Boston Marathon Hotel Man

Having never really been a long distance runner, the thought of participating in something as massive as a marathon never really entered my mind until recently. My Boston Marathon Hotel with it’s amazing fitness center is more than enough physical fitness for this fellow. Interestingly, however, it has been my time in that workout facility that has me considering training and running one.

I’m not likely to jump in and run in the vaulted Official Boston Marathon, however. During a workout this morning I started chatting with the fellow on the treadmill next to me. This guy was a hard core runner.

You know the type? Those weirdo fitness nuts that set outrageous goals to run X number of marathons over the course of Y days/weeks/months? Wow! This guy was one of those guys.

And you’d never know it just by looking at him. By that I mean he really didn’t look like a long distance runner. Sort of more like the Eddie Izzard running 1,100 miles kind of guy.

Anyway, he was telling me some of his running exploits and I was fascinated. While I do include running in my regular fitness workout regime, it’s almost exclusively performed on a treadmill. Inside a hotel fitness center. Watching a television or if I’m lucky (like here) gazing out a plate glass window at a courtyard or some such view.

But listening to this fellow’s journey’s was very inspiring. The more he shared with me the less it seemed to be about the physical act of running and more about life. He seemed like some sort of guru or something. It would not shock me if he was indeed one of those online guys that have bunches of followers, etc. We never got around to that. The running dominated the conversation.

And I’m really glad for that because I’m now considering adding marathon training to my physical fitness routine. Maybe I can get my wife to join in as well. She used to do a lot of long distance running before I married her and we started having children.

Hmm, really taking to this idea. I’ll share more on it later as it develops!