I was talking to my wife last night and I told her I was starting a blog. She asked me what I would blog about. Fair question. The truth is I will be putting down my thoughts on life, faith, sports, love, marriage, politics, classic rock, raising kids, raising Cain and this obsession I have with moving forward for as long as I can on foot: running. I spend hours upon hours doing this activity and one could imagine that if you don't think about life during this time, you will run out in front of the next available 18 wheeler rumbling down the road....... the driver is rolling down the window to deposit 3 days worth of urine in a Trucker Bomb, suddenly he senses movement out of the corner of his eye, a sweaty runner with a look of constipation on his face darts out in front of the 18 wheeler, the driver drops the Bomb inside of the truck and wrenchs the wheel trying to avoid what is his eyes can't accept.......you know what I'm getting at. "Yes suh, came outta nowhere-nuttin' I coulda done...."
Anyway, I'm nearing the end of some monster training this week, I'm looking at 70 miles of running done in one week. I've strung a couple of these together in anticipation of a 31 mile trail race I'm doing on 18 Sept. I'm looking forward to getting out there on the 18th and pushing myself to the edge and then going over......"Better have your balls screwed on real tight for that one Cookie".......anyway, this blog will give me an outlet for my random thoughts that enter my head during my training or my day.
Some of you may be distance runners or are obsessed with an activity that requires you to be alone for an extended period of time. If you don't, I highly recomend a season of doing such a thing to clear your Spirit and your mind and cleanse your body of everything that is un-needed. When I'm out on the trails or roads, things just become a bit clearer to me. I have done everything from pray to the Lord Our God to plot out the fiery demise of a foe. No action taken of course, but like mourning, sometimes you have to go thru the whole process before you have a Lt. Dan moment and come to a place of Peace with God, yourself and even (rolling eyes) your fellow man-no matter how despicable they are.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to developing my "Blog page" and adding all kinds of cool stuff I see on other blogs......Selah'
I could use a Lt. Dan moment without losing my legs...but the titanium legs looked pretty cool.
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