Running

           It’s currently a Sunday evening and I am enjoying the 4:15 game between the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots.  This  is such a rare treat because almost every Sunday I have been working from the time I get home from church at noon until the time I go to bed.  If I do see any part of the game I’m not really paying attention to the game because I know that in a few hours I’ll be back at school for another long week.

            It’s been amazing being at home over this past weekend.  I still have another week at home.  I’m going to savor ever minute.  The purpose of this blog will be to talk about one of my passions outside of teaching – running.  I’ve been running ever since I was in middle school.  Originally my passion for the sport developed because I wanted to go to the Naval Academy.  To get into the Naval Academy you have to be well rounded which typically means playing a variety of sports.  I played golf but figured I would run track and cross-country as well.  At first running was mandatory but eventually became a daily release for me.

            Even though I ran everyday after summer school in Oxford I feel into an awful habit of not running when I arrived in Greenville.  Running my own classroom was just too tiring at the beginning of the school year so even though going for a jog would’ve been helpful I just never had enough time.  Being home for break has been very helpful to reignite the relationship with running.  Today I went down to the Philadelphia Marathon with my girlfriend to watch a few of our college friends run.  This is the first time in the past four years I haven’t completed the race.  As my friends were wiping the salt off crust off their face and stretching their incredibly sore legs I promised them I’d be back for next year’s race to run it with them.  It has definitely been the toughest four months of my life I am sensing things stable out a tad.  I think that next year should be even more stable and allow me to train for next years race.  Let’s hope I’ll be writing a blog roughly this time next year with incredibly sore legs but an awesome feeling of accomplishment.  Everyday during this break I’ve gone for a nice hour long run at my old stomping grounds.  It felt great and I’ll do my best to keep running even after this break.