Another running milestone today. With about 400 meters left in my slow recovery run, the yearly total topped 2000 miles. A little quick math reveals that if I've averaged 9:20 per mile for those 2000, which sounds about right, that's 1.12 million seasons on the road, the trail and the treadmill this year. Or 13 solid days, take your pick. Kinda daunting considering that 27 months ago I weighed 185, had a spare tire and a double chin on the way to triple, and couldn't run around the block. The double chin is gone, although some of the excess skin remains. Ditto for the spare tire around my middle. Ditto for about 35 pounds of me. And now it takes me several trips around the block just to get warmed up properly.
Looks like the work schedule will work out for Memphis, so assuming nothing untoward happens in training in the next week, I'll go ahead and sign up to run. | 