It's exactly two weeks out from the Victory Junction Gang Camp 5k fundraiser. I'm looking forward to it for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is because my best friend, Joe Estep, his sister Jennifer and their mom Sandi are headed this way that weekend.
This morning, I did a trial run and made three miles in about 36 minutes. That's well below my 40-minute goal, but short of Gray Garrison's "double money." I'm tryin', man. I'm tryin'.
That said, I came across an awesome quote this week that perfectly sums up what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm not racing anybody else ... I'm racing myself. I have not the faintest clue who George Sheehan might be, but in the quote I found, he said, "It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit."
I couldn't have said it better myself. I can walk basically until the cows come home, but every time I attempt to run, it's almost always the same back-and-forth conversation.
Stop.
Keep going.
This really hurts.
Keep going.
Two miles is enough this time.
No, it's not.
This is too hard.
Anything worth doing should be hard.
I can't breathe.
Take a deep breath and keep moving, Fat Boy.
I'm having a heart attack.
No, you're not. If you were, you'd be dead by now.
OK, so maybe it's a stroke.
And so it goes ...
Joe and Jennifer have both signed up to do the 5k, and so has a friend from church, Cory Yost. If you're interested in entering, here's a link where you can do so:
http://www.runtovictory.org/
Also, here's a link to donate to the effort:
http://www.active.com/donate/RTV2011/houstonrick
Hope to see you there!
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