On My Runarelli

Perhaps prematurely, I signed up for a triathlon later this summer. I'm not really prepared to do a triathlon, nor do I know how to train for one; but I hit the submit button and, as I have said to myself many times before, "How hard can it be?" I'm not shooitng for a stellar performance, just a strong finish. So in preparation for said triathlon, I went for a run today on the Rock Creek Trail. Every time I run that way I like to stop and stretch by a set of little memorial benches, which are in living memory of Graham Stewart Clark. I always wonder who Graham Stewart Clark is (besided lover of nature and cycling) and what could have happened that his life was cut short to 41 years. I think he would inspire me if I knew him and encourage me to do the triathlon. He strikes me as the type of person who has a 'work hard, play hard' attitude, but make sure that you're happy while your doing it. As my uncle once wrote about painter Stanton Englehart, "For Stanton, painting and fishing and cycling and loving are not about fame. They are about finding the inner soul of the outward experience." I think that could be Graham Stewart Clark, and it could be me too.