Go on then, run!

Here is the trick to running, I learned from the movie (Run Fatboy Run)
Gordon: Go on then, run!
Dennis: Isn't there some kind of like... special technique?
Gordon: Well... yeah... you put one leg in front of the other over and over again really really fast.

Here is a pic (photo-shop-ed) of fatboyslim applying this "technique" at Shamrock Shuffle.
I also registered for Chase Corporate Challenge, today. BTW, whats the deal with these "heavy" registration fees. How much money are these companies making (raising)? Shamrock Shuffle had approximately 30,000 registered runners, registration fee was $30, so they approximately made (raised) around a Million Washingtons. Since this event was "sponsored" by so many big companies, why do they need so much money from poor runners? Just curious. Still running is the cheapest sport, so I am OK with it . Also, the organization of event was superb, so cant complain too much. I wanna do the bike the drive thing on May 25th, but that one is even more expensive $40 dollar registration. Let me balance my checkbook and see if I can cough up that much.

Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere.

Men have been running, since 10, 000 B.C ;) or may be since 1994 (the year Forrest Gump was released). I have been running since ..mmm..lets see...may be right after I could walk comfortably...so....it would be 1986. Walking/running/biking was fun but only as child. As I grew older, the fun part vanished , coz now I was doing it as means of commuting. But I think I have come a long way in life (from Sukhna lake to Lake Michigan) where running and biking is fun again. I started (self) training for Chicago Marathon in early spring 2007, however because of my IT Band issues, I had to switch to playing B'ball and biking. This year I am planning to run the Chicago Half Marathon. I just ran the BOA Shamrock Shuffle 8k this weekend. I never thought I could run 5 miles at a stretch. Well, as "Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere." These shoes took me to from the start line to finish line in 53mins and 11sec.
Lets see where they take me now.

Pix from BOA Shamrock Shuffle Website: http://www.shamrockshuffle.com/CMS400Min/photo_gallery.aspx?id=4857
"Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running! "- Forrest Gump