I don’t know when…

 

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I started to feel unimportant.

It might have started when I was born. So few pictures document what my life was like during those first few years. I remember a father left. A mother drank. A brother touched…

It might have started young. Maybe it was during [...]

Perfection in the mirror

A few days ago Meegan and I were having one of our regularly scheduled Skype dates and she mentioned an article in the Huffington Post (Canada) about predictors that your partnership will succeed. As a newly married couple still living 4000 miles apart we have lots of opportunities to talk about things that might [...]

You (me)

YOU:

You’re so frustrated with yourself.

Here you are again deciding to do something about the weight that you’ve carried around for so long. This will be the (insert number here) time you’ve cleaned out your refrigerator, thrown away all the half eaten bags of chips waiting to [...]

The Life of old (and new)

 

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 I have a miss today.

It’s not a miss for a friend or a family member. Not for a place I love to visit or my favorite spot to get coffee and people watch.

It’s not a miss for strapping on my running shoes and spending time [...]

Trail Running…

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I love to run.

Ever since I ran my first half block and felt my heart rate go up and my muscles burn from the exertion, I have been hooked. I’ve stepped up to my fair share of races since completing the Couch to 5k program back in April [...]

The mother of all recaps…

My number was 47.

My time was 3:02:17

My overall place was 84/94

This is me just after I crossed the finish line. The girl next to me is Chris. We’re both dead tired and can hardly stand on our own two feet beat. This is the end [...]

Measurement of success…

 I’m doing an Olympic Triathlon today.

You’d think this kind of statement would lead to a blog post about how this is a huge success for me as far as milestones go while on this Life Changing Journey. Don’t get me wrong this is a huge milestone. Crossing that finish line [...]