Falling off the wagon

Well, I completely fell off the running wagon for the last few weeks, logging only 10.5 miles out of a total 19 miles. Needless to say, after missing so many workouts, I felt a bit...loose



I have no real excuse, other than the following excellent excuses:



1. The weather was crappy


2. I was travelling a lot for work


3. My couch called me with it's sweet siren song and I was unable to resist.



Dani, I too have felt the running high, only to be bitch smacked by a running low unlike any I've ever felt. A few Sunday's ago, I ran my first 5 miles and was jamming. Aches and pains minimal, stride smooth and delibrate, and mental state strong. The next time I went running, I was expecting the same thing only to have the polar opposite happen. Dejection does not adequately describe how I felt when I walked in the door.



However, I pushed through it, and even though I was out on the West Coast for business all week, I managed to get out and get my groove on again. Onwards.



Tom, I've been thinking about your request for book names. Whilst running today, I found myself asking once again, "why the hell am I doing this", to which I replied to myself, "because it's there", to which I began thinking about the first person to utter those words, Sir Edmund Hillary, when asked about why was he climbing Mt Everest. To which I began to think about Tom's thesis. When I got home, I looked up "sedentary", and then came to this realization: maybe so many people are doing marathons because to the "sedentary" 26.2 miles might as well be Mt Everest. Only this Everest, you don't need piles of cash, a plane ride to Nepal, burly mountain guides, oxygen tanks, and major cold weather gear. All you really need is a pair of sneakers and the will to step out of your front door and start training. So maybe try to incorporate Everest into the title. Some ideas: Asphalt Everest, Everyman's Everest, Our Everest. Just a thought.

Anyway, I'm all signed up for the Bridge run. I'm looking forward to it.

And eventually, perhaps we should discuss as a group, the elephant in the room.

Mike