Back in the Running Groove

So as I may have mentioned in a previous post, I decided to run the Philadelphia Marathon in November. I've been talking about doing a fifth one forever and decided to finally stop yapping and start running. It's been a little under 6 years (YIKES) since I ran my last marathon and things are definitely much harder this time around. My longest to date was just 10 miles last weekend, so the physical toll DURING the run doesn't seem so bad. I haven't been MISERABLE yet. My pace seems to be much slower, but I was never in this to be fast. And my ADD, which has gotten worse as I get older, only helps in this...Oh look at that cool tree, what a neat store, I've never seen that before, is that a nickel? On and on. But it's been going pretty well. At least while I'm running. Once I stop I have problems with joints that I didn't know I had. Or at least never worried about before. For example, my knees are killing me! I dropped my shampoo in the shower the other day and it took me like 4 minutes to bend over and get it. Ouch! Getting old is not as pretty as I once imagined. And I'm only 31! Ugh. Good thing this will be my last marathon. I'm switching to short and sweet tris when I'm done. That way, hopefully, if my knees don't give out, I can (sort of) go out with some dignity.