Now It's Personal
Personal Records are for me.
So why does the ex-fat-old-guy care about running at my age? Because it is pretty much everything. In April 2011 I lay in heart surgery after having congestive heart failure.
Yup, it sucked.
Running has changed my life more than having a family or succeeding in business. It's true. Only discovering faith has had a greater impact on who I am. Why is that? Well faith changed how I look at, and live life. Having a family, nearly a half dozen kids and even surviving heart disease, as well as four bouts of cancer this last year, changed what I do in life. I live more and worry less.
Running. Has. Changed. Who I. Am.
I am not overly competitive. Except for one guy in my run club, I have never raced anyone since high school. I run for me. I run because I love how I feel when I am running, I love how I feel when I finish a run and mostly how I love how I feel inbetween runs.
I have not been on any medication or even had a cold in a few years.
Thanksgiving week was a great one for me. I had three PRs that week. I beat last year's local run by nearly 4 minutes. I PRd my Turkey Day 5-miler by almost 4 minutes as well. But my favorite was eclipsing my 10K time by about 7 minutes. It was almost 20 minutes faster than my first 10K!
December 14th I am gunning for a 1/2 marathon PR. I'll keep you posted.
And that is why I like running. My storied history can be seen HERE.
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