I
haven't thought about it for a while. But now I wonder how I would
do in it.
Those
of you who've read these forever know that I'm quite physically
active. I run, I workout, I bike, I soccer, and during the winter, I
cross-country ski. That's one of the reasons, I'm guessing, that my
doctor called me “medically boring” earlier this week. But with
all that activity there's one I've hardly ever done, and one that I
really don't like doing.
And
that's taking part in an athletic competition.
I'm
sure that stems from when I was a geeky kid and was always near the
last in getting picked in gym class. I'm the first to admit it; I
was never good at sports, especially team sports. That's just part
of who I am. And even now, when I seem to be in fairly decent shape
(especially for “someone my age”) it's not anything that
interests me at all. In fact, I've gone through my whole life
without entering any sort of competition at all.
Well,
except for one. The old Superior 10 run.
Those
of you who were around Marquette in the 90s and very early 00s may
remember the race; it was always held the Saturday of Seafood Fest
weekend (back, at least, when there was a Seafood Fest), which means
that it was always held this time of the year. For almost a decade I
would run the 5K race, prompted by Loraine's entering it one of the
first years we were here and together. While she quit doing it I
kept up, and although I'm not the best person to judge, I'd like to
think I got pretty good at it. At my peak I was finishing in 22
minutes and change, and while I never won a medal or anything, that's
fine. I wasn't racing against everyone else who had entered.
I
was just racing against myself.
I
stopped doing the race when they stopped offering it (after the old
sponsor, the First National Bank, was bought out by Wells Fargo), and
I haven't done an organized athletic event since. Oh, I think about
the race every time I use one of the plastic cups I was given as race
swag, and when I run on a crisp fall morning, especially by Lake
Superior, I wonder how I would do if I was still running it. But
that's okay. I still am racing, after all.
Even
if it's only against myself.
On
that note, have yourself a great weekend. I plan on running a bit;
who knows, maybe even part of the old Superior 10 course, just to see
how I would do. No matter what you end up doing I hope you get out
and enjoy the warmth and nice weather while it's still here!
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