Hell Here I Come!
Well I arrived in NYC after a 3 week absence (actually a little longer). It was nice to get into the tranquility of the apartment after a week at a conference, I treated myself to a burger and beer at Baker Street last night. I slept great last night and today seemed like a regular solitary Saturday in NYC. Got up in the morning, went to putz around the town, bought a Wall Street Journal and went to the regular breakfast place. The friendly staff was welcoming and stated that it had been a while.. I guess that is starting to make me a regular. The difference with today is that I am to be getting ready for this silly marathon tomorrow, so lets check in with that.
1) Bought new shoes today - my New Balance shoes were not working and new was going to be better than them; so I left them back in Calgary to ensure I got new shoes… that was supposed to happen in Chicago but didn’t. I’m trying a pair of Nike Zoom Elite, based on my self evaluation and trying on different shoes I think they will work well.
2) My legs feel like shit, my knees are a bit sore from being in leather soled shoes and standing on a concrete floor at the conference and my muscles are quite tight. I did a 40 minute stretching session this afternoon which felt good, but now they are back to normal.
3) My last run was completely demoralizing in that I was unable to run 10K due to the pain in my knee’s. This helps the mental game that is currently being played in my head. So since my last run, the Redwoods marathon, I have had one run that was a failure and the long last run before that marathon was now 7 weeks ago. read: confidence low
4) I made a great dinner tonight with some meat sauce and goat cheese and basil ravioli - at least something good is going on.
5) I got a new toy to play with in the run… I forgot my heart rate monitor in Calgary and I’m going to need some quantitative data on how the ticker is doing as I don’t want to blow up, or alternatively not try hard enough that the endorphins don’t get a chance to try and hide the hurt that is going to be going on. NAN! its your after this run as I already have one, Merry Christmas - nothing like used presents 
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I was unable to get the auto-updates to occur into the blog and I am too tired and stressed to figure it out. Call my sister I signed her up. I start running at 10:10 in the morning EST.
Punishment here I come!
You have so little confidence. You could run circles around me on any day of the week. You’re going to be fine… just keep that heart monitor in check.
I’m looking forward to the updates!
j
Comment by J — November 5, 2005 @ 11:54 pm | Edit This
You poor bastard. Why do you torture yourself with such a primitive form of transportation? Just kidding. Good luck dude. If it were me, I’d rig a fishing rod with a Guiness hanging from it and attach it so it was always just a little out of reach. With this, I bet you could run to Boston.
Comment by Geothro — November 6, 2005 @ 11:23 am | Edit This
Watching the NYC Marathon (from the other side of the country)
My former business partner Marcos is running the NYC Mathathon this morning. Actually, as I write this he’s been running for at least 3 hours, 3 minutes and 24 seconds. I know this because I’ve been tracking his progress online, from the comfort …
Trackback by — November 6, 2005 @ 12:02 pm | Edit This
Yay!!!!! Congratulations!!! Remember smokes and pizza, that’s the trick to a good recovery.
Nan.
Comment by Nan — November 6, 2005 @ 12:59 pm | Edit This
Was there ever a doubt? - not from here - congratulations.
Comment by yb — November 6, 2005 @ 2:07 pm | Edit This
Dude you cracked 4hrs - right on!!! Congrats! But I’d actually have to agree with Geoff - wouldn’t it be easier to RIDE 42+ km???
)) Seriously though - good work buddy - I have to admit I was worried about your knees….speaking of which, I’ll wait for the update!
Comment by Andrew — November 6, 2005 @ 3:51 pm | Edit This
Congratulations Marcos!!! Two marathons in such a short time frame. Watched your progress at home…I felt your pain. Damon sends his Congrats…can’t wait for the update, I am sure that it will be quite comical.
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