Marathons

After Pat ran his first Marathon in 2003 he said that he would never run another. He was sick to begin with and I don't even know how he finished.

Fast forward 3 years ...he had heard about the Walt Disney World Marathon. This was supposed to be the Happiest Marathon in the World. So he tells me to sign him up. Mind you that I have been trying to get him to go to Orlando for many years and he just wasn't going to go for a trip to WDW.

We went, he ran and fun was had by all.


Before we left Florida, we even talked about going back in 2008, but those plans were nixed after our fiasco trying to get home.

After a cooling off period of several months, Pat decided he needed another goal. And Marathons seem to fit the bill.

You see he would love to have his PhD, but doesn't really want to go back to school. He would love to move & change jobs, but that isn't going to happen for at least 6 more years. So now his thing is Marathons.

He thought about going back to Florida and running Disney again, but I'm not so sure I want to head back so soon. And he really hasn't pushed for me to sign him up.

So while we were at the Henley High School Booster Auction last night he bid on, and won, an entry into the Crater Lake Rim Run. This is supposed to be a tough race: steep hills and altitude.


His ultimate goal is to run Boston....

but he has to let his age catch up to his time to qualify!