Tuesday
Jun242003
Training Day
Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at 10:23PM 
I live about a ten-minute jog away from where the Humber River meets Lake Ontario. It's beautiful there, yet I hardly ever go. That's going to change. I began training for the big 10k run today. Yes, I decided to enter. It's my 36th birthday the day before. I'm entitled to a midlife crisis. I got up early today and went for a run. I've bought the new shoes. I took a look at the training schedule and figured it was for wusses like, say, John Maxwell. After this morning's run, I'd say it's for wusses like me. I'm hoping to be able to jog 5k this year, and walk the rest. Maybe next year I'll jog all 10k. At least I'll be seeing a lot more of the beach.
Reader Comments (2)
OK, you've guilted me into it. I went out at the beginning of June and spent a ridiculous sum on new sneakers and socks and gym bag and everything, determined to jog myself into my speedo for the summer (best NOT to try to envision that). Since then I've really enjoyed my shoes, but they haven't seen much pavement-pounding. This may give a whole new meaning to "spurring one another on..." Brian
Dude - you're running in 34 C weather? And the smog? That's got to be healthy. I don't miss that humidity!!