Schwag whore

Thursday was the first day of Spring, and in the spirit of poetry, Runner's World challenged its online readers to come up with a haiku celebrating this day and why runners love it so much.
Here's my take:

In a rush for work
I run an extra mile anyway
Boss not mad I'm late

Corny? Maybe. But they are giving out a cool Runner's World T-shirt. I'll do anything for good schwag. (If you got a better one for me, leave me a message)

Running update: Even though the doctor has given me the ok, I'm going to wait until next week to test my right leg. It feels fine. I just want to make sure I don't reinjure it. Though I'm raring to go. I drove to Austin last night for a friend's wedding and the scenery here is absolutely beautiful.

Client 9 once wore Bib No. X887

Late in 2006, before he was the New York Governor or the now infamous Client 9, Eliot Spitzer was the New York State Attorney General, and who would have thunk it: A runner.
The astute editors at Runner's World combed through their archives and found an interview they did with Spitzer in their monthly “I'm a Runner” feature.
In the interview, Spitzer said he runs two or three miles five times a week and listens to Springsteen or Dire Straits on his Ipod. In 2006, he was running for governor, which made for many long days. “My wife doesn't mind when I slip out at 5 a.m. She just asks that I don't turn on the lights,” Spitzer told Runner's World's Toby Tanser.
And get this, Spitzer ran a marathon, the New York City Marathon, in 1983. His time was 3:58:43. He wore Bib No. X887.
Here is the Runner's World interview with Spitzer, which was published in December 2006.
This picture of Spitzer is courtesy of Flickr. He is running the Utica Boilermaker 5K last July. He finished in 26:15, an 8:27 minute/mile pace.