You don't know til you know, you know?

First things first. Earlier tonight I was online searching for my husband's anniversary present (which shall remain nameless in case he stumbles across this post) and while looking at amazon.com I discovered amazon.com demand. Does anybody know about this? Has this been around forever and I am just lame? IT IS SUPER COOL. You can rent and buy movies to either be watched online, downloaded to your computer, or sent to your Tivo box to watch on your TV. HOW BRILLIANT IS THAT? Renting was $2.99 for 7 days, buying was $9.99. My on demand movie rentals on my DVR box are $4.99 FOR 24 HOURS!! So I gave amazon.com demand a whirl. I rented Spirit of the Marathon and downloaded it to my computer for $2.99 for 7 days. EASY and it worked beautifully.

Now on to the movie. WONDERFUL, inspiring, beautiful, captivating, encouraging, heart wrenching, motivating...........I loved it. Who could not want to jump up and start training for a marathon after watching that? wow.

And now about the title of this post. You don't know til you know, you know? I mean you don't know what marathoners have to do, until you know. Whether it is via a friend telling you, watching it on TV, reading about it, watching it live. But really until you truly understand, you have NO IDEA. I apologize to all my runner friends, whether it be a marathon, a half, a 5k, hell 2 miles. I applaud all of you for your own triumphs, for sticking with it, for pushing yourself, for setting goals and sticking with them. I am sorry I wasn't more of a cheerleader, a chin holder upper, a shoulder, and a provider of a thumbs up and a pat on the back when needed. But honestly until you know what it takes, you just don't get it. For people that sit back on their couch and say "I could do that" please go out and try to run a few miles, but don't get discouraged when you can't, push yourself and train so that you can soon. Because we all can do something more than we are doing now. We have to push ourselves, and each other, to make those dreams a reality.

"Nothing's better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you." AARON DOUGLAS TRIMBLE