POETRY & PROSE
Board Games | Andrea Avery
The Jacket | Ari Holtz
The Turkish Poetry Spitball | Chris King
Goal Line Stand | Jim Klenn
Runners are Weird | Tom Weber
PRINTED BY
Firecracker Press
ART DIRECTION BY
Caroline Huth
CONTRIBUTORS
Jessica Baran, Aaron Belz, Thomas Crone, Andrea Day,
Caroline Huth, Nick Findley, Emily Shea Fisher, Thom Fletcher,
Dave Gray, Franklin Jennings, Chris King, K.E. Luther, K. Curtis Lyle, Richard
Newman, Greg Ott, Stefene Russell, Dana Smith, Brett Lars Underwood
Runners are Weird* |
by Tom Weber
Runners’ math
“I just ran 3 miles, so 5 can’t be all
that much worse, and at the point, I should just run 8,
but then that’s so close to 10 and, hell, 13.1 is a half marathon.”
Round time DOWN, round miles UP
(if you run a 10k in 45:59, tell people you ran 7 miles in 45
minutes)
Never, EVER leave off the .2 from 26.2
Runners’ victories in life:
Doing the same thing you did last time, just 20 seconds faster
Only moderately chafed inner thighs
Drinking a swig of cold, cold beer at mile 23
Having all ten toenails
Non-bloody nipples
Runners’ defeats in life:
Being passed by a 70-something and not being able to catch up
Setting your eyes on a nice, tight
pair of buns ahead of you and even though she’s totally out of your
league, at least you’re about the same pace... oh wait, she keeps
getting faster.
Where’s she going? Call me.
Not going number two right before a 10 mile run, then “getting the call” in the first 100 yards.
Seeing those two streaks of red running down your shirt.
Things no longer considered gross:
Eating something pronounced ‘goo’
Ejecting snot from one’s nose without the aid of a tissue
Public urination (usually a misdemeanor)
Bloody nipples
Fucking weird, man.
*I am a runner.
Tom Weber wakes up weekdays at 3:30 a.m. and travels to his job at KWMU, where he delivers newscasts, reports, and steals office paperclips.