Fat Man Walking: First Sun Run Dun- I Wun Says Hun-Fun but Sore Bun...

Fat Man Walking: First Sun Run Dun- I Wun Says Hun-Fun but Sore Bun...: "Okay, sorry about the alliteration, but I got your attention. My first foray into organized running or walking. It was a fun, just me and 50..."

First Sun Run Dun- I Wun Says Hun-Fun but Sore Bun

Okay, sorry about the alliteration, but I got your attention. My first foray into organized running or walking. It was a fun, just me and 50,000 of my closest friends.
We had a work group that were going to meet under the S in SunRun. Good Luck. Our meet time was 8:30, I was ther before 8 (thankyou skytrain). There were already close to 10,000 people in place and warming up. One quick phone call and I know we were no more than a couple of hundred feet from each other. That was as close as we got. I never saw any of them. Oh well, I had lots to concentrate on. My original goal when setting out was to finish in about 1:45. This is a quick walk, maybe the odd jog in there as well. When the gun went off I was in the middle front of the pack. It still took nearly 10 minutes to get to the start line. It's a crazy feeling, and you do get swept up in it. I did a nice slow jog for the firtst 1/2 k, enough to get my legs moving and to figure out the pace and how to stay out of people's way. A combination walk, jog for the next 7k. Probably about half and half. An amazing feeling with all the supporters cheering on people they don't even know. You are never more than 5 metres from anyone, usually more like a foot. Surprisingly, I felt quite good. This is about 3 k longer than any of the warmups I had done. When I got to the south end of the Cambie St. bridge, I could see the 9 k sign. I brought it up to a quick (for me) jog and actually sprinted the last 150 yards. I finished in 1:27:37, so a little ahead of the pace I projected. This put me in about 25,000th place. That sounds terrible until I realize I beat 25,000 more people. I know it's not about the race, but when you start, it is.
Great organization and great volunteers, it made the day quite memorable. I'm feeling all of my 53 years today, the muscles are quite sore, but I kind of expected it. Should only last a day or so and then I can start to run a little bit more. Maybe next year I can take another 15 minutes off that time? Hope you all join me, it really is a good feeling.

Fat Man Walking: Life is Slowly Evolving

Fat Man Walking: Life is Slowly Evolving: "Been a while since I checked in. The weight loss continues, albeit slowly. The passion to get healthy is now a craving or an urge. Still ther..."

Life is Slowly Evolving

Been a while since I checked in. The wight loss continues, albeit slowly. The passion to get healthy is now a craving or an urge. Still there but without the intensity.
I've found that the little journeys that life throws your way makes life more complex and interesting. After doing a major overhaul of my life last year, this year has become even more of a frog in a blender. The more sure I am that everything is becoming more calm and manageable, the more chaos rules. Just when I thought I had finally decided  what to be when I grew up, fate dealt another hand. I can't actually tell you what's going on, but it's something that I've wanted to do for quite sometime. It came out of the blue and will use all the skills I've accumulated over the past 30 years (the first 23 don't count cuz I wasn't paying attention)

I'm looking forward to the Sun Run on the 17th. My intent is to walk the majority and when I get within a mile of the finish line to jog in in  a blaze of glory and then collapse in a heap gasping for breath. It may not be pretty, but it should be accurate. I hope to have photos for you (not the gasping in a heap part). See ya soon