Well, I guess fall is officially here. Of course in Arizona that doesn't really mean that much. It's not like when I lived in NY and the leaves would turn all sorts of lovely colors and fall off the trees. The air would turn crisp and cool. I actually do recall Central Park in fall.
I am looking forward to cooler weather, even if that means the 90's. It seems that there are about to be all sorts of changes coming. Hopefully they will be good ones.
Sometimes I wish that life came with a rewind button or a do-over button. This is life though for whatever that means. I have been doing a lot of thinking and pondering lately. Sometimes that is a difficult thing to do but I think it is much needed. Sometimes you don't want to pull that band-aid off but you just got to do it. In my pondering I started a new blog. I decided to mix things up a little bit and use Wordpress for that. No real reason why, just mixing it up. The link is: http://running2enlightenment.wordpress.com
It's intended to be a little more focused on the life lessons that I have learned thus far in my running endevours. I started to make a list and it grew and grew so I thought that maybe I could create a blog and update every week or so with a new piece of wisdom.
You can check it out and let me know what you think. That's about it from me. I've been up in Lake Havasu working. It's hotter here than in Phoenix but it's nice being near the lake. Next week I will be in Prescott then another client the week after that. Work is getting busy and I am actually kind of glad about that. It keeps me busy.
Well, until next time, I wish you all the very best.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
September Morn
Well it has been a couple of weeks since my last post. The roller-coaster of life continues. I may have sounded a little pessimistic or depressed in my last post or two. Without getting into details lets just say I have some good days and some bad days probably like most of us. I remember when I was young and I thought life was hard. I thought that when I was a grown up life would be easier. My kids think life is tough because they have to go to school and then come home and do homework. They have a bedtime and can't eat ice cream for breakfast. Life is hard as a kid, I can't deny that but life doesn't get any easier.
Maybe in another thirty years it will be easier, after I have had a stroke and I am in nursing home. Maybe a little Alzheimer so I can't remember who I am. I guess you will have to tune in thirty years from now and see what happens.
Enough of all that nonsense. Today is going to be one of those good days. Jared has a football game which will be fun even though it is 50 miles away. It is only suppose to be 100 degrees today so that should not be too bad. I just have to remember to cake on the sunscreen. After all, I am part Scottish and part Idahoan. I get a sunburn from watching Bay Watch on TV.
Tonight is the new iCarly show which we are all excited about. For those of you who haven't seen iCarly you are missing out on probably the best kid show on TV. I am glad that my children have moved past Dora the Explorer and Barney and are now watching shows I can enjoy.
You may have noticed I haven't blogged too much about running lately. That's because I haven't run a lot. Part of it has been my lack of motivation coupled with a slight case of depression and a side of Phoenix summer weather. It has been hard getting back into it after taking some much needed time off to rehab that calf injury. I am pretty much good to go and have been running short distances on occasion. I also have been cross training with my Biggest Loser sculpting DVD. My plan is to get in good enough shape so that next summer I can run around town with no shirt on. I can't really do that right now. Next summer though I should have the upper body I had in high school. Then all I will need is a spray-tan and a chest wax. (TMI?)
I do planning on resuming my training next Monday. I have devised a training schedule in hopes of running the PF Chang's half-marathon in January. I have not officially signed up yet as my home is need of an economic bailout. I have appealed to the democrats but haven't gotten any stimulus money yet. Hopefully I can raise the cash needed for an entrance fee before it's too late. I am thinking about having a bake sale or something to raise money. Maybe I can do one of those things were if people want to donate they can send a text. I could look into setting myself up as a non-profit charity and if anyone needs a tax break they can donate money. Regardless, for now I am starting to train as though I am going to run it.
I decided not to do the full marathon as I was originally thinking about doing. I just feel that since I took so much time off to recover from SF, that I wouldn't be able to put a full effort into it. I am looking forward though to doing the half and setting a new PR (that's personal record for all you not hip to running lingo). I hope to run it quite a bit faster than SF as in PHX the course is mostly all flat. My goal is to run it in 2:05:00. That would be about 19-20 minutes faster than my SF time. I have about 18 weeks to train for it.
Before I go I just want to put in a moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11 and also take a moment to thank those fighting to keep us free, especially my bro Mike. I don't want to get all political or anything right here. It's just one of those days that always hits home. Having lived in NY for a couple of years watching the events nine years ago really hit home as I am sure it did for every American. And having a brother serving in Iraq, I really appreciate the sacrifice made by our military. I don't want to get into the politics of war right now, I just want to say thank you. We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Whose going to do it? (A little Few Good Men right there)
Well I better get a move on my day. I still have to play equipment manager and put Jared's pads from his practice pants into his game pants. Peace out my loyal followers, may the force be with you.
Maybe in another thirty years it will be easier, after I have had a stroke and I am in nursing home. Maybe a little Alzheimer so I can't remember who I am. I guess you will have to tune in thirty years from now and see what happens.
Enough of all that nonsense. Today is going to be one of those good days. Jared has a football game which will be fun even though it is 50 miles away. It is only suppose to be 100 degrees today so that should not be too bad. I just have to remember to cake on the sunscreen. After all, I am part Scottish and part Idahoan. I get a sunburn from watching Bay Watch on TV.
Tonight is the new iCarly show which we are all excited about. For those of you who haven't seen iCarly you are missing out on probably the best kid show on TV. I am glad that my children have moved past Dora the Explorer and Barney and are now watching shows I can enjoy.
You may have noticed I haven't blogged too much about running lately. That's because I haven't run a lot. Part of it has been my lack of motivation coupled with a slight case of depression and a side of Phoenix summer weather. It has been hard getting back into it after taking some much needed time off to rehab that calf injury. I am pretty much good to go and have been running short distances on occasion. I also have been cross training with my Biggest Loser sculpting DVD. My plan is to get in good enough shape so that next summer I can run around town with no shirt on. I can't really do that right now. Next summer though I should have the upper body I had in high school. Then all I will need is a spray-tan and a chest wax. (TMI?)
I do planning on resuming my training next Monday. I have devised a training schedule in hopes of running the PF Chang's half-marathon in January. I have not officially signed up yet as my home is need of an economic bailout. I have appealed to the democrats but haven't gotten any stimulus money yet. Hopefully I can raise the cash needed for an entrance fee before it's too late. I am thinking about having a bake sale or something to raise money. Maybe I can do one of those things were if people want to donate they can send a text. I could look into setting myself up as a non-profit charity and if anyone needs a tax break they can donate money. Regardless, for now I am starting to train as though I am going to run it.
I decided not to do the full marathon as I was originally thinking about doing. I just feel that since I took so much time off to recover from SF, that I wouldn't be able to put a full effort into it. I am looking forward though to doing the half and setting a new PR (that's personal record for all you not hip to running lingo). I hope to run it quite a bit faster than SF as in PHX the course is mostly all flat. My goal is to run it in 2:05:00. That would be about 19-20 minutes faster than my SF time. I have about 18 weeks to train for it.
Before I go I just want to put in a moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11 and also take a moment to thank those fighting to keep us free, especially my bro Mike. I don't want to get all political or anything right here. It's just one of those days that always hits home. Having lived in NY for a couple of years watching the events nine years ago really hit home as I am sure it did for every American. And having a brother serving in Iraq, I really appreciate the sacrifice made by our military. I don't want to get into the politics of war right now, I just want to say thank you. We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Whose going to do it? (A little Few Good Men right there)
Well I better get a move on my day. I still have to play equipment manager and put Jared's pads from his practice pants into his game pants. Peace out my loyal followers, may the force be with you.
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