running up that hill

i'm bored. i need a new challenge. i think i'll start jogging. i used to be a good athlete in school. i ran track. i did hurdles. i played volleyball. but maybe i'm too old. my knees are bad. my back's a mess. nah, i've still got it in me. i'll just get me a new pair of sneakers. gotta be extra wide though. i can start on saturday. i'll run before the kids wake up. like at six. or maybe seven. ok, maybe eight. and i'll start out slow. maybe only a kilometre or two at first. build up my stamina. before long, i'll be running marathons. and triathlons. might have to work on my front crawl though. but i can worry about that later. for now i'll just focus on saturday morning. at six. i mean eight.

hopefully i won't be running on empty for too long: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYRtOPUonA&feature=related

"that day, for no particular reason, i decided to go for a little run. so i ran to the end of the road. and when i got there, i thought maybe i'd run to the end of town. and when i got there, i thought maybe i'd just run across greenbow county. and i figured, since i run this far, maybe i'd just run across the great state of alabama. and that's what i did. i ran clear across alabama. and for no particular reason i just kept on going. i ran clear to the ocean. and when i got there, i figured, since i'd gone this far, i might as well turn around, just keep on going. when i got to another ocean, i figured, since i'd gone this far, i might as well just turn back, keep right on going." - forrest gump (1994)