I mean I guess I could have used Facebook as a means to ramble on about running but if I did that my friend list would most certainly drop by 50%. Now that I think about it, I probably should have gone that route. Nonetheless, no turning back now. I feel somewhat obligated in this inaugural blog to at least touch on the basics; who I am, how I started running, why I run, and my goals for starters. Once I get the boring stuff out of the way then I hope to provide a relatively entertaining account of my life running the streets.
For starters I'm just a regular guy with a bit of an obsessive personality that just turned 40 and pretty much hates every single thing about the number four at this point. No really, I do. But before I was 40 I was 20 and before I was 20 I was just an overweight kid that had settled into a life of mediocrity. At some point and for some reason that I've never been able to clearly identify I started running. I still remember the first mile I ran without stopping like it was, um, like 20 years ago. It was late, dark, and I didn't have a watch but I'm guessing I clocked about a 13 minute mile and voila - a star was born.
Alright so maybe a star wasn't born and a star I'll never be but compared to the average 40 year old man I am totally killing it! And just for the record I don't take myself too seriously so you'll just have to read between the lines to decipher by sarcasm, self deprecation, insecurity, and arrogance. It all averages out to a high degree of humility. God blessed me with an inordinate amount of determination, more stubbornness than any one human should have, a sound mind and strong body so I just try to squeeze every ounce I can out of this body while I can. And to top that off I've got an extremely supportive and loving family and awesome friends.
At this point I run as somewhat of a midlife crisis but at least I can admit it, right? I mean if I have to be 40 I might as well be a fit 40 looking 30 something. Plus now I have my very own category because after 20 years of running I am a master. Actually I've mastered nothing more than being able to find a relatively secure place to use the bathroom at any given time on any given route in the United States. My goals and times are probably best suited for the next blog as well as why I'm chasing 18's.
Now that the boring post is out of the way I plan to post about my race experiences, training, upcoming races, and you can count on a fair amount of dialog about my daily running encounters. Hopefully it'll be a fun ride and spare those that don't care about my running endeavors the complete boredom of hearing about it and maybe in the process my insight and experiences will be helpful to one or two of the hopefully four or five followers I pick up along the way...
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