The title is a sing lyric from the band Collective Soul, the song is called "Run". I've been training to run the Washington D.C. marathon for about a month now, and while I'm not a big fan of any sort of running, it's a goal I've set for various reasons, and something I will complete. In addition to not really likeing running, the other major draw back is the time it takes to run. When I first started, getting 2 miles, at any pace, was a challenge. Now, a few weeks in, 2 miles is nothing at a jog, a little more difficult at a good pace. I've pushed my long runs up to 4 miles, and I'm comfortable hat I will be able to handle a 5 mile run this weekend. The problem now is at a 4 mile and hour pace, 2 miles takes 30 minutes. For a computer guy who's always crunching numbers in his head, that's mainly 30 minutes of thinking time. "Well, if I was running at 5 mph, this would only take 24 minutes. So I try it at 5 mph. The problem is, I can't run 2 miles at 5 mph. Yet. So I run .75 miles at 5 mph, and then slow down to 3.5 mph for the last .25 . Now I've got a whole new set of number to crunch. So to make life easier, I run at 4.5 for the 2 miles. Don't have to run as long, easier math, live is good. But then I think "4.5 mph for 26 miles, that like 6 hours of running, I can't run for 6 straight hours at any pace, I need to run faster to cut to the time I'm running.
And the number crunching begins again....
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