Disgusting...

This morning we did our best to run fast. Usually, we kind of drag ourselves quite leisurely through our 4.2 mile course, but this year and on multiple occasions, we've already tried to push ourselves a bit more. As we finished running, huffing, puffing and sweating, we sat on our front bench to watch the world go round.

I then thought that if we're running one mile in about 10 minutes, it would take us almost 4 1/2 hours to complete a marathon provided we were able to hold the pace we picked up this morning on more than 6 times the distance we just covered. Then, I thought further and realized that a top-level marathon racer runs twice as fast as we do when we're thinking we are going all-out.

Disgusting? Not really, it simply shows that we still have a long way to go in lengthening our stride and improving our performance!