I am in my second week of training for The Quad Cities Marathon on September 25 in the Year of our Lord two thousand and eleven. My life is nothing more than random ponderings, incomplete sentences, stream of consciousness ramblings and sometimes plain nonsense. When I run . . .things get clearer. I think that some of the reason I have clarity when I run is because I turn off the noise in my head and let my breathing, my God and the little boy in me - JUST BE.
Today was just 3 miles. I hit the road at 5:30AM. I out ran a thunderstorm. When I got home I took my shoes off. I walked halfway down the block (like I always do) and stretched on a brick wall in front of someones house. I have been doing this for five years. After stretching, I ran back home BAREFOOT on our brick street. I have always heard that we aren't stupid and our feet will pickup as soon as they feel something sharp. I tried it. Surprisingly, I'm not stupid.
For those of you keeping score at home . . .in week 2 of my training I weigh 181 pounds. I am not really doing this to lose weight. I am doing this to see how tough I am. I have lived a lot of lives in my life. This is the one I am living now. . .
