Greetings from the road you all. Linda and I are out on another photography trip in hopes of filling up are coffers for future blog material. Hoping for the best, but so far it has been brutally hot which is likely why the bird opportunities are fairly slim at the moment. As we head to our next location, thought I’d finally get around to recounting my new adventure in running. In a few posts leading up to now, I allude to something new and likely difficult coming up. Well, that time has come and evident by the fact I can still post about it – survived.
I’ve been running on the road for 16 years straight now. I remember the day distinctly when I had to admit to myself that the injuries were occurring faster than I could recover in my martial arts activities. Having done that for so many years, it was tough to give that physical activity up, then Linda came to the rescue. She told me about the Bix Race up in Davenport Iowa. Sounded like a challenge so I bought some running shoes and ran all the way down my driveway and back (a bit longer than you might think, but still extremely short). From that tired and winded effort, I added distance religiously until I could make it through the 7 miles in the hills. In a little less than a month, I’ll but doing it again for the 16th year in a row, but now that distance seems short having complete a marathon and more half marathons than I can count.
Hit the jump to learn about the new challenge I’ve recently conquered.
