The Laufen Mountain's Journey

This morning didn't go as planned, at all.  This morning Christopher and I set out to complete 2k.  His school shoes were knotted up, and he was just PULLING on them to get them apart.  "Christopher, you're only making it worse.  Pulling on them with all your might is making the knot tighter. Slow down and just work on the knot". He managed to get it, but the laces were pretty hooped.  We fished out some better shoes, but they weren't any better as it turns out.  We got about half way around the track before he had to stop, he thought he was getting a blister.  We finished our lap, and sure enough he had a decent little blister.  Well that was the end of that, off with the devil shoes and off with the socks.  I gave Christopher a piggyback through the terrible parking lot, and then we began our trek home.  With the walk there and the one lap we did about 2k, so we still accomplished that! I, however, have been in my head a bit over the last few days, so I was r

Alright folks, my body MAY be sending me some subtle hints that I need to slow down.  I woke up a little stiff, a little sore and  VERY tired.  I was trying to shake away the desire to crawl back in bed, but the struggle was real this morning.  Typically I start my day watching something mindless, this allows me acclimate to the waking world.  This morning my body wasn’t having it though, it was doing just fine staying sleepy!  Luckily, my good friend pointed me to The Joe Rogan Experience #1208 with Jordan Peterson.  I love Joe Rogan, so I’m willing to give anyone he has on a chance.  So, I’ve been watching it off and on in my spare time.  This morning I was right around the 2 hour mark, and it was exactly what I needed to start my day. Their conversation was thought provoking, powerful and inspiring.  It gave me the strength and stamina I needed to put some net positive out into the world.  I had made one of my most important commitments to date, and it was time to make good on i

What an amazing day!   I had the pleasure of not only running a 5k for myself, but doing another 5k with a good friend.  Which opens up a whole different dimension of running! Let's back pedal for a moment.  I had an incredible weekend.  Filled with lots of love, and some great family time.  Tiff found out about a triathlon for kids aged 3-13, so we talked to Christopher about it. There's three triathlons throughout the summer, if a child completes all three they get a Fitbit. Neat!  What a great prize to help these little athletes keep going!  Well, Christopher thought it was pretty cool too!  So the cherry on top of my weekend, is that now Christopher wants to train for a triathlon!  So watch out world, come 2020 we're looking to crush it! Let's talk about today's runs, shall we?  One of my very good friends, Sam, wants to get into running as well, so I challenged him to do his first 5k this week.  There's a NYRR virtual 5k for Pride, what better rea

I have a confession to make.  As much as I really enjoy biking... I may be addicted to running. Seriously, I jones for it now.  Yesterday I had a great bike ride, but I was still craving a run.  I was anxious, irritable and just felt like I was missing something.  It wasn't until I decided that I'd get a run in before work today, that I felt some relief.  I was excited to go another 5k without stopping.  Now that I CAN do it, I WANT to do it!   I really am just enjoying the crap out of running.  I'm excited for the progress that I've made, and I'm pumped for the progress to come! Thank you again to everyone that has been following along.  So far I've gone 35 of the 50 miles to the moon, if you haven't started the challenge there's still 28 days left! Today is a great day! *obligatory post run selfie

I have had an AMAZING week!  I've achieved the things I wanted to achieve by this point (exceeded really) as far as running goes.  I'm really getting into biking as well!  And enjoying the crap out of it!  Yesterday I decided that today would be a good day to ride to Howard.  It seemed reasonably far enough to be a decent work out. When I woke up this morning though, I wanted nothing more than to just go back to bed.  I willed myself up, telling myself that I'll just go back to bed if I can't shake it.  It would have been easy to go back to bed, but then that sets the tone for the day.  Likely running late, stressed, anxious and just groggy and miserable.  Luckily, I have a great group of friends who have been super encouraging.  If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't have gone out for an amazing ride today, and learned/was reminded a valuable life lesson . So let's talk about the ride.  This is only my third time taking the new bike out for a ride, and rea

With the goal of doing the International Detroit Half Marathon in 123 days.... No time at all really :/.  My dentist, who's done the marathon, was FULL of excitement to share her experiences.  She told me that I had to have my oldest cheer me on from the Canadian side.  She explained what a welcome rush it is as you're running, but how great it is for him to see me setting a goal and achieving it.  Wow!  That's an angle I hadn't considered.  What a rush it would be to see my own little cheerleading team!  I've had Christopher out for runs with me, and he's been amazing.  So I'm going to do this for Christopher.  It's out there, no going back now. On a side note: Strava is an app that I've recently discovered.  It's really helped me with setting different running goals.  One of those goals was to run a 10k, and if I did that I'd get a digital trophy.  As someone that used play video games all the time.... Gimme that digital trinket!!

Where the hell do I start!?  I guess we'll start almost one year ago today, it was then that I had a realization.  If I stayed on my current path, where a poutine on the daily wasn't unusual,  I had a very real possibility of not being there to walk my daughter down the aisle.  This for whatever reason REALLY struck a chord, and it was something that was absolutely within my control, but where the hell do I start!?  I don't know when it changed, but one of the most critical things that had to change was my justification for treating my body like a dumpster.   Why live long, when I can live happy?   I found immense joy in consuming all things terrible.  Fast food? Yes please.  Want to upsize this, poutine that, extra patty there?  You know I do!  Alcohol?  Give me whiskey!!!!!  I did enjoy running, but that wasn't sustainable with my current life style.  The quick jogs between my truck and a building when it was raining felt... natural.  Just not natural enough to s