Want to/ Have to

The boy has been a little burned out from running these days.  A couple of the girls on his cross country team are putting together a half marathon for the benefit of leukemia and lymphoma.  The run is scheduled for February 4th and will head from Summerland along the coast roads to More Mesa.  Other than a couple of water stops along the way and the opportunity to buy a t-shirt, the race seems relatively unorganized but I applaud the girls enthusiasm for putting together a  new race course and supporting a great cause.  The boy is less enthusiastic.

Coach Miller is making all of the kids run the race.  You would think they would all want to run the race to support their friend.  The boy acts as if he has been asked to give away his puppy.   We pretty much take for granted running 13 miles in a row.  For the kids, 13 miles is a loooong way.  And there is a big difference between the way we run a half marathon and the way he is being asked to run.  We want to do it.  He has to do it.   Last weekend they had to do a training run. It was 3×4.5 miles but at a casual pace, just to see what the distance would feel like.  We could do that in our sleep and actually enjoy it.  The boy was as gloomy as you could be until that practice was over.

I may be drafted as a driver.  If that’s the case I’ll probably run the race.  I have seen lately that it will be a while before I have enough road miles on my legs to be able to race this distance but I know I could run it.

But tell me again…why do we want to do this?

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We are not just a one sport family.  Sage’s basketball team is undefeated.  Sage has a pretty good shot but she is not the reason the team is unbeaten.  Sage is a normal height 6th grader.  She is #3 in the photo below.  Let’s just say #12 and #10 get a lot of rebounds…

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What’s Trending Now…

The hot video these days is one called Sh*t Girls Say.  Since that one came out, everyone is trying to jump on the bandwagon.  Recently, one of the bloggers I know re-posted a really lame video called Sh*t Marathoners Say that was on Flotrack.  It was not worthy.   I may not know much about running but I recognize funny when I see it and this was only amusing in a Joe Pesci/Goodfellas kind of way.  This one is a little bit better.  Not great, but better.

I don’t cycle.  But my friends that do tell me that this one is funny.

But still, there is room for improvement.  Now these two videos are actually funny.  They have absolutely nothing to do with running.  Maybe that’s why they are funny.  Note: not safe for work

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