Shamrox 5k

March 13th was the Shamrox 5k.  It was a cold, dreary day.  That line just kept going through my head that morning.  Just the typical, cliche opening book line.  

The run was at the winery in Rocheport for the 2nd year in a row.  I knew from last year that I could expect a nice downhill course, then some flat trail, followed by a hell of a hill to end it all on.  My only goal was to beat my time from last year.

This guy...I would hate to wear that green pantyhose thing all day.

My hair was so gross at the end just from the fog.  I have pretty much only been doing spinning for cardio.  I did a mile warm up here and there at the gym but not really running much.  I was pleasantly surprised to feel great during the run (although the picture above looks like I feel a little rough).  I especially love the downhill!  The hill at the end was not pleasant but it was better than last year.  I shaved about 3 minutes off my time from last year.  I'm hoping this means I'm on track for a new PR this year, aiming for May.  Two runs coming up in April that are fun runs and two in May that are probably my favorite runs of the year.

I have gotten hooked on the Showtime series The Affair.  I thought there was a brilliant monologue in an episode I watched recently where the character Noah is answering the question "Can love last?"  He responded with "I believe love is a kind of faith and when two people both believe, something very powerful happens.  If you and I are in love and I trust you enough to lean in towards you and you trust me enough to lean in towards me then we meet in the middle, it's a triangle and we're holding each other up and it's very strong and unbreakable.  But if I disappear, you can't hold our house up alone, you're kind of falling through open air.  Love can't work without the trust, without the faith.  That's why people say when somebody cheats they were unfaithful.  Think about that word."  I thought that writing was pretty awesome.  What a great way to sum up a partnership and love.  The whole series is pretty interesting.  You see the first season from both perspectives of 2 people and the second season you see perspectives from 4 people.  It's kind of eye opening really...to see the same "story" and think how in real life people do perceive what happened differently.  It's often hard to see things outside of our own perceptions.

Speaking of TV shows, if you are a fan of Marvel...season 2 of Daredevil is great.  Mainly, because of The Punisher storyline.