on three on three

Well, this weekend was a busy one. With that came a hold on my cross-training. I have felt bad about missing three days of biking, but at the same time I have also felt exhausted. Overall though, my leg feels the best it has in months. I think I can attribute the good vibes to a quasi active release session on Friday. The jury is still out on the degree to which it helped, but my legs has felt different all weekend. I’ll provide more details in a future post.

Here is a recap of the weekend:

On Friday I had a film-festival deadline where I submitted my documentary-short “Wardian’s Marine Corps Marathon.” I didn’t know that I had to create a 30 second trailer for the film, so that threw my whole day out of wack. I also attempted to work on campus for a bit, and that sort of got screwed up as well.

Saturday I volunteered at Pacers Running Stores for their busiest day of the year, packet pickup at the George Washington Parkway Classic. I also got a chance to do some filming, getting some of the elite guys, packet pickup, and other Pacers personalities. It was a great day, as I felt like I was part of something bigger than a huge sales day.

Sunday was the race. I had a chance to film from the lead truck and got some pretty cool footage. I saw a really interesting race unfold among a select group of Americans, with locals Chris Raabe and Andrew Dumm getting 3rd & 4th overall in a shade over 49 minutes. At the finish I got more footage and even shot Pacer’s head man Chris Farley as he proposed to his now fiancee Kathy. It was an exciting morning, tiring, but worth it.

This weekend reminded me that I don’t actually miss the act of running the most. I miss striving for a new goal, preparing my gear the night before a race, drinking endurox, worrying about the heat, wearing my DS trainers, and getting called “soft” by my friend Steve. Really it’s all of the little things. I hope I am back to experiencing all of that sooner rather than later.

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