I had a great run at the gym tonight, at least it was great for me. I am really new to this whole running for pleasure as opposed to running from danger thing; a lot of what I have done to this point has been lots of trial and a little error (do not want… Continue reading Failure is NOT an option
Tag: half marathon
I am Iron Man!
I am not Iron Man as the title of my post implies, nor do I have an Ironman Tri on my bucket list. I did however go watch the running portion of the Ironman in our city today and it was inspiring. As most of you know an Ironman consists of a swim, a bike, and… Continue reading I am Iron Man!
Ease on down the road
One more run down towards my half marathon goal. Today I ran my 2nd officially timed 5K race. I ran the race at the same place where I ran my first one. This course is at a local park with many hills, it is so easy to forget how hard it is to run uphill.… Continue reading Ease on down the road
A walk down memory lane…no regrets just great memories
This has become my new favorite running song. I am not really sure what the composer/writer's original meaning for the song is but what it does for me is stir memories and the beat gets me moving. I have had some good times in my life and most of my younger days were spent with… Continue reading A walk down memory lane…no regrets just great memories
Yoga and the outdoors
As I did in my blog yesterday I am going to refer to my first post that I wrote a few days ago. I mentioned in that writing that as of January of this year I weighed over 200 lbs and was a 31 year smoker, today I am 170 lbs (and counting) and have… Continue reading Yoga and the outdoors
THE Goal
When I finished my first post on this Blog I ended it with telling you that I have signed up for a Half Marathon in Disney World on February 24, 2013. When I came up with the title for this Blog - "From Here to Me" - I was trying to think of a short… Continue reading THE Goal