As I was swimming this morning, I realized that today was Super Bowl Sunday. I have very little interest in today’s game because I don’t really care for either of the teams, even though I know I will watch it. I started to think about the Super Bowl two years ago.
See, two years ago, on Super Bowl Sunday, I ran a marathon with the Saint and BC. It was the Pacific Shoreline Marathon in Huntington Beach, CA. It was the Saint’s first marathon. The weather conditions were quite perfect for a marathon that day. The first 8-9 miles of this race was up and down along the ocean. Though I expected it to be a beautiful thing to see and something that would take my mind off the running for close to the first half of the race, it really didn’t happen quite like that.
It was foggy that morning. I’m told it’s foggy every morning! So, though we were running along the ocean, we couldn’t really see it. However, you could smell it! It smelled like dead fish! Not at all what I was expecting!! They hyped up this race as being awesome to run along the shoreline…eh, I could have done without it. I do have to say, though, it was a great race. I had strict instructions for that race to stay in Zone 3…I did, and still had a really good race time.
Unfortunately, BC had to take off soon after the race. The Saint and I were able to go back to the hotel room, take a short nap and get dressed to walk down to a local bar to watch the Super Bowl. I remember people looking at us and asking, “Ah, how was the marathon?” Apparently, we were limping enough for people to be able to tell! The best part was that the bar we went to was really open and the fresh air was just flowing in during the whole game. Not like I’ll ever be able to watch a Super Bowl outside in warm weather in Chicago!
It made me think that it has been almost a year since I did a marathon (not including IMFL). Then I started to think how I wished I could train for and run a marathon right now. A few years ago, I never thought I’d say I “miss” the marathon. Never say never…
