New blog name - more fitting

"Keeps going and going"

Thanks for the support. I am still running albeit much less than I want to. I am hoping my running will pick up. I really have to get my mind back into it. It is kind of disheartening when I look back one year. Last year at this time I was preparing for the Around the Bay 30K Road Race. This year I haven't run more than an 8K long run. I am 15 to 20 lbs heavier than last year. It has been a real tough winter.

I want to get into trail running more than road running this summer. I am working toward a 10K trail run next month. If I can prepare properly I want to run a 1/2 in May. There are a few other races throughout the summer I would like to run. For now, I just have to set my mind into getting out there.

The new blog name has a story behind it. In 1984, I traveled across Canada while in a volunteer work program called Katimavik. I spent three months in three different provinces. One being Kelowna, BC, home of Kelownagurl. I also spent three months in St. Thomas, Ontario and St. Canut, Quebec. I traveled with 9 other youth from various regions of Canada. One member of my group is now Canadian author Will Ferguson. Everyday Will wrote in his journal and in 1998 I was in Chapters Bookstore and to my fright and delight I seen a book with the Katimavik symbol on it. I looked closer and seen the title and author and title "I Was a Teenage Katima-victim" and my first thought (I think I even verbalized it) was "Oh $hit ". I picked up the book and started reading it in in the aisle. It was (with names changed to protect the and the guilty) based on actual events. I laughed out loud, the memories came flooding back. When I was reading an emotional part of the book, I actually felt tears. That is when I knew it was time to go and purchase the book and read it in private.

Will and I were good friends through our 9 months together, so when I started reading his first though of my character, it sounded like he didn't like me. His description of me was

"The Energizer Turtle - the world's slowest man".

I protested this issue to my wife and she said that Will was not far off with that description. This is my claim to fame.

I will try to update more often to let you know my progress and help to keep accountable to myself.

Keep Fighting