Late last summer I thought I had learned a lesson.  I had decided – granted it took me a few weeks once the suggestion was floated – to run a marathon.  I was going to, along with several friends – all of whom run different paces, run Wineglass Marathon.  I had some issues with cash flow as number five was heading back to college so I held off on registering.  I did this knowing that the year prior a friend had registered for this same marathon in September.  The price did not rise until mid-September so I thought I was safe to hold off.

Mid-August came and I was running a half that is local to Wineglass.  The talk was all about how the marathon had already closed registration.  Guess what?  I had not registered.  Could not believe that they had closed 6 weeks earlier than the year before.  I guess I should have realized that was possible because a year prior, I would never have thought I would be entertaining running in a marathon.

Fast forward to this year.  I ran my first marathon.  It was not Wineglass.  It was not local.  It was in Myrtle Beach in February.  I registered in October for it.  The local area here is hosting the inaugural Greater Binghamton Bridge Run – a half marathon that will cross four historic bridges in Binghamton.  I had every intention of running this half marathon.  I love the half distance.  Unfortunately, I have had slight issue with my right hamstring.  I held off on registering because of this issue.  Today I went to register – yes, only 10 days out – to find that Tuesday the Chamber of Commerce announced that the registration had capped at 1000 and the half marathon was closed to registration.

I guess some lessons are harder to learn than others.