The Century Mark

Dear Faithful Readers -

I've been away. I realize there is no excuse...tat you have come to relay on me for constant running and marathon updates...but I needed a vacation.

A few very exciting things happened in the last two weeks:

1 - My vacation first took me to Marfa, Texas, a small artist community in West Texas that I love and fully expect to have a home in one day. As an "avid" runner I was struck by, what I am sure you have already considered, the brilliance of a marathon in Marfa. It could be called the MARfATHON (TM).

Having been at work until 3:30 am on Thursday night, followed by traveling all day on Friday, running Saturday morning was not an option...but not getting in a long run wasn't either. So Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. I pulled myself out of bed and hit the highway (literally). I ran down the perfectly straight highway headed west out of Marfa and decided to run to the antenna tower I could see in the distance...not exactly knowing how far that would be. The weather in Marfa at 6:00 am is amazing. Very little humidity (even with the constant showers that fall during the day this time of year) and about 60 to 65 degrees. I could have run for hours...oh wait, I DID run for hours.

As I ran toward the antenna towers, I heard something approach from my right hand side...it was definitely not a car. When I turned, there were 3 or 4 horses running next to me in a field. It felt like a Hallmark made for television movie. Of course if that was the case, I would be a recently widowed executive from the "City" looking to start fresh in the "Country" and the horses would have immediately been joined by a woman on horseback with whom I would fall in love despite all odds.

2 - I learned that the air in Santa Fe and my lungs do not cooperate. Climbing stair was a challenge, people. More so than normal anyways. Running at that altitude was not an option.

3 - People run in Las Vegas. No, seriously. And not just away from mob bosses or angry strippers. As I was making my way home at 5:15 one morning (ahem...) there were several very focused men fitted with running shorts and marathon garb trotting their way down Las Vegas Boulevard. I did not join them.

4 - I hit the Century Mark! I starting keeping track of my total mileage run in training for the marathon when I actually started my official training with Luke's Locker. As of Monday, I have run more than 100 miles. To be clear, I am not counting the distance I run when I am sprinting stairs...which I do once a week on my cross training days. Perhaps I will tell you more about that in a future post.

Timmy

Days Left - 116

Total Distance Run - 100.21 miles