On the run

[batskeets]

Don't forget to sign up for the Speed Shoot, if you're interested! (apologies in advance, I'll be pimping this for the next few days)

Heh, it looks like the 30 Day Challenge bug is spreading. cmsunflash is starting one akin to what I did last month, and Boy declared after we got back from Birthday Happy Hour that he's not drinking for a month. I don't think he was even particularly aware that I was doing the 30-Day. And that doesn't even include the people I know who were already quitting smoking, quitting caffeine, exercising again...! It's so cool to see people making changes for the better. :)

Anyhoo, shooting the marathon was less painful than I expected. We were in the same shooting positions as the previous year, and even though they'd changed the course a bit this year, they gave us the same instructions. Things seemed off when we ended up waiting for a good hour longer than we expected, but we followed the directions, so we figured they'd just moved our location to later in the course.

So, imagine our surprise when the first place runner blasted by, coming from the other direction! Whoops. We caught the rest of the runners, but it threw us for a loop. Buggers! Hopefully they'll give us the *right* instructions next year. Jeeeeez.

The rest of the weekend was okay. Way more time in the car than I'd have liked, but we got a comped Chinese food dinner on Saturday, and Boy's folks fed us a nice lunch after we got done with the marathon on Sunday. I didn't even run *that* short on sleep, although the motel bed wasn't exactly the most comfortable.

I admit that shooting these marathons makes me think about doing one. I've never had much talent for running, though, and my body doesn't seem to take well to the extra impact. I think a half-marathon could be doable, though. I've only run 5 miles one time, and I was sore for a week afterwards, but even with my occasional tendinitis flare-ups and super-tight IT band, I think I could train up to squeezing out 13.1 miles. I'd consider a half-marathon to be a real accomplishment for somebody who's as bad at running as I am! ;)

So, I'm thinking on it... I suppose the real challenge is finding a half-marathon to run that I'm not already shooting. I'd want to do a bigger one, to get the full experience of the screaming spectators and all, but I tend to be on camera duty for those. We'll see, I guess...

Comments

walk

[sassanik.livejournal.com]

You could walk the marathon if you are not wanting to seriously compete. Our neighbor did that. She wanted to do one, but knew she couldn't run one, so she walked it, took a long while. But hey she can say she did a marathon and finished.

Re: walk

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Heh, I definitely understand why someone would walk a marathon, but I think I'd feel like it was sort of a cop-out if I did. ^^; I'm a fit person with few limitations, and I already know I can walk for quite a while, but running a long race would be something I'd have to work for. I think I'd get more out of it mentally/emotionally if I ran a half-marathon than if I walked a full one. :)

[cmsunflash.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a half marathon would be so awesome! It'd take some training but I bet you could do it. And think of how great your cardio would be for wushu afterwards! :)