Fdip237: The 33rd Milton 10K Road Race

Published: June 27, 2010, 4 a.m.

I had come to the town of Milton Massachusetts to\nrun a 10K road race that I had run three times before, with a 48:18 finish in\n2002, a 52:30 finish in 2003 and a 53:40 finish in 2004.\xa0 Today I was hoping to finish in an hour and\nfive minutes, although secretly a sub one hour would make me feel better.\n\nI\u2019ve been injured, I\u2019ve\ngained weight, and I\u2019ve not felt as in shape as I have in the past: but today\u2019s\neffort might serve to remind me that there was still hope within me to shed\nthese pounds and run faster and more intelligently with a new strategy of\ntraining.\n\n\xa0\n\nIf the act of running is a\ncelebration of life, it seemed only fitting that I\u2019d be here in the town where\nI took my first human breath, and experienced a childhood of tradition and\nlove, to celebrate my identity as a runner in training: where my walk breaks\nallowed my body to run faster, and this guy named Walker could feel more like a\nrunner.\n\n\xa0\n\nShow Links:\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nFree Audible Book download: \n\nThe song \u201cWalk on the Moon\u201d\nwas by Great Big Sea