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i need the next couple days to go by so i can see friends at katy 5's, then i need sunday through thursday at 4:30 go to by even faster so i can see vanessa again, the whole two weeks in between seeing each other drives me crazy, but i guess it's the small price i pay for being with someone so wonderful.
the only thing of note i guess i have to say is that i've started running, semi-seriously, i'm not quite in good enough shape yet to call it serious. why i'm doing it, i'm not actually sure, maybe part of it is so i have something else i can do with vanessa, because i have a feeling it will be easier for me to pick running up than it will be for her to pick up golfing (no offense dear, don't give up on golf, seriously, it's fun). i think another, probably bigger reason, is that it's kind of another way to break myself down and build myself up into more of what i've wanted to be for so long. yesterday i ran a 5k on the track at the shell in 22:40, which i felt was pretty good for essentially just starting running. though it is a flat track, so it can't really be compared that much to say a 5k road race. i want to set goals right now, just two, the first will be the crazylegs classic next spring, (i've been debating the goal i want to set in my mind, and i feel the lower i set it the better it will feel to accomplish) 33:00 (it's an 8k course), and the second will be the stampede run next 4th of july weekend in illinois, 19:00 (maybe a little low, actually i'm guessing i won't be able to get that one, but it's almost a year away, that's about a 6:08 mile pace for 3.1 miles for those who don't know)
i'm hoping someone tells me i'm crazy and i'm stupid for doing this, and there's no way i'll get anywhere close to those, because that person will be who i think about every second that i run, because that's what i do, i live to prove that i can do something that someone believes i can't do
the only thing of note i guess i have to say is that i've started running, semi-seriously, i'm not quite in good enough shape yet to call it serious. why i'm doing it, i'm not actually sure, maybe part of it is so i have something else i can do with vanessa, because i have a feeling it will be easier for me to pick running up than it will be for her to pick up golfing (no offense dear, don't give up on golf, seriously, it's fun). i think another, probably bigger reason, is that it's kind of another way to break myself down and build myself up into more of what i've wanted to be for so long. yesterday i ran a 5k on the track at the shell in 22:40, which i felt was pretty good for essentially just starting running. though it is a flat track, so it can't really be compared that much to say a 5k road race. i want to set goals right now, just two, the first will be the crazylegs classic next spring, (i've been debating the goal i want to set in my mind, and i feel the lower i set it the better it will feel to accomplish) 33:00 (it's an 8k course), and the second will be the stampede run next 4th of july weekend in illinois, 19:00 (maybe a little low, actually i'm guessing i won't be able to get that one, but it's almost a year away, that's about a 6:08 mile pace for 3.1 miles for those who don't know)
i'm hoping someone tells me i'm crazy and i'm stupid for doing this, and there's no way i'll get anywhere close to those, because that person will be who i think about every second that i run, because that's what i do, i live to prove that i can do something that someone believes i can't do