Hi All,
Well, I'm glad to say my running and efforts have been more consistent than my blogging. But if you've been following this at all, you know that by now. I can only hope to be more consistent. Because, as it happens, there are only - believe it or not - 5 more days to go in my 110 Days of Running. Wow!
There's a couple things I really am looking forward to. 1) Giving myself some break days. As much as I love doing this, at 47, I'm finally starting to occasionally "feel it" a bit more than I used to. While that's to to be expected, with this going on, I haven't been so kind to my body. 2) Doing a more normal and smart marathon training routine. While I'm bummed that I was closed out of Pittsburgh, I think fate put me back at the New Jersey Marathon on May 6th. As you may recall - I put it in another post - this is the race I was entered into last year but had to skip due to some surgery; and that was after my 100 days of running. So, it seems only right that I'll finish (what I never actually started) and do this one after my 110 days. While it's not an excuse, I can't help think that my Miami experience (a.k.a. BAD) wasn't helped by the previous nearly 60 days of break less running. 3) Building in some other cross training -I've tried to do this over this period but continued to make running number 1 so that always got placed second or third. One thing I'm both looking forward to but not looking forward to figuring out all the 110 Day Stats. It should be interesting to compile the # of hours, miles, long runs, short runs and all other kinds of menusha that happened over these 110 Days. But I'll save that for the end.
I also - and here's the early plug -will be using this blog to either transition or launch more of Teens Run Yonkers Blog. I have only alluded to it occasionally but the program is truly moving in the direction I've always envisioned for it; great kids enjoying the running experience, challenging themselves to go further with the help of mentors and the emergence of a true TRY community. I've really been thrilled to have parents coming out and walking and running with us. Their support is so integral and any time we've been fortunate to have parents and family members out there running with our students, the experience has been that much greater. We had a great run today - we now have steady Saturday Training Runs 9:00 at Tibbetts Brook Park. Next week, we'll be holding our Teens Run Yonkers TRY 5K+ and am looking forward to a great turnout.
Finally, for those (billions) of you that have been agonizing for some Seinfeld Trivia, my recent challenges with our dry cleaner - Saturday is always pick up day in the burbs - is fresh on my mind. I'm sure you've noticed that Seinfeld - both on the show and in his 90's act - had several bits about dry cleaners. Anyway, at minimum, there were two episodes that dealt with Jerry's experiences - both good and bad - at the dry cleaner. I don't remember the names but a general description will do for our purposes. What fairly famous actress was featured on the show in one? And what other movie actress figured into the other? And for all the marbles, what is the name of his dry cleaner in one of these episodes? OK - that should keep you busy and thinking for a few minutes on this beautiful St. Patrick's Day afternoon.
Oh yes, Happy Saint Patrick's Day - have fun but be safe!
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