4.27.2010

Tuesday Tempo run

Today marked my last tempo run before Saturday's Half marathon. It was a short but good one.
  • 1-mile warm-up - 9:35
  • 20 minutes @ 8:53 avg. page (2.25 miles)
  • 4 strides + 1-mile cool-down - 11:05 pace
I hope the race goes well so that I may confirm that all my hard work and training has done something...

Today, I heard this back from the adoption agency social worker:

Dear Mica,

I'm sorry that I can't tell you where your birth mom currently lives before she decides to meet you in person. She moved to other city from Busan long time ago. Hope your understanding.

Warm regards,
이은정
By process of elimination, I currently know this about my birth mom's location:
  • Seoul
  • Busan
  • Everywhere else in Korea
Instead of working on my Psycholinguistics study guide, I am sitting here, trying to will my birth mom to get up the courage to meet me in May. It is currently 12:15pm in Korea.

Birth mom, are you eating lunch? Please change your mind!

4 comments:

runnernic.com said...

dear mica's birth mom,
you should meet her when she is visiting. she is super sweet and very funny- plus she has a cute fenchie. i guarentee you wont be sorry you met her as she always makes me laugh and is super nice! :)
xoxo
nicole

dear mica,
maybe your birth mom will read my love letter and change her mind. ;) my fingers are crossed! great job on the tempo run sweetie!!!
xoxo
nicole

fittingbackin said...

I'm sorry it's taking longer than you want - I so hope she meets you!

Great job on the run, as always!!

Christina said...

I hope she has a change of heart in May. Nice run!

Anonymous said...

Mica, Maybe you should contact Korean TV show which allowed for you to post your request of meeting your birth mother. Also, have them do a Human documentary special on you as marathon runner. Maybe they can cover you when you participate in one of the marathons in Korea.