Dave wants me to write about my training. I hesitate to call it "training," however.

Sunday I ran for about 5 miles. It was a gorgeous day for running, but I was running pretty slow. Usually when I'm in training mode, I run about 3 times a week. I'm far from a serious runner. So I should've run last night, but I got a free pass to the new Bridget Jones' movie ... and then it was dark .... and late ... and the gym was closed ... and so I didn't run. Tonight I have a meeting, so I won't run. But tomorrow I will run, probably at the gym, because I don't like running in the dark.

I've run the Thanksgiving Race twice, the last two years. I trained with Roncker's group in '02 and that was my official 10K PR: 1:04.33. (The chips didn't work in the Flying Pig 10K the year I did it, so my actual time - my unofficial PR - is better than my official time). Last year T-Day was worse. Who knows what will happen this year?

But, honestly, my running philosophy is I am doing better than all those people who don't have the guts to lace up a pair of shoes and get out there. I will never be a fast runner, and in no way do I consider that admitting defeat. Maybe sometime I will blog about how I got started running. Let me know if you want to hear the "inspirational" story.

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