March 19, 2013

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RUNNING

While in high school, I enjoyed running track and cross country and thought of myself as a distance runner even though I had not competed in a race longer than 1-1/2 miles.  I never had the speed needed to be an elite runner, but I believed I had endurance and would be able to show it someday.  When I got to college and for several additional years, I ran sporadically.  I would decide that I needed to get into better shape and would run regularly for several weeks.  Then something would come up making it difficult to find the time and I would quit.  Weeks or months later I would start up again – until I was distracted by something new.  I changed that inconsistent approach in 1977.

I was 29 years old.  I read that the United Bank Marathon would be run in Denver the following Spring. Continue reading →