Matt MacGregor

After multiple garage sales and psychologically-traumatic momento discards, I believe I have achieved this goal…it feels really cathartic to be free of all the garbage I had been hanging onto. Yeah!!

The going fast part was very cool (max speed was 130 in my rental Audi A4)...although they do have a lot of slow-down signs (labeled as 100KM)...its only those signs you have to obey. And they do have cameras by those signs to make sure you do. Anyway, the most fascinating part of this experience was how polite (or smart) the Germans were while driving as fast as they were…they always got over if you were passing without the macho BS that Americans always give. That was great. If the autobahn is anticlimactic for you though, I recommend hitting Nurburing (N Germany) where theres a Pro Am race track that you can drive on 12 euros…it was more fun driving there then anywhere else.

A buddy got me into running about 4 yrs ago…up to that point I was a weightlifter who despised aerobic activity. Well this dude even convined me to do a few half-marathons with him that turned out to be fun and not nearly as bad as I imagined. Now I actually run pretty regular…mostly in the trails by my house. But with the exception of the half Ms, I almost never run over 10 miles. This was true during my marathon training too…so when I did this thing (San Diego’s Rock n Roll) it was a brutal wake-up call for my body. I made it to the 15 mile marker feeling pretty good…then my knees and legs just shut-down on me. I basically limped the next 11 miles…do you know how long it takes to limp that far…well its forever if you were wondering. So my advice—do longer runs, even if you’re fine aerobically you’re body needs to adjust to the abuse. If I can do it…you can too, try skipping the limping part though :) good luck