And so it begins...again

What is it about September that make you want to start afresh every year? Maybe it is the purchase of #2 pencils or the sound of school buses.

To say that I have taken time off from running would be an understatement. I haven't run since June. No excuses, just burnt out and didn't feel like doing it.

Today, while I was at home working on a quilt (aka running with scissors) I watched "The Spirit of the Marathon". It is a fantastic movie that follows a group runners of varying abilities training for the 2005 Chicago marathon. They also do interviews with Dick Beardsly, Deana Kastor, Joan Benoit, Jon Bingham, Hal Higdon. Let's just say it was the inspiration I have been needing to get my butt moving again. As I was watching the runners get ready the day of the marathon I got the butterflies that I always do the day of a race. I cried right along with the finishers. I don't know what other sport has such a gamut of emotions that you feel on such a regular basis.

New shoes and the first mile of many are in my future!