Shamrock 5k and Motivated Push-ups

Shamrock 5k today. It’s supposed to be pretty ugly out—70-75% chance for rain starting anytime now, and lasting throughout the evening (with sporadic thunderstorms beginning at/around 5:00 PM EST). The race itself begins at 6:00 PM EST. Fun stuff. Anyone that knows how susceptible to flooding downtown Savannah is will recognize that runners may need to become small craft boaters at some juncture during the run; I will hope that someone is just in front of me, affording me the opportunity to tether myself to them and use my ski-feet, both saving me energy and wearing them down.

Though I’d seen it before, I got particularly jazzed about the video/song below (the song is Ali in the Jungle by The Hours) Wednesday evening and knocked out 45 push-ups in short order—not something altogether wise when I’ve not been doing any at all, so suffice to say I’m a little tender in the abdominal and underarm/wing area. You probably didn’t even read that last portion of the sentence, because you were too busy knocking out your own push-ups, weren’t you? That’s how motivational that song is. Anywho, the song reinforced my already-pretty-strong belief that I’ll be running an ultra marathon later this year (barring injury), the training for which will begin shortly after I’ve completed the Boston Marathon. The two I’m currently considering (especially the latter one):

Nashville Ultra Marathon
North Coast 24-Hour Endurance Run

More on these at a later date.