I Ran Half a Marathon...But I Need More Meat!

Loaf that is.

Sunday

Distance 21K , Time 2:37 (This is the time for the 21K) Here are the Stats for the run
Distance 22K , Time 2:44, Avg Pace 7:28, Avg HR 162

That would have been a 5:14 Marathon. Now this 1/2 was not official just my run on Sunday. I ran through most of the trails in Oakville to save my knees. You forget sometimes what a beautiful place that you live in (during the summers) remember - this is Canada.

You get to see the backs of some really big homes (What do these people do for a living - work for the mob?) and lots of wildlife. I have terrified many jackrabbits and vice versa as they take off into the bushes. At least the pounding feet scare off the rattlesnakes.

This run went went really well but I have a problem. While I run I listen to my Samsung and I thought I would try the Meat Loaf Marathon. I got through the first three Meatloaf albums and will not have enough to do the race.

Now, according to Wikipedia, there are a number of CD's that I don't have (Actually they are albums - round big things made out of vinyl which play music kiddies). They are Dead Ringer, Midnight At The Lost And Found, Bad Attitude, Blind Before I Stop, Meat Loaf - Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Couldn't Have Said It Better and Live Around the World.

Guess I better haunt the used CD stores. I need More MEAT! I do have Storeyteller so I will load that up but Houston We Have A Problem!


Little Known Meat Loaf Factoids (Wikipedia)

In 1990, Meat Loaf joined Slim Fast and lost 84 pounds. Not only did he become $1 million richer, he even considered changing his name to Olive Loaf.[16] . WHAT A RIOT!

Meat Loaf is said to have cheated death on numerous occasions, having crashed in a car which rolled over,[17] been hit on the head with a shot put,[18] and being struck by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.[19] More recently, in October 2006, his private jet was almost forced to crash land at London's Stansted Airport after his plane's forward landing gear failed. I HOPE THAT I CAN DO AS WELL!

On Sunday was the Oakville Half Marathon. Having done one the day before, I did not feel the need to do another. The on site registration was $100. Man that's a lot of money - I hope most of it goes to the Hospital.

I ran into Elizabeth Brown at the finish. She and her "Posse" (or is it now "Entourage") had finished the 10K part of the race. I was introduced as "Here's the guy with the blog"???? She didn't even get my name out. Even Charley Manson gets his name out! ( "Hey girls, This is Charley Manson, the Serial Killer." We chatted for a while but then I left to go do my Core Fitness class.

Now - I was watching some of the first people come in. They were running harder than I do in the beginning of my run. Mais, c'est n'ai pas un problem. Je courir pour moi. Now I can say I have a multi-lingual blog. Let's see, the first guy finished in 1:07 - somebody's getting too much Ritalin for breakfast!

With my 2:37 time I would have finished 700th out of 790. I would have also had the pleasure of watching Bob Bonham finish ahead of me AGAIN. Bob is training for the Cleveland Marathon in the same timeframe as mine. Bob finished in 2:27.

JJ