Running at Forty-Something
When I started thinking about writing this blog about a month ago, I had a few different goals in mind. For the blog and for my running. How did so much change in a month? I finished the Austin Marathon Half Marathon in 1:46:18 on Sunday, good for fourth in my age group and a mere forty-five seconds away from placing third. I also happened to come across the finish line ahead of 6,310 runners. Only 381 people - men and women from ALL age groups - finished before I did. Last night, when I finally let the results sink in, I realized something very important about myself (and thus the change in the blog and my running). A month ago, I planned to write a blog about becoming a mid-pack runner and how not winning could be just as rewarding as getting a Coors beer can trophy or a lump of lacquered cow shit on a plaque. I was going to write a blog about alternate goals and the enjoyment of just being out there and able to run. Then on three months of "training" (i.e. running long...