It's been two years since my stent was placed. Only 35 more years to go (although no one seems to know or want to say what the mortality is for a 38 year old with a stent). What will I be doing for the next 35 years? If the last two years are any indication, I'll be doing a lot of running:
In the past two years, I've run the Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 5k twice (2010: 23:09, 2011: 22:46), the Big House, Big Heart 10k twice (2010: 47:41, 2011: 44:10) and the Dexter-Ann Arbor Half-Marathon (2011: 1:51:40). I've run over 1,700 miles (2010: 655 miles, 2011: 1050 miles), burned over 200,000 calories, and lost 35 pounds.
Why would anyone do that?
I've seen my daughter's 3rd and 4th birthdays, three Christmases, her swimming, tennis, and soccer lessons, and spent millions of valuable minutes with her.
I've celebrated my 12th and 13th wedding anniversaries with my wife, and travelled with her to Japan and Croatia and Las Vegas, NV, Marquette and Petoskey, MI and spent millions of valuable minutes with her.
I've spent countless hours with friends, most of them were either running or drinking or with cameras in our hands. I've turned two of them into runners (and they've lost a combined 100 pounds) and helped return one to running, so the health effects spread.
That's why someone might run 1,700 miles.
Happy second stent-iversary to me, happy second stent-iversary to me, happy second stent-iversary to me, happy second stent-iversary to me.
And thanks for all the help - you know who you are.
And thanks for all the help - you know who you are.
