Oh no, not again

So it's been a while since I've posted here, and that has a lot to do with the fact that I haven't been running much since my knee injury in the San Francisco race last year. But, and that is the operative word in this post, I am getting the itch again.

It all started innocently enough when we went to Boston over Thanksgiving. I have made it a tradition to run whenever I am back there for Thanksgiving for a number of reasons. First, it's easy to pack a pair of shoes and cloths to run in when travel ( a whole lot easier than packing a bike). Second, I eat like a pig when I am back there. A trip to Mike's Pastry in the North End is always in order when we are there ( http://www.mikespastry.com/) and running takes away some of the guilt. Next, it is a great way to see the area and running through the neighborhoods in Massachusetts is a history lesson. Also, Boston is home the the most famous Marathon in the world, so running there seems natural. Last, and this illustrates a mental problem that I have, I have this need internally to prove that I can endure harsh conditions. In fact the more grueling and miserable, the better I feel when I doing it. And Boston in November can provide some great challenges in the weather category, especially for a guy doing most of his training in sunny So Cal.

So here it goes. A couple of short runs in Boston.... I can handle that right.... it shouldn't hurt anything... I can stop anytime.... Then I get back to Cali and add some runs in at the house, short at first, then I start turning the corner when I should turn around and adding mileage.

Then comes the next nail in the proverbial coffin. An invitation to the annual Ironman Party. I didn't go, BUT (there's that word again), I did TIVO the race and watched it when I got home that night.

Now here's where I know that someone's got it out for me. I am inncoently sirfing the web at work one day and click on a banner ad for http://www.lstudio.com/. It is a website that Lexus has put together with various videos on it, none of them about Lexus, just short films made possbile by Lexus. As an advertising professional, I want to learn more about what Lexus is doing so I start flipping through what is available and that is where I get hit again. There's a guy there who looks pretty fit named David Goggins and the film is called The Long Run ( http://lstudio.lexus.com/#vid346)

So thinking..hmmm.. wonder what that is about, I click the play button. Crap... he's an ultra runner..... and now I am in need of an intervention.....

The weekend's here and I've got some great Holiday time off coming, so you might as well have just slipped a $20 to a crackhead..... Wish me the best...