Health, Motivation, Running, Self awareness, The Journey, Uncategorized

The 10K that almost wasn’t

I had a 10K race this morning; a race that almost did not happen, for me anyway.  I had a million excuses running through my head.  My race partner (my daughter) has the flu, my back has been hurting for about a week, in the past two weeks I have only run four times and… Continue reading The 10K that almost wasn’t

Health, Motivation, Self awareness, Weight Loss

It can only be attributable to human error

Despite the title and the graphic above this is not a post about 2001: A Space Odyssey; both are quotes from the movie and after feeling a bit controlled and dependent on the machines tonight, the theme just seemed appropriate.  Hope the reference is not too nerdy. When I started working out to improve my… Continue reading It can only be attributable to human error

Motivation, The Journey, Weight Loss

Pushing through setbacks and disappointments

As someone who has been over weight and a smoker for most of my life I am the first to say that I have not always dealt with stress and disappointments in ways that are constructive or particularly helpful. Over the past several months I have been making great strides in my personal and professional… Continue reading Pushing through setbacks and disappointments

Self awareness

How did I get here?

So, my first post.  It will probably be boring and drawn out and contain a good bit of information most people do not care about.  However, if it gets me started I will take it and find my rhythm as I go along.  Does a blog really have to be one thing?  Does it always… Continue reading How did I get here?