a couple things not worth noting
So I officially started training for a marathon today, depending on how things go I will either run one in February in Apache Junction, AZ and if things go as I would expect them to, I will be running the marathon in Big Sur, CA in April. I think I might put my run times on my blog for accountability reasons, but I’m not sure yet. Today was 3 miles planned, 3 miles completed, 26 minutes 17 seconds, Wednesday is scheduled for 7 miles, that will be a test and if by some miracle of an ancient running deity I finish that I will attempt to run 10 with Ryan this coming weekend. Imagining running ten miles is rough, I can’t really imagine doing right now, so it sort of puts Ryan’s running in perspective, well as "in perspective" as you can be outside looking in. I was amazingly ill prepared this morning, its much darker and colder in the morning since last time I took to the trail, although running this morning by moonlight was inspiring in some odd way for a first run, tomorrow I'll be wearing a hat and a headlamp.
Another item not worth noting, I bought some new shoes to be my daily kicks for work and etcetera, they are black on black Van’s style slip-ons and they catch me off guard every time I stand up from my desk. New shoes always do this to me, they look odd for a while till I get used to seeing them. I guess it’s much like haircuts (which I obviously don’t get) and new eye glasses, they are just odd until you get accustomed to them. I think adding to the issue is that they look sort of like slippers to me.
Last item not worth noting, I’ve never really been a reggae fan except for Bob Marley singles and the occasional reggae-a-thon that is working with my brother-in-law Dusty, but I have found that I’m enjoying Michael Franti and Spearhead. I know weird name, but they had a great protest song “Light Up Ya Lighter” on a compilation I received for free. It’s my MySpace profile song and you should check them out if you get the chance. The next segment of the Anti-Utah saga is coming but I won’t say soon because I don’t know when I’ll get to it. I should be doing homework now, or work considering that is where I’m at.
