8 miles....no problem! When I was little I remember seeing a commercial on television about insurance of some kind. I don't remember many of the details but one part of the commercial has remained in my memory. This scene was of an insurance agent carrying a microphone interviewing different people and he begins to interview an older smiling couple who are energetically jogging on a city street. He's running along, slightly winded, probably asking them if they were happy with their current insurance plans. He then asks them how far they are planning to run that day, as if to hint at the fact that he won't be able to keep up. "8 miles!", they say. The insurance agent begins to slow, doubles over, and with hands on his knees and gasping for breath he says, "Yeah, uh....yeah, I'll just meet you back here."
The reason this particular commercial has stuck with me this long is because I remember thinking, why in the hell would anyone want or need to run 8 miles??? Now I've done it. I obviously know that the "couple" may not have been a couple at all and probably only ran a few feet in order to film the commercial but I can't help but compare myself to them in some way. Since I began running seriously I too have felt more energetic and happier. Funny how that happens.
I only have 2 more weeks of training until race day. I'm running 9 miles next Saturday and 10 miles the following Saturday. I feel like I'm ready...
Take care of yourself and each other.
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