Motivational Speaker?

Okay so ever since I discovered 43things, I've found myself getting all motivational speaker on people. Case in point: I love running and I'm not the fastest fastest fastest, but I keep improving. A friend of mine ran the same race as I did recently, and he killed me (by 4 and a half minutes). The worst part of that is that he hasn't run for a couple years, and I've been training pretty hard. Ps this tale is not about getting beat. I invited him to do this 10k race coming up in a couple weeks, and he said no because he wouldn't be able to keep his 4 mile pace for 6.2 miles. And I'm kind of like... well thats the point, its more of an endurance thing, just go slower. But he refuses to run the race because he knows he can't do as well. This is when I got all "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take...". I quickly realized I was getting a little too preachy, and shrugged off his attitude.
Only then on the subway home I shrugged it back on, backpack style, and thought about risks that I take. Sure I'm going path less traveled in a lot of ways, but is it because I know I can do it? Is there a race I'm not running because I know I can't place first? (ps we are talking figurative races, obviously, because I'm just dandy with not placing first in actual running races)

Running Goals for 2007

* February: Refridger-eight-er (8km) This one will be fun since its in Waterloo. I'm trying to get all sorts of Grebel folk and Mech Ten's to run it with me.
* March: Around the Bay 30k relay . 10kms each with Laura and my dad.
* April: Crossing Borders 10k. Only this MIGHT be right around exams.
* May: Sporting Life 10k. Its HUGE! I love big ones!
* June: a fathers day 10k. I dont know which, theres a lot. Whichever my dad wants to do.
* July: Baranga's Beach. 10miles, to prep for a half, plus, fun prizes and good course.
* summer time: the 2 or 3 beginner super sprint triathalons Okay, so first I will have to get a really good bike

Summer Half Marathon possibilities
* Ottawa, end of May. (I bet we could convince Aunt Sandy to do it too, shes so up for things like that)
* Aug, the Waterloo endurun, the day of the half only. Imagine doing the whole race!
* Sept, get to the point in Leamington. Only too bad Leamington is far, and kind of boring.

Fascination

Everybody should have an absolute favourite thing about themselves. My absolute favourite thing about myself is that I get interested. I mean, I'm interested strongly and frequently. And not in a "field hockey try outs are next week so I buy all the gear, make the team but lose interest so I don't go to practice so I get kicked off the team but who cares because the coach was a jerk anyway" way either but in an "oh perma-wow!" way. I like being interested in people interests, and I think a blog is a cool way to keep track of things.
Heads up FYI: I like hyperlinks and abbreves.
Straight up, yo!