Thursday mornings are busy around our house. Get dressed, brush teeth, make breakfast, clean up breakfast, wait for our veggie/fruit wholesaler to deliver our weekly groceries, and then we're off to gramma and papa's house. The boy's get to hang out with gramma while I get to go for a run with my dad. My dad and I started running together in 2008 after I moved back home from living in Washington. He is over six feet tall and I stand at 5 feet, 5 inches tall. Surprisingly, we make great running partners. This Thursday was no different, except that our fruit vendor was very late with his delivery so I thought my dad might hit the pavement without me. Luckily, I have the best dad in the world and he waited. We ended up not hitting the road until around 11:30. We have a great out and back route that goes towards the Batchellerville Bridge on the Great Sacandaga Reservoir. It is a beautiful and hilly 6-mile run. My folks are so lucky to live in such a picturesque area. Thursday's run was not the strongest showing by me, but my dad slowed his pace so that we could continue to chat about life. My dad has a lot of great advice to give. He is very knowledgeable and he is a great listener. He has always taken the time to explain something to me if I'm having a hard time understanding. I love my dad and I couldn't ask for a better running partner when Rich isn't available.
We chatted a lot about the races that we are going to run this year and we are excited for this year's roster. This year we have decided to run the Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon on October 7th, which starts in Schenectady, NY and finishes in Albany, NY. We have the Utica half marathon on May 20th (hopefully, still waiting for confirmation on this one), the father's day mule haul, 5 miles, on June 17th, the Charlton Heritage 5k on June 2nd, a 10k up in Speculator sometime in August (unless if that falls on the same weekend as Rich's Timberman), and the Stockade-athon 15k on November 11th. I am sure that I will find some other races to run and I will be sure to keep you all updated on how we do.
Do you have any running partners? What races do you have lined up for 2012?
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