First Place!!!

I know your thinking that this is a lot of posts recently, but I have to share this I have actually come in first place in a race!! I know it is hard to believe, but I ran a 10k during the Jekyll Island Turtle Crawl Triathlon and I came in first in my age group. I have always settled for being a middle of the pack runner and working out my own PR, but this was possibly the most motivating thing I have accomplished in a very long time.

This one event has set me on a new path and that means I am doing something fantastic. I have started reaching deeper to build a new base. I am taking to a whole new level of fast and overall health. I've decided to drop some pounds and start being more holistic in my approach to improving the person I am. That means adding to my routine and adding some cross training, I want to take it up a notch and all this because in my age group I CAME IN FIRST PLACE!!!

My next race if your curious is the Sunshine Festival 5k and there are usually many people in my age group at these local 5k races, so while I may not dominate this one, I know I will be better then last time and I did get older and sometimes that means I don't have to get faster. ;)

I have been running...no it's true I have

I have to admit since my last post nearly two months ago I have been having difficulty in collecting my thoughts and sorting out a lot of what is going on in my life in order to generate a blog posting, but as I sit here listening to Pandora and thinking back over the last several weeks of the adventure that is being a part of Team Davis it occurs to me that in many ways things are constant as the waves against the beach, but in other ways my training and running have been involving.

I left from the last post wondering if I was maybe not running enough to generate an quality thoughts and that perhaps I should be racing more. Well I did go race and it was an amazing eye opener for what is needed to keep me motivated to take running seriously and refocus my attention. I am currently about a week away from finishing a training program for a spring tune up that should have been finished three weeks ago, but I'm getting there and the best part is I have been getting faster. I love going faster. I just love the physical output, the push to go to the next level, and wondering just how fast can I go and for how long. While that has been ongoing, I must admit that I just cant get myself into the mood to stretch and I know in the long run that is costing me and it will catch up with me. Hmm is this self-sabotage?

All that being said I hit my new show milestone which would be 500 miles. I've put more than that on my Nike's as of today and before I am able to get to a new pair I suspect I will add several more miles. On top of that I've made it a point to drop some of that winter time pounds that I've put on and it has been falling off almost daily. It feels good to have everything a little loose, of course some people see that as an excuse to buy new clothes, but not yours truly. I just think it makes what I have look that much better on me. I mean after all I look good no matter what!

I have been having more fun with my running and I think I have been getting a little closer to what some people call a purest form and popped out the headphones. I've been spending time with myself in my own head and listening to my breathing, feeling the footfalls, embracing the headwind, allowing my body to speak to me in terms of pain and healthy response to the forward push. It's nice to have nothing but yourself to talk to sometimes and more importantly, I think, it is good to be able to listen and quietly encourage yourself forward.

Until next time...