I have come across some exciting news in the running community. The powerful and inspiring documentary Running the Sahara narrated by Matt Damon will be shown on the big screen. Running the Sahara chronicles the journey of three runners as they run for 111 days across 4300 miles of Saharan desert. It will be shown at the Plaza Frontenac Theater on Feb 24th. The best part is that in addition to seeing the documentary, each person will receive a copy of the DVD, and there will be a Q&A with Charlie Engle, one of the runners. Charlie's story is inspiring even without having run across the Sahara. He has been featured in Runner's World, and other magazines for overcoming addiction through running.
Tickets are $35 at the door and $25 in advance, however by following this link http://nehst.com/rtsln , and entering the code GROUPSALE (case sensitive) you will get an extra $5 discount. $20 is not bad for what you get out of it.
I have seen the documentary already and it was really great. I can't say enough good things about it so instead play the video and watch the trailer.
I am not sure how many tickets will be available, so if you think you might want to go by all means do not hesitate. Here are the details again:
What: Running the Sahara
When: Wednesday, Feb 24th 2010
Where: Landmark - Plaza Frontenac Cinema
Why: You already read why!
For me personally this was a horrible week for running. I have been sick almost for a week now so my best run of the week was the 5 I did on Monday. Cheri and Donna were off to Florida to run in the Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon, leaving Saturday's long run in the hands of the sick and the lame (I was the sick, and Miriam was the lame). We got some snow Friday night but it was nothing like the "Snowmageddon" they were predicting. There was anywhere from 0-1 inch on the ground. Miriam made the call to run outside (point of clarification: Miriam did not actually run) which was appreciated, although had everyone ran on the dreadmills I could have stayed home,and convalesced. I was glad it was a cut back week for the Full Marathoners 10 miles seemed pretty doable, plus I figured I might end up with less mileage if I ran in with the Halfathoners (and that is how you know how sick I was).
Dave was still injured so he walked down the hill with us, and then walked back up. I hope he gives himself enough time to heal properly. The rest of us took off and thus began our long miles for the week. Both routes were pretty simple making me glad that I didn't have to remember much. I didn't run terribly fast because I wanted to be around if anyone needed help, and that's what Cheri would do. Ingrid decided to do 5 instead of 6 so I ran her in. We talked about how she wants to do a Tri, and how so far this year she has been more consistent with her training. On the way back out I crossed paths with Betsy and Kari it looked like they were moving pretty good and I didn't want to interfere with the flow so I let them run it in without me, beside they were pretty close to the Y at that point anyway, and I wasn't sure how far I would have to run to pick up the remaining three full marathoners. As it turned out not as far as I thought. By the time I got back to Keebler and was half way up that first hill I saw them. What a relief! After last week I was not eager to get back up on Keebler. Everyone made it in just fine with me bringing up the rear. All in all it was a good run under the circumstances.
