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10W-30

i was talking with my friend ian on the phone tonight, and he was telling me how he saw a 20-something fella wearing a runtex jacket/freescale shirt on the trains in DC the other day. i told him that there was a good chance that he would know who i was if ian would have only approached him. ian joked about my widespread fame as an elite runner in the austin area, i quipped with what could only be the penultimate dream of any distance runner:

"you know those five-foot-long supersized checks that they hand to the winners at the finish line? i use 'em as drip mats for underneath my car so that my garage floor doesn't get all dirty."