you can do it

So I had some computer issues last week, including a small fire that sent an electric volt through my hands, but 65 bucks later my computer is fixed, and have no fear, and the streak is still intact. I did the 10 miler on Tuesday, and I felt pretty good after it. I'm having a hard time getting my marathon pace to where I need it to be, but I have a 2 months from tomorrow to adjust. I wound up doing like 52 miles last week, including some small hills and some sprints. I'm right on track. More miles and bigger hills this week.

When I got back from running today, I had a missed call from a friend of mine. I called her back, and she said "Whatcha doing" to which I replied "just got back from a 12 mile run." "Your crazy, I can't even run 1 mile, and your always out running like 20 miles."

I get this response from people alot, espescially after the Disney Marathon last year (my favorite response after the marathon: "I don't even like driving 26.2 miles, why would you run it?". But back to my original point. I'm convinced that anyone can run one single mile.

In 2004, I had a pretty bad skateboarding accident. I shattered my kneecap, and messed up the rest of my leg pretty badly. I was in a stupid brace for a while, then a bunch of rehab. I couldn't do much of anything for like 5 months. Needless to say, I gained a ton of weight. The jerk doctors were like "you might not be able to run again, and forget about skateboarding." Well, I got a job working for a skateboarding company, so that took care of the skateboarding part. I hated running in high school, so the running part didn't really phase me. But, the massive amount of weight I put on did. So I decided, in like November 2005, that I was going to run the Long Island Half Marathon in May of 2006. I started out with a one mile run, if you could call it that. It was more like a one mile half jog half walk. But slowly, I added a mile here and a mile there, and the next thing I know I was ready for the Long Island Half. Since then, I've run well over 2000 miles, lost a bunch of weight, put some of it back on for sure, and can honestly say that running has changed my life, for nothing but the positive.

So I say, go run a mile. You might be surprised at what your body can do. If a fat boy like myself could go from barely moving to running marathons, you could definitely run a measly mile.

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