What Am I Doing?

So tomorrow is the NYC Marathon.  I am completely unprepared.  Ever since the VT100, I’ve become fat and out of shape.  I fell apart back in August and I have not recovered.  I am definitely in the let’s get fat and out of shape mode.  It happens to me every 6 or 7 years.

About the only running I’ve been doing has been the weekly www.hashnyc.com runs.  This allows me to combine my love of running and my love of drinking beer into a single event.  I have my friend Jess to blame for making me come to such events.

As I write this post I am wondering if anyone else can hear this ringing in my ears.  Damn is it loud.  Maybe that is why I am awake in the middle of the night, either that or I just can’t sleep because of sleep apnea. 

This will be my 6^th NYC Marathon and my 5^th in a row.  I can’t even consider dropping out of it.  I want to get a streak going like my friend @aristorat.  This will be his 27^th in a row.  I have a long, long way to go if I am going to catch up to him.

I bought a new toy at the marathon expo.  I got a Polar RS800CX.  It has GPS capability, so I can finally create a map and visually see everywhere I’ve run.  It was very expensive and I felt guilty buying it, but maybe with it I’ll be inspired to go out and do some long wandering runs and get back into it.  I am already excited to wear it for the marathon; if only I could figure out how to use it.  I am a technology guy, but I sure do hate the learning curve that comes with figuring out something new.  I am just too impatient for that.  I wish I could just get the Vulcan Mind Meld and have the knowledge pushed into my brain or perhaps have the program uploaded like they do in the Matrix.