Here I am bloggin’ again, and yes, it’s a running blog. Somehow, this keeps on happening - I hobble through a finish line after 26.2 miles and curse the day I ever got the notion to sign up for such a kookoo pastime, but then in hindsight the putrid stinky mess of blisters and agony and stress fades to make way for triumphant memories of accomplishment, as shiny and glimmering as my solid gold finisher’s medal (ok, at Hono it was just a dull metal keychain, but still), and I end up doing it all over again. Even AFTER I re-read my previous training blogs and remember all the gory details. Me & marathons; we’re just like Kurt Cobain & heroin, or maybe like Britney Spears & Taco Bell. Our brains say “what the hell?!?” but our hearts say “yesssss.” We can’t help ourselves.
It’s my third time, and now I’m a mentor for Team in Training, corralling a new group of participants through a season of ankle-taping and Gu-tasting. And let’s not forget the FUNdraising! http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/nikesf08/eseagrave
I’m stealing this from something I read because I couldn’t have said it better myself:
Know why I love running?
‘Cause I’m not physically built for it.
‘Cause there are mornings when I dread it.
‘Cause during those first 10 minutes I think I’m gonna die.
‘Cause the hills never ever get easier.
I like having something out in front of me that I can never, ever truly master.
I can get faster and stronger, but there will always be another, seemingly unreachable, running-based goal out there.
What could be better than that?
NOTHING, I tell you! Except maybe chocolate everyday. The rest of this training blog will be an attempt to understand this love-hate relationship I have with running and the current vehicle I use to satisfy my running urges, namely mentoring with TNT.
I am so very excited about meeting our future participants and to lead the group with the lovely Kelsey (my co-mentor). We’re basically gonna DOMINATE this training and raising of monies. Most of all I can’t wait to rush home after every workout and geek out with updates and stats about my training progress on this here bloggity blog.
