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.Â
This will be my 6th NYC Marathon and my 5th 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 27th 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.
