By Ellen, originally posted on wemadealiyah.blogspot.co.il
We have another entry in the “New Experiences” category!
When Batsheva was visiting for Purim, I started jogging with her. She’s a pretty accomplished runner and she was a terrific person to get started with–she knew exactly what I should do to get started (she got me doing interval training with 5 or 10 minutes of running and then 30 seconds or 1 minute of walking. Using this method was great, as it meant I did not keel over due to lack of oxygen. Big thanks to our friend Lev who made an interval timer app that was quite a help). It was also so neat to have *her* be the teacher and the one giving encouragement and praise. I see we are entering a whole new level of family life.
So I was (somewhat) ready when one of the local libraries announced their yearly road race, which is their major fundraiser (like most libraries here, it’s private. But that’s another blog post). Signing up online was a total hoot. The site announced that it was “powered by Google translate”. We’ll use the word “power” loosely here, because it first told me that my age category was “Old” (in another 12 years I’ll be in the “Veteran” category, which sounds much more pleasant) and then sternly admonished that “no one is allowed to use another person’s chest during the race” 🙂
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