Twenty Six point... wait how many?

Well this just in, I've officially lost my mind. Or at least it appears to be that way. I've decided that I'm going to be running a marathon next year. 26.2 miles, 138,336 feet, 1,660,032 inches, or 64.24% of Brett Favre's career passing yardage (on 12/15/2010). Wow that's a lot of miles, feet, or inches. Pretty much no matter which metric you put it with, it's far... real far.

So a sane person may ask "Hey why you doing this?". Well I think it's a combination of things that have led me to the conclusion that I want to run a marathon.
- I had reached my current fitness goals about 2 months ago and I've just plateaued since then.
- My trainer has been forced to take a night class and won't be able to teach the wicked mean class I currently take twice a week.
- Since I've become hooked on NBC's 'Biggest Loser' show, I've seen several people go from morbidly obese to running a marathon in like 6 months, and they've half inspired me and half made me think why the hell can't I do that?
- But most importantly, I feel that I need a far off challenging goal in life right now.

Growing up I always had goals ahead of me, whether I liked it or not. It starts with do good in school (very general), then progresses to graduate high school, make the varsity soccer team, go to college, be the best SAE I could be, pass calculus (haha stupid class), graduate college, go to grad school, move to Dallas, make it on my own in Dallas, graduate from grad school, find a good job. Well all those things are done now (along with a few other things I guess I've accomplished along the way) so I need something else. I hate being stagnant, I want to continue to be better tomorrow than I was today. Lately I'm not sure that has been happening. I feel as if this will be a guiding force that helps me be better.

So what better challenge than the ultimate feat of athletic ability, something only 1% of people have done? I say this is perfect!

I've even decided on when and where I'll run my marathon. I'll be running 26.2 miles on December 4th, 2011 in the White Rock Lake Marathon here in Dallas.

Now I've been told by a couple people that I need to join a running group and use them for motivation and a good training plan, so that will be in the works. But first I think I need to get myself to a "training ready" point. My current 1 mile run 4-5 times a week is nice for me and Beau but won't cut it when training for a marathon. So today I bumped it up to 1.8 miles and over the next 3 months I'll get to running 3-4 miles a day several times a week. From the preliminary research I've done I think at that point I'll be able to start my official training. Coming off a year where I battled shin splints I want to make sure I do this right and in a smart way, I feel great physically now and I want to keep it that way.

So if any of you have ran one before please offer your words of wisdom and encouragement. If you haven't ran, words of encouragement will still be much appreciated as I go through a very interesting year in 2011.

You can also keep track of my training by using the link above this post, and I'll surely keep my faithful following posted on your favorite blog of all time (hint hint, this one).

WHITE ROCK HERE I COME!

To whomever sent her my way, Thank you.

So I realized the other day that I hadn't posted anything in a long time. What I didn't realize until just now is that a long time meant nearly 7 months! So I know you've been sullied with the trash of Glee and Twilight and whatever else you crazy kids watch these days, here I come to save the day with a nice big giant soap box (and I ain't even gonna race it in a derby).

Why have I not written anything in almost 7 months what has been taking up all my time? Well the answer is not what but who, yes ladies and gentlemen I have me a lady friend. The last 8 and a half months have been awesome. I don't know why I'm so lucky, or what I did to deserve a girl like her, except beg for one in a post on 3/3/07 (go check it out, seriously I need the hits on the site and I can wait).

See I told you she has everything I thought I wanted 3 and a half years ago, and I am always right. Blonde hair, blue eyes, hardcore Mavs fan, strong educated woman, the list goes on but it goes on exactly like I wanted. So yes she takes up much of my time and I guess some of the time that I would sit and write to clear my mind and express myself, she now takes up (in a good way). As far as the clearing my mind and expressing myself part well just being with her clears my mind and puts me at ease, and I don't need to express myself around her she already knows who I am and what I'm about. It's nice. For those of you that have met her trust me I've heard you loud and clear.

Matt Morris "Dick don't fuck this up"
Moulton (he's like Madonna or Prince only needs one name) "Seriously Dick don't fuck this up"
Kevin Stevenson "little Ricky I don't know how you did this but don't fuck it up"
Bloch (he's like Jebediah or Ishmael only needs one name) "I'm happy for you brother, but seriously don't fuck this up"

Trust me boys, I'm trying my hardest to not "fuck this up".


How did I meet this little lady you may ask, well online of course. Isn't that where we get everything else we want these days? You can watch videos, buy clothes, get Christmas gifts, send flowers, find a job, tweet, tell your friends about your status, and yes you can even purchase a girlfriend. Okay, okay, I didn't "purchase" her, but I did use a popular Internet dating site to find her. It's kinda weird about 5-7 years ago the people who used the Internet got made fun of and were ridiculed for not "being able to find anyone". Now the sentiment is quite the opposite. I've become less and less - embarrassed - for lack of a better word because it seems nowadays everyone has either tried it or knows someone who has tried it. Maybe Internet dating is the bell bottom pants of the aughts.

Whatever the sentiment or feeling anyone else has, I'm falling hard, fast and hoping that I can keep her tricked that I'm good enough for her, long enough to where it's too late for her to turn back(fingers crossed).

So just as Beau got a proper introduction into the blogosphere, so shall she (I had to wait a little longer to introduce her, she was a higher flight risk). I present to you my wonderful, beautiful, amazing, above hyperbole, girlfriend Sarah...




That's it for tonight folks, but I've got some other ideas of things to write about so stay tuned. I may ramble off a few post in the next couple weeks. And as always how could I forget the most inspirational speech of all time. Today starts Jimmy V week and ESPN showed the Jimmy V speech in it's entirety today while I was at the gym. If you want and or need to be inspired... just youtube it.... GREATNESS.


Goodnight!