It wasn't a trail run, but I will take it.

It was hot. Glad to have knocked 3 miles in a quicker time than what Ronda & I did on Sunday.

JogTracker - Just ran 3.01 mi in 0:30:04.

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Dude, the rain made it nasty

Ran 3 mi today. It started with just a little sprinkle and then the skies opened up. Before the run was over I was drenched through and through.

Running in the rain is the best. I was a little worried about my iPod. My shuffle is dying so I took my 80 gig one. My rain jacket had a puddle in thw pocket where the iPod was. Gotta get another shuffle.

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Run to outdo my wife

Yesterday I stepped it up a little bit in order to actually attempt to attain my running goal for the year. Plus, Ronda had run 2.25 mi. I ran 3.5 mi in our 'hood. It was nice to go farther than the 2 mi I have grown lazy in running. I used to feel that it wasn't a real run unless it was over 3 mi. Beginning to feel that way again. iPod is dying though, so I gotta figure out how to listen to tunes while I run. We shall see how it goes. I think Jagger is crying...

first run of new year

Just finished my first run of his year. 2.02 mi in like 21" & change. Slow and short. After a mediocre start to the year there is only one way to go... up. Was mortally ill day 1, unpacked day 2 & day 3 I shoulda ate more before I set out to run. Maybe today is a two-fer? Going to meet a pastor buddy by lake eola in downtown O-Town Friday morning... maybe I can run eola prior to that meeting.

Now that I'm back in central Florida I got a rec room with a weigh machine I can hit regularly too. That oughta help my running game. Disney 2012 is still the challenge.

Smartfone to track my running with jogtracker and then blogger app to moblog it while I walk my cool down... sweet.

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Florida is jacked up.

I ran last night with tights, pants,long sleeve & jacket the temps in the high 30's and the night before it was in the low 60's & I ran in a t-shirt & shorts. In a 24 hrs period there was this much discrepancy.

Either way 60's are nice To run in.

Listened to kLaNk's broken. Made think of being broken. Will write more on this when I have time.

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all the Christmas lights

I ran very late Sunday night. It was actually really early Monday morning at midnight. It was also cold, but my marathon training can't wait.

I like running at night in general but especially during this season because of all the xmas lights. I'm a child like that. Bright lights fascinate & distract me.

It was another cold run. Maybe in the 40's. Only 2 miles but it was late and cold. I know these two milers will soon give way to 3.5 miles which will give way to 5 milers and soon I'll be running 50 miles a week. That's probably for 2012. I will hit 1000 miles in 2011 though. Maybe more. 2011 is the year of resurrected running goals and being able to attain them.

What are your running goals this year?

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my little runner

I have 3 boys the oldest of which is 6 and in kindergarten. Today they had their 1 mile challenge. When he came home today he was wearing a bracelet that said, 'New Berlin Elementary Mile Run Club'. He was one of two kids in his class to run the mile. He ran it in 12:30. Not bad. So my 6 yro has his first PR!

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Around the 'hood in 4 miles

Started last night's run in the upper 40's with Prong's Rude Awakening to get the blood pumping. This temp is much more manageable than running with a wind chill of 27 or whatever it was Monday night. If you run 2 loops around my 'hood you get 4 miles. I don't know what my time was... this is not something I spend much TimE worrying about. that is odd for a runner. Most of us live and die by the numbers. I do,but only one number... the distance one. I set goals for myself for the year and know what it takes to reach the goal on a weekly basis ad then go for that. However, with my new challenge of running a marathon I have decided to run several races to get me in race-ready mode. With the running of races comes the need to be aware of my times. Most likely starting in the first of the year I will start timing myself again. Tracking not just distance but time too.

I hope that we can challenge forward in our running goals. Will you help challenge me?

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Yes, it gets cold in Florida

I have lived most of my adult life in Florida. Remember that as you read this account. 35 degrees + 16 mph wind = 27 degree wind chill. That's cold. Granted I only ran 2 miles, but it was cold. It wasn't the cold as much as it was the wind. Once the wind died down it was bearable. Got any good cold weather run stories?

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The Challenge has been set

As I mentioned previously, I was looking for a marathon to run in approx. one year. I have decided on the Walt Disney World marathon on 2012. Anybody wanna run with me?

I like to run

Here is a new blog set up to chronicle my exploits as I run and train for a marathon. Yeah, you heard it right. I plan to run a marathon 12 months from now. I will spend the next 12 months training and planning for this epic event. Join me on my journey that is no doubt going to be an epic adventure.

The Lesser Lights: Orion and Sparky

Genesis 1:16 - God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.




Over the last 3 years I have run a little over 1500 miles at night. And one thing that has been constant over those 3 years is Orion and his dog... my favorite stars. (I know they are groups of stars)

Orion is always there with his dog (whom I have affectionately named Sparky) to cheer me on. I always look for them first thing when I go out to run.

The more that I run the more that I can understand the ancients who believed that the stars were somehow representations of the gods to them. The gods were manifesting themselves to the humans in the stars. I can see it. Like the sun and moon the stars are always there. You can relay on them and even take them for granted. Orion and Sparky are welcome running partners for me any night.

I know these stars are not manifestations of God per se, but he did create them and hang them in the sky. They may not be the way that he manifests himself, but they are the way that he manifests himself since they are his creation and he shows them to us daily, or should I say nightly.

I thank you Orion and Sparky for your faithful running support and further I thank God for teaming them up with me.


-- Eli

2k10 day 5.2

Actually went running tonite. Ran 4.5 miles checkyhe tweet to your right. It was very cold. Keeping up my numbers for the year. Goodnite.

-- Eli

Day Numero Cinco

This is Day 5 of the new year. So far for my running goals I'm good. This is Tuesday of the first full week of the new year, so I better hit my running goals for it. Tonite will be the first run of the new week. Sunday was cold and Monday was class. Unortunately, tonite will also be cold. Hey, I live in Florida, it's not supposed to be in the teens at nite!

Look for Day 5.2 to see if I actually run tonite.


-- Eli

2k10 Day One

I've decided not to make any new years resolutions this year since I never keep them. I'm instead reaffirming my goal to run 1000 miles this year. I set that goal 3 years ago and hit 75% of it. With a little knee grease I can achieve this goal. Stay tunes for upcoming details.

Day One: ran 4.25 miles


-- Eli

This time last year…

As I ran on Saturday through 'my woods' my thoughts wandered to last Xmas. We were in Georgia. I had just finished another term at school, having told my classmates not to expect to see me again as j was moving for work. I had a start date planned fo a new job (which was actually an old for a second time). Life seemed good from the vantage point I was at...

I remember my New Year's Resolution being I wasn't going to have another crappy year (as with all resolutions, that didn't go as planned). It seems that life has a way of working itself out. Dr. Ian Malcolm would say that 'life finds a way' due to chaos theory. I would say that God finds a way... Maybe through chaos theory as well.

The outlook for 2k10 is much better than 2k9.

We live in a different town. We both have jobs. We are having more family time. The family time we have is more enjoyable. It is hard to complain at this time.

We are not where we want to be and our hopes for this coming are high. I do believe we are in a place in our lives thAt we are going to be able to make our goals come true. It is going to take hard work and determinAtion along tons of prAyer, but it is possible.

I'm not resolving to not have another crappy year in 2k10, that's impossible ( as fAr as my power to control or effect it… although with God nothing is impossible, which is why I say as far as my power). My resolve will be for something that I can actually do…

-- Eli