Reboot

Wow, this thing is dusty. It's been nearly two years since I've done any substantial work on this site so I feel I have some 'splainin to do.

In brief, 2008 was a fantastic year for me. I ran hard, broke into triathlon, met my wonderful 'coach' Alicia and ran 2 marathons in the same week.

2009 was an even better year for me personally, just not so great my racing. After starting the year off with a 3:18 in the National Marathon I then fell way off the bandwagon and danced my way through an aborted season. In lieu of training I spent most of my time traveling, moving in with Alicia and adopting two wonderful kitties. In October, Alicia and I became engaged and spent much of the rest of the winter in the early planning stages for our wedding.

By early spring of 2010 I was finally ready to jump back into training and although this blog was dorment, my season was far from it. I began the year with a tremendous finish at the Pittsburgh Marathon, 5th, 3rd and 1st place AG finishes in my 3 sprints, a 10k PR and a 5:09 finish in my first 70.3 distance triathlon. Sprinkled in there were also an open water swim in the Hudson, a few half marathons, 2 duathlons, losing nearly 20 lbs and packing healthy bulk of muscle as never before.

Phew - I'm tired just writing that.

I'm booting this blog back up as a means of pushing me towards my race goals of 2011, of which I have several pretty big ones - beginning with a BQ/PR at the Long Island Marathon in April. In pursuit of that goal I'll be following an 18 week marathon training plan, with my progress updated here! I'll have an update, along with some design upgrades rolling out shortly.

Oh and in case you're wondering, the wedding is in 4 days....