It's kinda weird to be getting back into being a serious runner again. When I lived in Myrtle Beach, in 2005-6, I ran at least 3 times per week, Tuesday, Thursday (track workouts) and Saturday (long run), in addition to any hashes I happened to do, and some golf course runs on other days. In Georgia, all I could manage was the Wednesday hash, if I was lucky. And now, in Charlotte, I'm finally back to running 3-4 days per week, and entering some races. The dreaded R's. Luckily, I've kept it contained to 5K's, so far, and I've only done a few, but I'm scheduled to do a 10K tomorrow morning (assuming it doesn't rain too much tonight (actual trail race)), and to me, that's the line in the sand when you become a more than casual runner, in the view of the hash. 5Ks are so plentiful these days, while you have to really try for a longer distance (both in terms of searching and training). I know I'll never be the fastest runner, and quite frankly, I don't really want to be. I'd rather do the long runs, at a more consistent tempo, than work on a 15:00 5K. I'm following a hasher's blog in Colorado, and he's doing the Leadville 100 Miler tomorrow morning. 100 miles. Aiming to do it in under 25, I think. My big brother did a 50K earlier this year. As the sign says, "Any idiot can run a Marathon, it takes a special kind of idiot to run an Ultra." That's my goal, to keep building up my mileage and get into the longer races. And tomorrow morning will be the start back to that.
Of course, if I'm up at 5 am and it is cancelled, I'll go help Stephanie with her yardsale.
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