The Runner Within

For some weird reason, I failed to notice that Angie tagged me to list 6 weird things about myself. So, after a brief oversight on my part, here’s what I have come up with:

1. I hate and have always hated (for as long as I can remember) potatoes… most people find this extremely weird, although, I’m not sure why.

2. I also hate creamy things, like whipped cream, eclair filling, etc… this is particularly weird, given that I have a big sweet tooth.

3. I like the beach, but I hate feeling sticky from saltwater, and beach sand annoys me… so, that’s kind of a paradox.

4. I have a mole on my retina which looks like a speck in the iris of my left eye. So, I suppose it would be hard to fake a retinal scan of my eye (or maybe really easy… not sure how the technology works).

5. I still act like a goofy nerd, even though I don’t look like one anymore… and it throws people off sometimes.

6. I sometimes wonder if I have some kind of anxiety disorder, because I randomly worry that members of my family are in horrible danger, and I’ll never see them again. This doesn’t happen as much as it used to, but it is weird nonetheless.

As for tagging six other bloggers… I don’t think enough people read this yet to notice they’ve been tagged.

So, I just today decided to register for the Nike+ Women’s Half Marathon. At some point, I’d like to run the full marathon for Nike in San Francisco, but this year it was sold out with lightning speed and is at a time when I couldn’t make it anyway. But, Nike is making it possible for 20,000 women (or men even) to run a half marathon using their Nike+ sensors during any time on October 21, 2007. All you do is run/walk the mileage and then upload it to Nike+ by October 28, 2007, and you are considered a finisher. So, basically, it’s a virtual race. This seems like the perfect thing for my first half-marathon. It will be a couple weeks after my Race for the Taste 10k and about a month before the Space Coast Marathon, but it seems like a good race for me to get at least one half marathon distance under my belt. Plus, I’d get a keychain for my effort, so, yeah… cool! Anyway, so if any ladies are interested in this, they should check it out, because it seems like a great way to run a half marathon virtually (if you have and ipod nano and nike+ sensor, which I do).

In other news, I’ve been cleared to run, so I really need to get back into it. It’s hard when you’ve been out for a while and you know you’ve lost cardio ability. Blarg! I will get running again though.