Worked all weekend on two TV series pitches for this morning. The exec. liked one. Now he must kick it upstairs.
Resting my joints and tendons from the marathon means I pretty much can't run for a month. And running endorphins were getting me through a lot of down spots. I guess I'll just eat instead.
I'm signing up for a 5K (3.1 mile) run in January, held as part of the Orange County Marathon down in Newport Beach. Jimmy, my coach, is running the marathon for time, hoping to race 26.2 miles in under 3 hours.
I'll be happy when I break six.
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Do you think it's the come-down from the endorphin high? Will this happen every time you run a marathon?
Or maybe all the surrounding buildup? It's such a significant event in so many ways. I almost wonder if it's similar to a soldier coming home from war. I've talked to so many veterans, some quite elderly now, who miss fighting a war even if they hated it: and they often tell me it was the one time in life that they, and what they did, mattered hugely.
No direct parallel, but maybe some similarity?
I hope you feel better soon.
I think it's the whole package. For five months, this was my focal point. (Longer really, if you recall I've been wanting to finish a marathon for 27 years.)
Suddenly it's over.
But I'll recover handily.
Thanks for your concern. May your next dig yield a shark tooth the size of a shovel head.
I forget, now...Did you actually START the marathon in 1978? Because if you did, it took you approximately 236,520 hours to finish it.
That's GOT to be a new world record right there.
And I'd have to say, getting this one done in under 7 hours is quite an improvement. To better that is a good goal, sure. But let's not forget the current accomplishment as we look to the future!, son.
Come to think of it, it was 1977. I'd run something called the Lakefront 10 in May and started training for the first Chicago Marathon that summer.
By October I had a tee-shirt, race number and everything, but hadn't done the long miles. I shined the race on, figuring I'd do it next year.
Those "next years" do add up.
Thus making my Honolulu finish quite satisfying.
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