Dragged the family to the zoo tonight so I could listen to a short talk by this man. He ran 250 marathons in a year, a few of them actual races (including Boston), many of them on the river pathways in the city and his own town, also around the soccer fields of several city schools, where the kids would run with him at recess and lunch. He also did one run around the zoo's grounds - not telling anyone what he was doing. LOL! I think he said that 9 times around the zoo was a marathon.



The past year or two I've been living by the motto "do one thing a day that scares you." While I don't do a scary thing everyday, today was the day - going up to talk to him (not naming names so this blog doesn't come up when his name is googled). I was nearly first in line to get a magazine signed - I'm not missing a chance like that. He's a local celebrity.

The tickets to see the talk were free, and since it was at the zoo, I brought the other 3 along. The zoo is EXPENSIVE! It would have cost $72 for the 4 of us if we paid to get in! YIKES! We got there a few hours early, and had a nice time exploring the nearly empty zoo.

I love this quote:

Sweat cleanses from the inside.
It comes from places a shower will never reach.
George Sheehan