Aside from training, work and time to relax, there are other things on the agenda to keep me busy.  Recently I received an email from Bob Calvert – host of Talking with Heroes (www.talkingwithheroes.com) – a talk show program dedicated to our soldiers serving over seas.  Bob’s been over to Iraq, Kuwait & Afghanistan a number of times to bring back progress stories that the soldiers themselves have told.  Check out his website and the YouTube site that is tagged in there too to hear abou...

It’s not every day that I mix running with a couple forms of cross training.  I decided tonight would be a good night for that.  The longest night of training so far leading up to the first runs of 2011, I was in the gym from just after five o’clock until almost seven thirty.  There was a part in there when it was ten minutes of rest, but otherwise it was anything from running to walking, boxing four rounds of two minutes with one minute rest intervals in between with the champ, Chris, an...

Sitting exactly two months in front of the first half marathon of the year – Fargo Half Marathon on May 21^st – brings forth eight strong weeks of training for the event.  Mixed into this will be a couple other 5K/10K events to get into race mode. 
I don’t know why sickness keeps tagging along with me, but it’s finally getting beat with the help of extra time to sleep and less time traveling for work.  That will make the biggest difference in these next two months. 
This is also the ti...

Not everyone can say that they’ve run in a marathon event.  Some will tell you the same thing I used to claim, that I would never run in a half or full marathon as long as I live.  Things change and so do people.  Your mindset will change as you get older…or should I say, wiser! 
With the definition of wise you could probably add the term crazy.  It seems to go hand in hand with anything you do.  Wise ideas can turn into something big or it can stay something small which in both cases are...

It seems like it's always non stop with everything that's going on. From work, to
training to play and relax time. March Madness is officially here, maybe that's why
it feels so hectic right now. But it's really not.
This past weekend I was invited to the Detroit Lakes sector Patriot Guard
meet & greet held at the Legion club there. Much like last year, it was another
nice turnout with members from all over the state, including a PG board member
from Minneapolis. My friend Karla who is a ride c...