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Older Every Year

August 17, 2019 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

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...but who's counting? I beat my even older high school teammate Peter Silverman by one second in a mad dash to the finish. So that's what really counts. And I saw Carolyn Rosenthal! And her baby! Anthony nicknamed her "Grumpy" back in high school, but she nicknamed herself "The Rock" freshman year because in any other sport it would be a compliment (cf. WWE Pro Wrestler Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson). I suggested that her baby should be nicknamed "pebble" to which she replied he was a chip off the old stone. Glad our witty banter hasn't declined in the past 19 years, even if our speed has.

Afterward, all the other alumni had left I cooled down with the illustrious Daniel Samet on the racecourse, discussing Israeli politics the whole way, which is typical for us in recent years, though I'm way to the left of him on such topics. Also got to try out Berenson's magical new shoes, which bounce much farther than other shoes when you drop them from shoulder height and make your fell TIggerequse when you run.

I got home to my parents' house just in time to see a vaguely familiar car coming up Rittenhouse from 29th Street as I pulled in. Had she not stopped to talk with me, I'm sure Ana Gunther would have fallen victim to the infamous Rittenhouse speed bump.