ONLY THE LAST .2 HURTS
Just got done watching the movie "The Spirit of the Marathon" on the documentary channel. They follow 7-8 runners as they train and compete in the 2005 Chicago Marathon. I thought that they did a very good job of capturing the nature of training and running a marathon. AS a veteran of 4 marathons an countless other races of varying distances I can certainly relate to what these folks go through to get to the finish line. It almost sparked a thought that maybe I could do that again. I say might as my last marathon was 13 years ago and I am very overweight at this point in my life. I know what it takes and I just don't know if I can convince myself of that dedication. Maybe a 1/2 marathon. My problem with running, well almost any measurable activity, is that I become very competitive with myself during training. One day needs to be better than the last and that's how I end up getting hurt. In the past I have run anything from 100 meters (junior high) to the marathon. I have run a half mile in 2:08 when I was in the 8th grade and run the mile in 4:40 in the tenth grade. Probably could have been pretty good if I wasn't so into football. No small guys in that sport. I have no illusions that I could even match my times of my late thirties much less those earlier capabilities. Could be fun to get back in shape and see what I could do on the roads again.
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