As much as I hate to admit this, one of the best things I can do for myself and my running is to take a day off. And not run. And it sucks. I really really really need to let my joints and muscles heal, if I don't I'll probably get an overuse injury and then I'll be out for a few weeks and that will suck even more. Maybe running is like children and spouses. Sometimes you need time away to miss them. The time away makes you appreciate them more.
Just because I have grudgingly decided to take today off doesn't mean that I cant think about running though. :) I think I have come up with a long term goal. The Athens marathon. Obviously this wont be happening for a few years to come. But I think it's be awesome because it's the ORIGINAL marathon! For all you non history geeks reading, the story goes that the Persians attacked a little city named Marathon in Greece, there was a battle, the Greeks won and the higher-ups sent a guy named Pheidippides to RUN all the way to Athens (about 25 miles) to tell the cityfolk that the Greeks were victorious, he did that, and then he fell over dead. Quite the feat for a guy wearing leather sandals. The running I mean, not the dying.
Now, I hope I don't die, and I hope that there isn't any military action, but just think of all the things you would see running that path! The Mediterranean, all the pretty Grecian olive trees, the marble buildings, the sides of the road they used to crucify people on, the little Roman-era walls that were built all over the empire, maybe an aqueduct or two! (I'm a dweeb, I know.)
To get there though I need to focus on being able to run for more than two consecutive blocks...all in due time...all in due time...
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