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I ran the Turkey Trot yesterday – 10 km in support of the Vancouver Food Bank. It’s a great event, very relaxed, an easy-ish route with the hardest uphill at the beginning. Maybe it was too easy. And it was sunny out. Such a beautiful Vancouver morning it felt like I was walking and enjoying the view. There was no one pushing me. So my official excuse is that, due to all the travel, I haven’t been running as much as I usually do. Also I had two blisters on my left foot. But still… 

I lost 3 minutes from last year and, no matter how I try to spin it, I suck. 3 minutes is a LONG time. One hour six minutes is not good enough. The winter training will be rough leading up to my first half marathon in May. Especially if I want to come in around 2:10.

Running is humbling. Several senior citizens passed me yesterday including a crazy granny who was givin’er so hard she could have lapped me if the race was longer. 

Running is also lonely. I can’t run and talk. I can’t run without music. I’m on my iPod, I run alone, and an hour feels like a long, long time. Better this though than having Tom Cruise trying to “motivate” me with his Xenu inspirational quotes. I’d actually rather do a hundred squats after a wind sprints. 

Here’s Katie Holmes at Boston University today training for something. The New York Marathon is on November 1st. Perhaps? 


Photos from INFphoto.com

Katie Holmes runs alone at Boston University

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