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The Summer Knows

01 Thursday Aug 2019

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August, July, movie, observations, Running, seasons

And not the title song from the movie ” Summer of ’42.”

As in the seasons know exactly when to change or at least they used to not too long ago.

It’s August 1st, July has been swept aside as the pennant races heat up post trade deadline and summer has taken on a decidedly different feel.  We’re settled in with heat and humidity and gardens are no longer sprouting and vegetables aren’t emerging anymore.  Everything that you’re going to get from your work in the dirt is already here.

Switching gears as I often do this post was inspired by me being out on a run yesterday through a tree lined and leafy neighborhood.  The shade was great.  It’s mid-summer and some trees have started to take notice of the shorter daylight hours by shedding leaves and bark, notably the Sycamores which are swinging into their usual summer pattern of getting ready for eventual autumn.

There are bark fragments everywhere along the curb and as mentioned above the seasons do know when to change.

As a long time runner and cross country veteran I’m dialed into summer running which leads to September miles followed by October races and November marathons.

I’m the last person to step on the accelerator in hopes of giving summer the bum’s rush out the door but I’m also a realist – I know what’s coming.

Sometime later this month and on into September the streets will be filled with fall marathoners getting in their needed miles before they test themselves over 26.2.  For some runners it will be too little too late in terms of building up mileage but a couple of extra miles never hurt anyone.

The summer knows what’s up, knows what’s coming and knows September is inevitable.

So do the Sycamores.

A Wonderful Film About Running

31 Tuesday Jan 2017

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It’s called ” Beer Runners.”

Go see it.

It will remind you why you run and why running is good for you.

This Ain’t Golf – A Movie Review

30 Friday Oct 2015

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Finally saw ” McFarland” which is based on a true story about a cross country coach, a high school and it’s cross country team.

Briefly, the story is about a football coach who after being fired as a football coach comes up with a scheme to start a cross country team at McFarland High School in an attempt to save his job.  He knows nothing about cross country and the students at McFarland don’t either.

McFarland is a poor town who’s resident’s are mostly Hispanic and work in agriculture meaning they work in the fields picking crops.

In one scene the Coach explains to his runners that in Cross Country the lowest score wins, like golf he says.  Golf is something that is not on his runner’s radar.

The running sequences in the movie are not realistic.  But that’s not the point of         ” McFarland.”

I realized a few days after watching the movie that the real story is how these high school students and their coach against all odds managed to win the California State XC Championship.

That’s what the movie is really about.

In the scene depicting the start of the championship race one of the McFarland runners leans over to a preppy looking kid while they are both on the starting line.  He asks if the kid plays golf and the kid replies ” Yeah.”

The McFarland runner says ” Well, this ain’t golf” and the gun goes off to start the race.

In reality it took the McFarland HS team eight years to win it’s first championship and it has since won the state title in it’s division 24 times.  Hey, it’s a movie but 24 championships is a pretty real number.

The story of how running can transform a person is real.  The story of what running can do, what running is and what running means is very real.

Look past the movie and see the story.  I’m glad that I finally did because this ain’t golf.

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