Saturday I ran in my first official 10K, finishing under an hour (57:50 officially). Afterwards I just felt so good, just wandering around the house flexing my arms etc, just feeling healthy and fit and good. All of which is a really novel experience for me. TO be honest I was pretty much the prototypical Geek/Nerd growing up. I played and enjoyed some sports, especially basketball, but had I gone to a more traditional school I would never have made the team. My preferences for entertainment were always fare more cerebral: books, TV, role playing games. And as I got older I definitely settled into that mode even more. So this new found enjoyment of physical activity and exercise is really new to me. So doing this, the running, makes me feel like a super hero.
To top that feeling Kim let me take James to see Captain America! Which was really cool. It was a good movie, I really enjoyed it. And I especially enjoyed being able to share it with James. Because I have a confession: I was never a big comic book guy. I am aware of them, and a lot of the back stories, but I am not an avid follower. So watching all of these movies with James is especially cool because I get to enjoy the stories with him for the first time rather than an after the fact sort of thing.
Then to top the day off we watched the Green Hornet when we got home. Which was a really fun rendition of the story. And a lot of fun to share with the kids as well.
So I had a full day of 'heroism', both personal, and with family. It was a great day.
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