Well, as I mentioned a few weeks
back after finishing a 12 mile walk, I was having difficulty finding someone to
work for me on marathon day. I ended up selling my race packet to one of our
club members, so instead of waking up at 4 a.m. Sunday morning and toeing the
line at the Long Beach Marathon at 7 a.m., I was stuck at work doing my own
version of work marathon. We had five admissions that night and I did four of
them. That doesn’t really entail much. Just checking their vital signs, having
them sign admission papers and checking their belongings. However, the amount
of time it took me to do all of those admissions cumulatively, would have been
the approximate time it would have taken me to finish the half marathon walk. How’s
that for comparison? The difference was that I didn’t breath hard and didn’t
sweat while doing the admissions and the calorie burn was negligible. No sports
drinks, gels, or bloks required. We were shorthanded that night but thanks to
our LVN’s who stepped up to relieve us for our breaks. Five admissions with
three behavioral health workers is hard enough. With only two of us, it became
more challenging. But just like what I expected to happen in the half marathon
if I had walked it, my co-worker and I finished, and both happened in the city
of Long Beach. By the way, when I checked my finishing time later, the guy who
used my bib number completed the race in 1:57. I thanked him for giving me a
sub 9 minute pace. It would have taken me sub 15 minute pace to have walked it
otherwise.
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