 30's category. I don't want to be in my 20's again and I'm quite proud of my age.
A 10km race I can definitely do, am just glad it's not another half marathon because it's only been a week or two since I've got back into the habit of running. I'm aiming to complete the race in under 50 minutes because my current running pace is 5.03mins/km. Shaving three seconds off each kilometer is doable and I thought it was a good goal but WOW President has a different goal. He hasn't yet established a set goal he wants me to achieve because I haven't yet established any kind of reward for any goal he sets.
A reward... hmmm....
I'm thinking perhaps a week of all-I-can-eat raw beef bibimbap could be a possibility. The most I've eaten this at his restaurant in a week has been four times and that's pretty much as much raw beef my tummy can handle.
But then again, maybe those gorgeous, high-end Adidas boots I've been eyeing online could be another possibility. They come with a hefty price tag of about $250. The raw beef dish goes for $9 a pop so the difference between the two possibilities I have in mind are quite different. I think if I pushed for the boots he'll come up with some outrageous goal time like 40 minutes.
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