Week Two

I had a MUCH better week. I am ready to do the work to prepare for this event. Period. I can't always do everything the first time, but I know it will come.

Monday, 9 November 2009
I got home from Key West at 11:30 PM last night and was in bed at 1:15 AM. I slept until 7:30 PM, the time my butt has to be in the office chair, because I was working from home. (The contractor was coming to install sprinklers.) I thought I would get up, make coffee, take a shower, and wander into work aft… Continue

Week Two

I had a MUCH better week. I am ready to do the work to prepare for this event. Period. I can't always do everything the first time, but I know it will come.

Monday, 9 November 2009
I got home from Key West at 11:30 PM last night and was in bed at 1:15 AM. I slept until 7:30 PM, the time my butt has to be in the office chair, because I was working from home. (The contractor was coming to install sprinklers.) I thought I would get up, make coffee, take a shower, and wander into work aft… Continue

Week One

So I conclude this week feeling not all that positive about training...I'm doing a zillion things positive, and yet I don't feel all that positive.

Monday, 2 November 2009
Walked 2 blocks in AM (changing from time to distance, because I have no idea how long it really takes). No weights; right shoulder continues to be a problem.
No other activity; ran errands after work.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Walked 2 blocks in AM. In the dark I might add -- BIG moon still out.
I "packed" to run w… Continue

So it begins. I'm excited for the challenge.

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."
- Eddie Rickenbacker

Week Zero

Monday, 26 October 2009
Walked 10 minutes in AM. No weights, there's something wrong with my right shoulder. Did stretch and balance exercises. Set out to run 2 miles (down to Atlantic and back). I ran about 1.5 miles and then walked a little, ran a little, walked a little, ran a little. There was slight foot pain in my right fo… Continue

A Good Samaritan asked our hero, this ante-meridian (am), "How was the race? Did the Kenyan trip you in the final sprint again? Or was it an Ethiopian lying in wait?" Our hero simply explained, "All's well on the Western Front," he then turned and strolled away, content in body, mind and soul.