While I run, I hope

      To change the world  It starts with one step However small The first step is hardest of all There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes. The winter weather has finally arrived. I was a bit nervous about running in such cold temperatures. The coldest that I have previously run is was around 10 degrees. This picture was taken on a day when the air temperature was at 2 with the wind chill in the -15 to -25 range.  I hope that Brynn can look at this picture someday and realize that 1. We are always fighting for her no matter what. 2. When things are tough anything is possible with the right mindset 3. Her uncle truly is crazy So far January has been a great running month. Today I will break the 400 mile barrier and I look to be on track to gain back some of the miles that I lost in November! 421 miles to close out January!!

    To change the world  It starts with one step However small The first step is hardest of all November update:  I have been resting my foot now all month with no running. It has been very hard to sit around and let this month pass by, but I need to keep the ultimate goal in mind. I was able to go ice skating with the children on the last weekend in November with no pain. I will be picking up my running starting December 1st! I also used up the last of my banked miles to give me 28 miles in November. This brings me to a total of 288 miles which now puts me 37 miles behind my goal.  December I'm back!!! This was a great month of running. My biggest challenge this month was finding time to get my running in with all the family time around the Christmas and New Year holidays. I couldn't have asked for nicer weather, in fact, on Christmas day we had record warmth and I ran in shorts and a t-shirt! This now brings me up to 353 miles in total. 

                                                                   To change the world           It starts with one step However small                  First step is hardest of all   October started off great. I have been training hard for my long run to the Shrine of Our Lady of Champion. I have never completed such a long run. I'm both nervous and excited!  I began my long run at 6:00am. I woke up at 3:30am to eat breakfast and then fell back asleep until 5:00am. Keeping my body fueled was key. I had my water and energy gels for the long run. I managed to finish the almost 22 mile run in 3 hours and 56 minutes. I then got to join Fulton and his class for Mass at the Shrine. What a beautiful day! After my run it became apparent that I had hurt my left foot. I rested my foot quite a bit during this time but soon realized that I would need to take a significant time off if I was going to complete my ultimate goal of 650 miles. This was a difficult decision because I didn't want

To change the world It starts with one step However small First step is hardest of all   Brynn playing a little soccer I have decided to change things up a bit on the blog and only post once per month with my updated running mileage. Instead of posting each individual run I will have a spreadsheet with all my tracked miles. This now brings me up to a total mileage of 241.05 miles! This past month has had some highs and lows. My highlight of the month was my trip to Virginia to see Purdue play Virginia Tech. I was able to spend a day in Roanoke, VA and decided to run up to the Mill Mountain Star. It was certainly not an easy run but what a reward when I got to the top. Isn't that true with any challenge that we may encounter in life? You might be standing on the ground staring up at your mountain that you need to climb and wonder how in the world will I make it?  Faith!   Hope! Persistence! The lows of the month was when I got Covid. I took 6 days off from running and even after I s

To change the world It starts with one step However small First step is hardest of  Did you know? Approximately 1,000 new cases of cystic fibrosis are diagnosed each year. 2.78 Miles   96.58 Total 4.57 Miles 7.35 Month 101.15 Total 3.15 Miles 10.5 Month 104.3 Total 8.06 Miles 18.56 Month 112.36 Total The tallest  building  in the world can be built with a vision. It requires courage, commitment, and determination. Keep it up Brynn! 3.93 Miles 22.49 Month 5.13 Miles 27.62 Month 6.87 Miles 34.49 Month 3.02 Miles 37.51 Month 2.81 Miles 40.32 Month 3.12 Miles 43.44 Month 10.38 Miles 53.82 Month Total miles for August 82.16!!!

5/10/2023.   Follow my runs beginning July 1st as I attempted to run 65 miles a month for the next 10 months. I will be posting my stats from my Fitbit daily. 7/1/2023 To change the world It starts with one step However small First step is hardest of all Today I kicked off my running campaign with Brynn. I was very excited to get started. Brynn and I made our way down the sidewalk and within 10 seconds I was stung on the head by a wasp! What a great way to start. I managed to power through the ceremonial 1st mile with Brynn. She was very happy as we made our way on the trail and it came to a large dip. She kept telling me again, again!  I then finished off the day with another 3 miles. Day 1 is in the books!  7/2/2023 Weather: 84 and sunny. 7/3/2023 Weather: 86 and sunny 7/5/2023 Weather: 79 and sunny 7/6/2023 Weather: 74 and sunny ☀️ 7/7/2023 Quick run to the hardware store and back. Week 1 final miles 21.29 Week 2  7/9/2023 Such a beautiful Sunday.