I Must Do This

At the risk of angering the Irony Gods, here's why I think I should sign up for the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Half-Marathon:
I know. I'll be passed up the whole way by twentysomethings whose knees are made of rubber. And it's only a 600-foot drop, which in these parts ain't much. And pride goes before a fall, but only after you bust your ass. And there'll be hell to pay in Maine this October:




Etc.

But still ...