Everyone around me is running marathons. One after another. Line up. Pay your money. Get your shirt and hurt. hurt so bad you can't sit down on the toilet by yourself the next day. hurt so bad your inner thighs have worse rub-burn then going to Valley Fair in jean shorts.
I have never been a runner and probably never will. At first people running marathons upset me. Not because they were doing it but because so MANY people were doing it. And why? I don't get it because I am not a runner nor do I want to understand it.
It's nothing new to me. This does not make it less important and amazing that they are doing it in the first place....just seems like that's the next step. If you are between the ages of 25 and 30...why not? Run a marathon. I know lots of people who are older who run also - Hell David's 60-year old uncle ran one a few years ago...
The smoke is clearing at least for a while. Not too many of my friends are running their first marathon. They are on to their 2nd, 3rd etc. and that is great. Must be super cool to do it over and over again.
But here is my question; what is the next Marathon? What will be the next stage in our lives that EVERYONE will be doing. Buying a cabin? Skate-skiing? I am not there so I don't know but maybe I will be on the next wave of age appropriate activities/goals.
I don't want this rant to sound angry at the people who run marathons. I just don't get it. I do, however, know what it is like to watch people cross the finish line. We watched Rick cross last year and both of us had tears in our eyes.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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