When a girl dreams all her life of going to Paris, she certainly does not want to screw it up. My goal is to run like an American bad ass but, come off like a true Parisian. Show them what a girl from the city of qualifiers can do race wise, but walk the streets as one of their own. Be classy, be fashionable and be able to ask questions in a perfect French accent. Not too many goals. Run a personal best, learn as much French as possible and look like a French fashionista. Should be easy right?
We all know how the French think of Americans. We are loud, have no class and no taste. We all wear fanny packs, mom jeans and want French fries. We have no taste and want some ugly purse that has a huge emblem on it that screams "Dior". Well this little runner doesn't want to change their mind, I just don't want them to suspect I'm from the states.
So a huge "to do" checklist before Paris. 1- learn enough conversational French with the right accent. I want to be able to ask the basics and to understand the answer. I have a ton of French music my iPhone and I've been listening to get a better sense of the pronunciation. I'm also singing along with no clue what their saying. For all I know the song is about dirty clowns.
2- Read French vogue and get a sense of the trends. See what these parisian's are rocking and mimic it on a budget. No fanny packs for this one!!
3- Keep up the training! Only on 4/12 will I show my true nationality and home city! Runners from all over the world know about Boston and what this city does. I want to show up and show them in Boston... We don't mess around!
140 days to my most epic race to date. Ran my home, ran my favorite now time to run my dream. To Paris with love and Nike's! Au revoir to the hot mess and bonjour to the runner who is about to kill it American style in Paris!
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