General thoughts from the life of Joel Gerber
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7 for 7, but nothing like waiting until the last minute…..again. I ran the Race for Ellie in Powell. Ellie suffers from United Mitochondrial Disease. This was a great event which raised about $48,000 for the charity. I ran ok, especially since I was in vacation mode already. I finished the race, wrapped up a couple of things as home, packed up the car and we headed to Mytrle Beach for vacation. It was a great way to start off a much needed vacation. |
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6 for 6. Not like I didn’t run down to the wire to get the June 5K in on almost the last day of the month. I did manage to find this small 5K that was local. The bonus, I thought at the time, was that is was not only local, but in the evening, so I wouldn’t have to haul myself out of bed early on a weekend. The run was scheduled for through Alum Creek park, which is a great run along the river. Turns out the run was pretty good, but short. Due to all the rain part of the course flooded. Regardless it was another fun run. |
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I’m now 5/5 on my 5K a month commitment. It was the Race For The Cure, or as my son called it “The Boob Run”. Nice. The weather couldn’t have been better. These 5Ks are so much better in warmer weather. Dawn and Zach joined me in the festivities and did the 1 mile walk. There were 43,000 people at the race this morning! It was unbelievable to see that many people crowd the streets of downtown Columbus, taking up all four lanes of road for over a mile at a time.
Today’s race was a personal one for me. It wasn’t about time or where I finished. It was in honor of my mother and the race was made even better having my family with me. Luckily I finished the 5K just in time to join them on the 1 mile walk. Thanks Mom, for everything you were and everything I learned from you. |
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I’m now 4/4 on my 5K a month commitment. I have to say, today’s race was a close call. The weather was good, the rain looked like it was going to hold out until after the rain and I was just over a bad cold. I really had no excuse, well, actually no good excuse. Thanks to good friends of ours, let’s just refer to them as “Minards”, I accidently imbibed a bit too much last night, so hearing the alarm at 7:00 this morning was a little rough. Needless to say a good run in the cool Columbus morning does wonders to clear up the fog from a night out with the “Minards”. |
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I am now 2 for 2 in the 12 5Ks in 2008 goal. The second Frigid 5K kicked off this morning at 10:15. The temperature was a balmy 31 degrees and the track was an ice rink! That said, I was feeling pretty good before the start of the race until I got to registration. I had signed up for both races so that I could get the t-shirt. I thought it would be funny to wear it during warmer weather runs and have people wonder what the hell is wrong with me. When I get to registration, the registration staff take one look at my number and said, “Wow that’s a terrible number, you can have whatever you want, you’ll need it”. I’m not a superstitious person, but when I had to clip a big number to my chest that falls between 665 and 667, even I was a little unsettled. All-in-all the run went pretty well. I finished ahead of my time from the last run, so I’m not complaining. |
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Remember that commitment of running a 5K each month in 2008? We’ll I’m 1 for 1. I ran the Frigid 5K in Dublin last Saturday so January is covered. How was it you ask? Cold and slow! When the race started it was 21 degrees. Yes, I said slow. There’s this whole running in preparation for a race that I kind of missed since I’d say about Christmas. Now before I get a lot of grief on my time I have to say at least I was out there. What were you doing Saturday morning at 10:15? |
With 2008 here, I thought it might be time to come up with some goals for the new year. I’ve done this before, but I’m really planning on trying this time. Here goes:
A final parting thought:Go Bucks!
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