馬拉鬆牛拉鬆

離開波士頓已經一個月零十天了，心裏麵還牽掛著那幫朋友，還惦記著那個國際人頭組織(HEAD)，還天天掛在那個mailing list上麵，關注著來自波士頓的消息。

 

來自波士頓的最新消息，是司徒同學又一次勝利的跑完了馬拉鬆。

我們國際人頭組織應該算得上是人才濟濟。喜歡戶外運動的，就有好幾個變態。比方說那個嫌空手爬山不過癮要專門背著一袋米的紅拂同學，比方說那個喜歡蹬著自行車在高速上追汽車的little broken同學，還有每天沒事就跑來跑去一跑就是十幾英裏的小沈同學和司徒同學。

小沈同學的故事好像以前講過一點。幾年前剛剛參加cambridge running club的時候，他小人家還隻能與老年婦女們為伍，後來越跑越快，進入了青年婦女組，再後來，就不知道他是否超越了青年婦女們，還是由於某個眾所周知的原因停滯不前了。去年他跑了波士頓馬拉鬆，後來又去跑了芝加哥馬拉鬆，跑完之後得意忘形，在酒吧裏麵慶祝出來，被兩個黑人小兄弟拿槍比著，不得不把剩餘的酒資捐獻出來。再後來，聽說他小人家的腿杆跑出了毛病，不得不暫時在馬拉鬆的道路上停下來修整。

司徒同學去年也跑完了波士頓馬拉鬆，但由於準備不夠充分，成績不是很理想，決定今年再跑。為此他準備了很久，據說在他家旁邊有一個小湖，環湖一圈五英裏，他經常去跑，一跑就至少三圈，成了當地一景。

昨天的波士頓馬拉鬆，由於Nor'easter來了，天氣不是很好，大家都有點為司徒同學擔心，擔心他就算經受得住衛斯理學院夾道歡呼的美女們的誘惑，也會因為惡劣的天氣半途而廢。結果他不但跑了下來，成績還挺不錯。可惜我們已經不在波士頓了，不能象去年一樣，在我們的小小condo裏為他開慶祝的party。想起來就有點惆悵。

跟這些馬拉鬆健兒們比起來，我老人家就慚愧的很了。這段時間下班之後，都爭取去海邊的那個保留地走一走。就算不能每天去，一個星期也至少要去個兩三次吧。昨天去的時候，感覺到這段時間的鍛煉似乎有點效果，於是就跑了起來，結果剛跑了一會兒，兩隻小腿的外側就酸疼的要死，最後好不容易才走回停車的地方。當時一邊一瘸一瘸的走，一邊跟小沈同學打電話，心裏想，人跟人不能比啊，不要說馬拉鬆，估計我老人家連牛拉鬆也跑不下來。唉，老了。

產生這些感概，寫下這些話，是因為剛剛看到司徒同學的一個伊妹兒。我覺得他寫的很好，現附在這裏，希望他不要來跟我討論版權的問題，畢竟明年來聖地亞哥跑馬拉鬆，還需要我這個牛拉鬆專家來接待嘛。嘿嘿。

（2007年4月17日於La Jolla）

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附：司徒同學的伊妹兒

Thanks everyone for your kind message, and thanks XiaoHang and XiaoSen for your encouragement and advice before I run.

I had a great time yesterday.  The weather was awful in the early of the morning, but became much better later.  Just as good as every runner hopes for, for the most time of the running, the weather was cool with some drizzle.  It was a great day, great run, and great fun.

To share a few things with you that I saw yesterday:

The most impressive runner was a blind runner, he carried a sign "I am a blind runner" on his back and was guided with two guide runners who were running with him on his left and right. 

I saw a "just married" couple.  The bride worn a pair of running shoes and dressed in white.  She run as beautifully as she was. 

There was another girl I thought impressive.  She carried a sign "26.2 miles for 26th birthday" on her back.  The girl was pretty heavy and run slowly.  I passed her at about 4th mile.  I hope she did well in the next 24 miles and had a meaningful birthday.

This year I think the most enthusiastic cheerful people were still Wellesley girls.  I could  hear them even from half mile away when I was approaching to Wellesley.

The cutest cheerful person is a three (or four) years old body.  He stood on the street's sideway with a big innocent smile and straighted his two arms with both his thumbs up.  He looks very cute.

One thing I have been disappointed with fact that I don't see many Chinese runners in the marathon. Yesterday I had same feeling as I did last year.  There are many runners came from Japan and Korea but I hardly saw any Chinese.   Yesterday I heard at least twice that people yelled at me "Hey keep it up Honda, you are doing good".  I wasn't too happy, they must think that I was one of the Japanese runners.  I hope that more Chinese runners will join us in the future and someday people would cheer me "YaoMing, keep it up".

SD rock-n-roll marathon next year sounds a great year.  I am joining the HEAD team.