The Piano Inside My Brain

Fortunately, I finished the Broad Street Run. It wasn’t glamorous but I finished. A couple of highlights…

• My target time was 2 hours for the run, a faster pace than I finished the Disney half-marathon. I finished in 1:59:37 and considering how bad my knee was feeling after mile 4, a serious victory on that front.
• Sibling rivalry was still in effect. I wanted to beat my sister’s time, which I did. My father beat us both, by a lot. He is an animal. What is important is that we all started and finished.
• I managed to High-5 both Governor Ed Rendell (around mile 6) and Mayor Michael Nutter (around mile 9). I also got about 18 other High-5’s along the course, so I averaged about 2 per mile.
• During the run, I managed to post a couple of “tweets” and take a bunch of pictures with my iPhone. Yes, even running through the streets of Philadelphia I managed to be a tech-geek.
• Also during the run, I said thank you to just about every police officer on the course. They had to know that each “Thank You” was in part for the race, but really for serving the community.

So as I slowly moved around today I realized that I would rather ride my bike in pouring rain than run. I tried for about a year to have that running break-through but it never came. Perhaps I will throw in a run/walk here and there when I only have 30 minutes for a work-out, but I don’t plan to register for anymore races for the near future. Maybe I will take it up again at some point.

This could be my last post. I am about to start the Broad Street Run. Thankfully it is mostly downhill.

Not quite sure why I registered for the event and I have no plans on actually getting a good time.

I’ve had back spasms all week.

My preparation wasn’t adequate. (Was I supposed to train for this?)

I didn’t get enough sleep.

My socks are too loose.

But I will still try to finish this event of 10 miles through Philadelphia.

And on Monday, I will probably not be able to walk.

It’s moments (of insanity) like this that I will remember (or block out) for the rest of my life.

(Wish me luck in the comments.)

Well, if it was in the New York Times, it must be true…

Yes, Running Can Make You High

Running is hard. Sometimes it hurts. Much of the time it is boring. And it is never particularly convenient in my busy schedule.

And if I take a week or two off, it’s like starting over again.

But I am reminded that anything that is too easy isn’t worth doing at all.

That is why I keep running.

Not quite sure what possessed me, but I registered for the Broad Street Run scheduled for Sunday, May 4, 2008. I was pretty sure that after doing the Disney Half Marathon back in January that I had gotten this whole running thing out of my system. Apparently not.

Or…it could be that my sister is doing it too, and I’m just a tad bit competitive. Let’s see how the training goes.