We officially start the mountain climb of training towards the Long Beach Marathon on Sunday. It's going to be a bitter sweet start....It's been a bit over a year since I last trained for a marathon, and I did that one solo. This will be my first time training with a group.....who all have the same goal. A BQ on Oct 11th! The crazy thing is....I'm actually going to miss a football game to run this marathon! I know....I know....It's crazy....In my almost decade long quest of playing my alter ego on Football Sundays, I have yet to miss a single home game. My streak is in the 90s. Crazy!!!! I've never even missed a home pre-season meaningless game. But, unfortunately, the NFL schedule gods wait for nobody. And they could care less if the Kid has a marathon to run! I'll just make sure my seats are fully occupied by a fully qualified NFL fan, someone that has the same dedication that I do to the sport.
Speaking of NFL football......Tomorrow I'm heading up to the Cardinals training complex in PHX for a film shoot. They are doing some promo spots for TV commercials and in game entertainment, and I was asked to participate as my alter ego! OF COURSE I'm going to make that happen! When have I ever turned down a camera OP! That would be never! Look for those commercials in PHX, TUC, and a Jumbotron at UofP.
And so much for a "rest" week. Mamma Michele gave us the week off in the hopes that we'd sleep in....lol.....So many people (myself included) questioned her "mistake" that she threw together some little diddy workouts to keep us running addicts happy. You know....we have to get our fix in! So, today was 10x300m.....45 second recovery, and no target times. It was a git' 'er done kinda morning. We busted them out and then went on a nice and easy 2 mile cool down run. Those are my kinda workouts. But we all know the real work begins on SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!! What's 14 miles amongst friends!
Until then......Train Hard, and LIVESTRONG!!!! If I get any video or pics from the photo shoot tomorrow, I'll be sure to get them here!
