You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can’t put things off thinking you’ll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I’m very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.
–Nora Ephron, Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Novelist
I know it’s nuts. I’ve never run in my life. And now I’ve signed up for the Broad Street Run (10 miles; May 1), the ING Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon (Sept. 18); the Chicago Marathon (Oct. 9), and the Philadelphia Marathon (Nov. 20).
I’m also doing some prep work. I ran the Get Your Rear in Gear 5K. I’m running the Stroehmann’s Walk+Run Against Hunger 5K this Saturday. And I’m going to grind over the hills on April 17 in the Valley Forge Revolutionary 5-Mile Run. Sheryl’s got the bug, too. She’s going to run with me in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (5K; May 8). it’s the one I look forward to most.
Hmmm. Would it be weird to say I like it? We’ll find out.
I might be worn out. It could be a long December.
