....Or What Was I Supposed to Be Doing Again?
It's more than one day later and I haven't even thought about which marathon to run, pretty much I've just been eating fine, healthy food, drinking fizzy white wine, sleeping and getting very, very brown.
What I also did do, was run 10 miles today. I didn't know if I was up for it really, but as usual, I woke up early.
My choices were to finish reading Andre Agassi's Autobiography or create my own atheletic endeavor. I decided to create my own. I have a new philosophy, if I dont feel good, I can always quit. I figured I am well-fed, in good company I feel healthy and I feel hydrated enough...so why not give it go?
The first few miles were a bit of a struggle and then I hit a pretty good rhythym. It was nice to venture into Rimini proper and into the local neighborhoods. I turned around at the five'mile mark still feeling pretty fresh, once I hit 6 miles, things were not so easy. I was a little tired, and it was starting to get hot. At this point, you can't quit so I started to break the run up into chunks. I was at beach Number 1 and I needed to get to 147. Every 10 beaches, was considered a landmark, and I ticked off the remainder of the run that way.
I still havent decided which marathon to run, or whether I should run one at all. I was reading in my running journal today and some of the entries are truly awful! However, some of the running goals that I wrote down for the beginning of the year. They were as follows:
Qualify for Boston
Drop 15 lbs
Run at least 1000 miles
Run at least 20 miles for the week (unless training dictates otherwise).
Keep better records.
So far I only accomplished one of those goals, I managed to drop a whopping 27 lbs at the height of training. However, Im headed in the right direction for running 1000 miles for the year, as of today, I rest at 759.48. This is the 3rd year in the row I've made this goal. With this much mileage in the bank, I hope to replace it on the list with something else in 2012. Im only so-so for keeping better records, my garmin has helped with this, but still prefer the old pen and paper, where I can record not only my statistics, but also my feelings about the training.
So....Qualifying for Boston is the only thing left....Im still undecided what to do? Do I push this off another year or what? Quo Vadis?
On vacation, Ive been tapping into my academic side and have been reading tons. Ive read four books, just this week. I read "Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin, "Tinkers" by Steve Harding (I think), "Breakfast of Champions," Vonnegut and am currently reading "Open" by Andre Agassi. So far, outside of Vonnegut, Agassi's bio is my favorite.
It's totally bizarre. After years of totally disliking Andre Agassi, just like that, I love him. I love him and his hairpiece, his basic lack of manners which is derived from naivety rather than impertinence and most of all I love his passion. Just like that I love him, just like that he won Wimbeldon in 1992 and went on to be one the few tennis players to win all four Grand Slams. I find his biography to be athletically insipiring. I love hearing his tribulations of being a reluctant athlete, how he struggles against what is best for him. And I love hearing how he built a winning support system not so much of people he pays, but of deep friendship and how he understands its value is far more valuable than money. I love that he overcame drugs and found the strength within to be honest, not just with himself, but with the public, despite the fickle nature of the Agassi fan. I hope, to one day, qualify for Boston, just like that (minus the drugs of course).
FYI..."Tinkers" won the Pulitzer....and Im not a fan.
In Summation: Future Marathons=Still Undecided; My Future in Running=Still Undecided; Reading for Pleasure=Awesome; 10-Mile Run=Better than Anticipated; Five More Days of Vacation Ahead=Awesome; Faith in Mankind=Somewhere at the Bottom of the Adriatic...Rusting....
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