Intervals

Great weather for the run Saturday, very little wind. When Mark mentioned intervals Saturday morning, I remembered a story that I've been meaning to share.
When I run, I do intervals. At last years marathon, I did 3:1 intervals for most of the marathon. The funny thing for me (not sure if this happened to others) was that I would be running at a pretty good pace and then my watch would beep and I would start walking. At least two-three times when this occurred, I had a spectator offer encouragement, "Don't give up, you can do it!" When I would stop running and start walking, I assume they thought that I was giving up. Occasionally, I would respond, "I'm fine, this is what I do."
The most entertaining response I got was around mile 20, when I started one of my walk intervals. A guy in the crowd started walking beside me and said, "Come on man, run like you stole something!" Rather than try to explain my routine, I started running again, because I appreciated him taking the time to give me encouragement. As soon as I felt like I was out of his sight, I resumed my walking and gave myself a longer walk break. Recently, I changed the title of my blog to include his quote, because I thought it was hilarious.
It's funny, I have so many memories of the marathon, but some of the more prominent ones are of things/people that I saw or heard rather than the actual running itself. I am looking forward to going back this year, not only for the run, but for the experience as well.