Our first date six months ago included a trip to Beantown for a class on the flying trapeze. Since then we have taken a workshop and attempted to go once or twice per month for a class to keep up our skills.
Mallory, in the zone.
Know what I love about the flying trapeze? You cannot have a care in the world when you are up there, other than possibly fear of your own death, depending on your feelings about heights. This is a great thing, because as humans we typically walk around thinking all kinds of stupid useless things all day, like who in our family is embarrassing, why that guy is such a jerk or what smells funny, but when you are on that platform, ready to jump, there is no past or future, just immense adrenalin and the moment. You are alive. Period. It's refreshingly simple and the most addictive thing in the world.
Flying
When I was a kid, I dreamed of many things: being a famous author like Judy Blume, owning a convertible, living in a mansion with that lame guy from Growing Pains and doing flying trapeze. It's so awesome that some dreams really do come true (and some don't, praise Madonna) and also that I am with someone who enjoys flying as much as I do.
Happy six months!
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Mallory does a "hocks off" back in the day.
Mallory's new trick: "half turn"
What I'm working on: "layout" (currently uncatchable... frowny face)
Another favorite trick: "Seat Roll"
And just for fun: A really cool swinging trapeze act.
Welcome to our first blog entry and it is only fitting that we start with a run since it is one of the athletic activities we pursue the most.
A little over a week ago Mallory ran her sixth half marathon and I ran my first (non-virtual). Have you ever had one of those days that you feel like the entirety of the universe loves you and your life is at an all time most awesome? It was like that. The sun was shining, the breeze was gentle and March in New England was treating us uncharacteristically well. I felt so lucky with this amazing weather, a beautiful route with a lot of crowd support and running with my most favorite person. I was feeling good, prepared and smiled upon. As if this wasn't enough, I got another lucky sign in the form of my bib number...
It was a pretty smooth route, mostly flat with some great views of the ocean. We stayed together for the vast majority of the run and both got our best times, not including the Nike Women's Virtual Half Marathon in January where we ran faster just to keep from dying of freezing wind exposure.
Here we are coming in. I am still considering purchasing actual photos. They are expensive, but came out nice I think.
Mallory Time 02:15:32
Wendy Time 02:10:04
I was also pretty stoked to get a medal. I guess it was a little stupid on my part that I didn't know people get medals for running races, but that was the cherry on top of my day. All this, and a present at the end!
