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will run for popsicles
Curious: Is it OK to run on Christopher Columbus Day? I just went to the bank only to discover it's one of their 275 annual holidays, but I'm not sure how that translates to running. Must the day strictly be a day off? A time to meditate about the New World in my New Balance? (I am old. I can still remember those Old Balance shoes. Don't get me started.) I don't want to be haunted by dead explorers or bank guys, so this is a serious question.Possible loophole: I live on the coast of Tejas and we have a replica of one of his three boats. I'm not sure if it's the Pinto, the Ginger or the Mary Ann. I live close enough that I could run there and back and call it a day. Would this qualify as a pilgrimage and allow me to run despite the occasion? Thanks in advance, and I apologize for the total snub of Mrs. Howell.
Second post for the guy is a religious post, what next? Obamacare?
jfa
Are you going to be here all week?
Latent Runner
I wouldn't bother with the pilgrimage unless it was Mary Ann.
Fat old man PRs:
I guess the bars are open where you live.
My bank was open today. Need quarters? I just got two rolls.
Call me Ray (not Ishmael)
old woman w/hobby
At 57years of age you only just now realized that banks are closed on federal holidays?
steph
Try the veal and tip your waitresses?
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+1 especially if she was wearing shirt that she ties around her waist
A Saucy Wench
Isn't every day currently a federal holiday?
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Indeed.
Walk-Jogger
Well I went to the indoor track and ran a 5K early this morning without even realizing it was Columbus's Day, and I did not get morphed into a pillar of salt afterwards, so it must be an OK day to run.
Actually the only way I usually know it's Columbus's Day is because I have to walk past a gauntlet of native american protesters on the way to my office (I work at at a large state university). I didn't go to work after my workout today, however as I had an eye exam scheduled.
Retired & Loving It
that explains much!!!!! I did sneak out to run this afternoon, and (no, I'm not making this up) there was a mousetrap on the running path. Sadly, the Clif bar that likely had been used as bait was already gone. I had no idea who would do this, but the Native American protester idea makes sense. (Alas, I run in the land of perpetual 90 degree heat, so I always turn into a pillar of salt ...)
you went to the track, started running, & never looked back!
you went to the track, started running, & never looked back.!
meant to quote this, not sure what happened