It's Official...

I have officially been deemed crazy by almost everybody I know. The only people I know that still consider me sane are other runners, triathletes, or endurance athletes. Can you believe the other day my wife actually told me I might need to be committed? She is about as opposite of a morning person as there is so she doesn't understand why I would get up at 5:15 AM on a Saturday morning. She's supportive of me. She just doesn't understand the early mornings. I don't really like them either, but it is REALLY, REALLY hot in southeast Texas right now. I've even started getting up at 5:00 AM and running before work since it has been so hot lately. We've already had temps over 100 degrees the past week. That kind of suffering is usually reserved for August. While my wife lives with this everyday, and she is starting to either understand it, or tolerate it. I haven't figured out which one yet. Other people still think I'm nuts, and I might be starting to agree with them. More on that later.

I'm Coming Back for 2012

Well, I've signed up for the 2012 Chevron Houston Marathon. I got a guaranteed entry this year with the new qualifying time system they implemented so I didn't have to go through the lottery. Registration opened at 8:00am on May 10, 2011. I was done with registration at 8:04am. Can you tell I was a little excited? Finally, after nine days of waiting, I got my registration confirmation saying my qualifying time had been verified, and I was officially in the race.

I've got about one more month of light running, and then, training officially starts on July 1. It's going to be a long hot summer. I have no clue what my goal for this year's marathon will be. It would be easier to come up with a goal had I not bombed this year's race. Hopefully, I'll do much better this year.