It's Philadelphia!!

A little while back I was writing about short and long term goals. Among those goals was running a sub-3 hour Half Marathon this fall, and I also mentioned that I was trying to pick a race to go try get that PR. There were plenty of choices of course and many of those choices were certainly tempting for different reasons. However, life throws curve balls sometimes and when they come at you, you take a swing at them if you can.

Among my short list were races I genuinely wanted to run because they were on my list (Space Coast Half Marathon), races that were close to people I met during the Marathon or online (Pensacola, Avengers Half, some potential Loopfests) and some charity runs (St. Judes). In the end, fate kind of chose for me.

I think it was about a month ago, I talked about a run I did with my friend Al Vincent and how we went to the LRS and got him some running shoes. 

Al, is a very busy guy with many responsabilities and travels A LOT so it's hard for him to maintain the discipline to run regularly. I told him that one of the best ways to keep yourself accountable was to sign up for a big race early so you have something to work towards to. Well, on April 1st, registration for the Philadelphia Marathon/Half was opened and I emailed him with the challenge that if he signed up for it, I would join him. Well, he did. 

A promise is a promise right? So I signed up as well. Come November, we'll be running up those "Rocky Steps" and celebrating with a cheeseteak sandwich in the City of Brotherly Love. I worked in Philly for a year back in 2000 so it's a return to my old stomping grounds. Plus, November 21st is my Birthday!!  Will I manage to go sub-3? That remains to be seen but I will sure work my butt off to get it done.