The Decision

The room is booked! I'm heading to Portland Maine on October 2nd to run the Maine Marathon. http://www.mainemarathon.com/ This will be my next great adventure. I'm not sure who's going, who's running or any other details yet. I know around 8 AM ill be at the starting line, an somewhere around 10 PM somebody will be lugging my drunken ass out of a Portland Micro brewery!!




I have a lot of work to do between now and then. I got down to 200 lbs for the run to remember. I really want to be around 180 for the marathon. That’s going to take a lot of hard work, I’m also working on increasing my strength, so I’ll keep lifting three times a week.


I’m pretty excited for the challenge. Already loaded a ton of new music for the many hours of training. I'll be using a plan by Marathonrookie.com to guide me through.


I really want someone else to run with me, but this isn’t about anybody else. This is about me and the beast dancing the fuckin dance again. I'm going to run my ass off in an effort to slay the dragon. I've come to the conclusion, that until the beast is sleighed I will never be able to move on to something bigger in other areas of my life. Only I know my beast, what drives me in life!! I need not share, but trust me its dark!

This isn't just a physical effort. I'm remaking myself mentally and spiritually. I'm eliminating anything negative from my life.  Some phones no longer ring from my number. All drama is being eliminated.

My only concern will be training in the heat of the summer. I'll need to run at some odd times in order to make this happen. I already quit my gym of 5 years to join another with multiple locations to act as aid stations during my long runs. I’m totally committed this year.


I hope you'll join me in my effort to sleigh the beast! you need not run, sweat or talk about it. Just having you reading my blog provides me inspiration.



See you in Portland!!

Ross
Song of the day-Colin Hay -Waiting for my real life to begin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HZjC_7CeW4