Aug
15
My running ambitions
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So after the success of my last running event, I decided I needed another event to push me in my training. So I went and found the next big run coming up in San Francisco.
Its longer then I wanted, much longer. I’ve never run farther then 5 miles, and yet I just signed up for a Half Marathon. (13.1 miles!) This will be a challenge, but I’m still really looking forward to it. Its November 2nd, which is the Sunday after Halloween (that friday) so I might not be in my best nutrition mode, but I plan to just run easy and see if my body lasts.
Now its not easy to find races in San Francisco, most you have to drive a ways for, like Santa Barbara, Sacramento, even as close as Napa. Thats not a big issue, except they start at like 8am, and I’m not looking to go driving to far really early in the morning, by myself (Danielle doesn’t want to wake up that early just to watch me start and finish), to run a short race.
I mention this, because well, thats why I ended up doing a race much longer then I originally intended to do, and plus I found another that was really close and was the distance I wanted to run! Its in December, so I’ll have time to rest up and recover before doing this shorter race.
This is the North Face Endurance Challenge, its a 10k trail run, so I’ll be running in the hills, and its got some mean elevation changes.
This is the race I’m really looking forward to, it should be a lot of fun as its out doors in the hills. I love running in the hills.
I’ve got some Soccer happenings, but I’ll post about them later.
I have never been able to understand why people run on purpose. It is in my opinion one of the most unpleasant experiences known to man. And as far as I can remember I’ve never gone farther than 2 miles and I hated every step of it. I would sooner commit seppuku than run a half marathon.
In other news, every time I seem Michael Phelps, I can’t help thinking he looks enough like you that you could be brothers. Granted, he would be the younger, better looking, more athletic, more famous, chick magnet brother. But you’re probably smarter. And maybe have a nicer tv, I don’t really know. But still, brothers.