Inspiration

I've had a lot of really cool sources of inspiration lately. First the Olympics. I am always in awe at how insanely fast people can run. I especially enjoyed watching both the men's and women's marathons to see how the elite handle 26.2 miles. It was incredible! The avg. pace of the winner of the men's marathon was 4:50 per mile. 4:50! To put that in context I challenge anybody to run 1 mile in under 5 min. In fact go to a track and try just one lap in under 1:15. If you can run that fast congratulations, then imagine going that fast for over 26 miles. It's just crazy but knowing that the human body (ok a 120lb human body) is capable of that makes me feel better about just trying to cover the distance before the close the course.
Another source of inspiration lately are the folks that are doing the Transrockies run. For those unfamiliar with this event it is a tourdefrancesque 6 day running stage race in the ROCKIES. They do anywhere from 10 to 24 miles a day ranging from like 8000' to 12000' altitude. Since Gore sponsors the event they have 20 free entries for associates who are interested (a $1400 value). A few people I work with are in this thing (they tried to get me to join because I'm pretty good with the bo staff) and I've been following their progress online. It's been so cool to see them kicking arse up and down the rocky mtns. Way to go Erin, Aaron, Janie, Joe, Bob, and Mark; keep up the good work and I look forward to hearing all about it next week.