Going For A Run

posted by BH

I have registered for the San Francisco Marathon. It cost me $100, or $3.85 per mile. I'm one of these people who needs a goal in order to keep motivated and I figure, why not run a marathon. I'm kind of in shape. I want to be really in shape. I've done a few triathlons. Nothing crazy like Kona, but shorter ones like San Jose where it was a 1/2 mile swim, 13 mile bike, and four mile run. I've always been a good swimmer. I've been a decent biker. But running, ah, running. The Great Satan. It's the portion of the triathlon in which I tend to get caught. I've been running off and on since I lived in Vail, which was about four years ago. I did a 5-mile run on the 4th of July in Mt. Shasta one year. I did all right. I mean, I beat my Mom and Dad and a few other people. I guess I'm better than I was, but I am by no means ready to run 26.2 miles through the streets and hills of San Francisco.

Translation: See the sights while choking on a lung

The marathon is on July 30th. I've got six-ish months to really be ready. For the record, my goal is to be under four hours. That means I've got to run at about a 9 minute mile pace. At this point, I can do that for maybe three miles, but not 26.2. So, you know. I've got some work to do.