The Signifigance of '92

 92.

What's the big deal?  Well, a lot happened that year.

Some great movies - Last of the Mohicans, Basic Instinct, Unforgiven, Wayne's World, A League of Their Own, A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny and The Mighty Ducks.

Also, in the year that was....

• Bill Clinton became president of the United States. 
•  The Summer Olympics took place in Barcelona.  The Winter Olympics took place in Albertville.
• Rioting broke out in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating Rodney King (Rodney later said "can't we all just get along"). 
• Seth Campbell Allan was born on July 10.
• It was in 1992 that the Mall of American opened. 
• Ralph Klein succeeded Don Getty as Premier of Alberta

We could go on, but let's be honest. This information is somewhat trite.  This is a blog about a run streak and today is Day 92 of said streak. That's what matters.  Only eight days to go!  Seems like the time has flown by, right?

While I haven't added it all up, I think I'm around the 200-mile mark and most of my runs have a common theme in that they've been relatively short and have taken place indoors on a treadmill. The indoor thing has limited things relative to the mileage and if we had started this crazy streak in, say, May rather then December, unquestionably the mileage would have been greater.

Not getting ahead of ourselves, here, but there is the mystery of what happens next once March 20 comes and goes.  I read a book a couple of years ago by former Flames head coach Dave King (or as Jack Neumann calls him "Kinger"). One of the things King described in the book was the fact he ran every day for a year while coaching a team in Russia.  Is that something we should consider?  Oh, and by the way, I'm curious as to where "The King of Russia" book ended up.  The last I heard, big brother Pete had given it to Alex (it was nice knowing you ... "King of Russia").

Or maybe we turn our attention to distance and look to hit the 1,000-mile plateau over the course of a 12-month span.  At my current pace, again, that seems doable. Providing we amp things up a little once the weather gets nice.  The would be a good goal to shoot for.

So that's about if for tonight, y'all.  Hope you've had some good runs lately!

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