It's sometimes difficult to explain running and races to those who aren't runners, especially who make a point of telling me they would never run. This morning I spoke to our landlady, who is a very sweet woman. She told me she knew I was running "something" in Oregon, and asked what it is. I told her.
As I explained about the relay, the distance and why I'm so excited about running it, I saw the blank stare take hold of here. You know what I mean. It's the look like they are trying to pay attention, but they honestly don't care, and they were just being polite. When I was done telling her about it, I saw more of the blank stare. Then came the, "I could never run a marathon" comment. No, I didn't correct her.
I get it. There are people who will never run. They will never run for fun, competition, exercise, etc.. I understand they will most likely only run if there is a zombie apocalypse.
Now my landlady was very nice. Sometimes the blank stare people are not so kind. I sometimes get the blank stare, then the comment, "Oh I hate running, I don't know how anyone does something so boring." At moments like that, I wish I had the nerve to say something like, "no one has a gun to your head to run."
The good news is there are plenty of people in my life who don't give me the blank stare, and they want to know how training is going.
So far, training is going pretty well.I'm on track to run about 16 miles this week. I feel pretty healthy. I'm studying the course map and figuring things out. In short, it feels like I am getting ready to race.
We are three weeks away, and the excitement just grows.
Charlie
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