OK, so as most of you know, I am involved with a flailing flag football team, (it's like I play for the Raiders...we just can't win) and a dance company, but last week I also gave a shot at running. Yes, in the late 80's I was something of a cross county phenom. I did get my varsity letter as a freshmen, but there has been over 20 years of couch sitting since then.
I decided for some reason to run in the Pat Tillman race. For those of you who don't know about Pat Tillman, he was an ASU football player, that went pro. Then in 2001 he left the NFL and joined the Army. He died a couple of years later in Afganistan. The race is a 4.2 miler and my hopes of just finishing were realized. I made a spectacular sprint across the field in Sun Devil stadium to finish the race with my head held high. My six weeks or so of training (less a week to recover from my rib injury) did me well. Not only did I finish but I was able to finish in less time than I had hoped. I was no way near the front but managed a time of 43:02. I came in 8 thousand and something place but there were over 20 thousand people running.
I enjoyed it so much, I plan on continuing my training and I am going to run at least five more races this summer. If I do well, look for me at the Olympics. Otherwise, you will find me on the couch.
In other news...I won't even mention football, although we did make the playoffs. Of course, every team made the playoffs so that is not much to be excited about.
Dance is going well. I think our instructor finally learned that we are a bunch of dads and decided to scale down her expectation of what we can do. I think we need to practice daily but the every few weeks apart practices are going to have to do. I don't think you will see me on a dancing reality shows anytime soon.
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