Mom on the Run tagged me to do this, and I shall!

Tagging is easy. Just copy the following onto your post. The rules of the game are posted at the start of your blog post. In this case, I’m asking you 5 questions about running. Each player answers the 5 questions on their own blog. At the end of your post you tag 5 other people and post their names. Go to their blogs and leave a comment on their blogs telling them they’ve been tagged and to look at your blog for details. When they’ve answered the questions on their own blog, they come back to yours to tell you. Got that? OK – here is my reply:

1. How would you describe your running 10 years ago?
Ten years ago I could not run. I was, however, riding a bicycle fairly often (my oldest son would have just started walking, and we were also foster parents at the time). I would ride either at 5:00 AM or late at night, around 11:00 PM, because that way I didn’t leave my wife stranded with the kids, they would usually be asleep. Key word “usually,” because the little buggers have an uncanny ability to know if a parent is out of the house, and tend to wake up at odd hours if that is the case. I started running probably three or four years ago, when I joined an adult soccer league for a little while and they (literally) kicked my ass. Also, cycling seemed to be getting more dangerous, I had a couple of people try and run me off the road, which when you are riding out in the middle of nowhere, is a pretty scary thing. Not that aggressive drivers are ever fun, but when they make a point to do it where there are certainly no witnesses? Think about that.

2. What is your best and worst run/race experience?
I don’t race. I’ve run a few 5Ks, pretty much at my turtle-like recreational runner speed.

3. Why do you run?
On the one hand, to try and stay healthy (I’m “morbidly obese,” in case I haven’t made that clear enough elsewhere in my blog. Heart attack waiting to happen, if I don’t do something). On the other hand because I like to hear some heavy breathing and maybe get a little time to think.

4. What is the best or worst piece of advice you’ve been given about running?
Buy good shoes. Us heavy guys (see #3) need shoes that don’t torture our feet. Also? Body glide.

5. Tell us something surprising about yourself that not many people would know.
When I graduated college I weighed over 100 pounds less than I do now.

I don’t know enough folks to tag anyone to do this, but if you want to do it, just leave a comment or link back and I’ll put you on the list!