... the challenge

Me. It's the ONLY thing I do in my life for no-one else but me!

I run for some quiet.

I run for the challenge.

I run for the fun of it.

I run for solitude, it's just me and the trail.

I run to clear my head.

I run to feel alive!

I run because I can. I began running when I turned 50 and the first run was a Turkey Trot. I went to walk and ended up running as walking was taking too long. I ran casual/usually in 2006 running on my treadmill everyday (for a while) and ventured off to races like the Carlsbad 5000 which was done in a surprising 34:53, and about 4 other local 5K races. They were hard but gratifiying. I didn't run in 2007 (very much) and began running actively this year and my resume includes 'general treadmill workouts' at home and a handful of 5Ks, on 8K and the Coronado (Ca) 4-mile bridge run last weekend. I don't really enjoy these runs until the finish line which is common for some of us but I do like 'having something that I do'. Some people golf, some fish, some play poker, play bridge, bunko - you get it - something they do and talk about. THIS running is something that I now call my own - but lol, nobody really wants to talk to me much about it and probably because I STILL haven't lost any weight from running (and eating carefully).

Still, this is what I do: (there are two empty frames that are now filled with the races from a week ago Saturday, and the race I ran this past Sunday.

I think that now I run for me, and to fill this wall! LOL.