BQ by 40

I’m 32 years old today.

It’s fitting that most of my body hurts today, mostly from all the workouts yesterday.

However…

I’m healthier now than at 30, 25, or 15.

I’m stronger compared to every other birthday I’ve had.

I have more blessings, friends and family than at any other time in my life.

• A journey of 5,000 miles begins with one mile. 1,189 days ago, on April 24,2006, I began a quest that was doomed to fail like so many times before. I weighed over 220 lbs. At some point during the preceding winter, I weighed over 230 lbs (at just under 5'8").  That's a BMI of 35.5--obese. Something was different this......
• Starting to build a little momentum I'm probably a couple of weeks away from being able to run any kind of long run outside--in part from recovery, but mostly from happily being blind-sided by the responsibilities of having a second child at home. I'm glad I never thought about the implications of having a new baby......
• The only way I'm going to avoid injury is to sit perfectly still. #running [Workout - 6 x 1/2 mile progressive intervals 3:26.9 and faster] [/caption] I've been pitying myself the last couple of weeks. On February 3, I finished off a stupid 26 mile in 24 hours stunt with an attempted tempo run that turned into a slow limp for the last 3......
• Using a crutch? Beating limitations #twit2fit 14 mile long run (14.58) in 2:20:20 (9:38 / mile) A crutch fails: I had yet another crutch fail on me for part of my run:  My Garmin Forerunner 305 lost signal in a low-lying area in the dense fog this morning.  It was less than 2 miles into my......
• Bluegrass 10000 Race Report I noticed something this morning preparing for the race: I had received what appeared to be a seeded bib despite last year's 57:27 time in this event.In registering, I'm sure I might have had some lofty goal such as 45 minutes... about 1:26 off my 10k PR... but nothing seed-worthy.......