Move4word with Coach K

In an interview after winning the Dallas Marathon this weekend, Dr. Logan Sherman said it took him 15 years to get to this point...15 years!!!  Courtesy of Dallas Morning News Website Meb Keflezighi came to this country in 1987 with nothing and spoke no English. Worked HARD, graduated UCLA and 15 years later won the 2014 Boston Marathon.  Meb Kelflezighi and Coach K NBMA Dallas Summit 15 years of work they kept at it! There are people who want to give up after 15 minutes of trying because something is too hard.  Think about it... Meb Keflezighi will tell you none of his successes came easy. His determination and faith got him through his challenges but he kept moving forward.  Dr Logan Sherman said "I want kids to look at this today and come out here in years to come and this be their goal," he said. "It might take them 15 years to do it but they'll do it." So no matter how long it takes and if you want it bad enough do what ...

I created this blog for me to express and encourage others in their journey.  I have fallen short of doing that . I look back at the last posting of my blog and I am like OH MY GOODNESS!  It has been far to long.  So it is time for me to get back, back to writing and not worry about the how it looks.  I was thinking to myself this morning how I had lost my focus on life.  I am doing so much and I do not feel as if I am getting anywhere...like I am in a continual cycle.  Well it is time to start focusing on faith, family, friends, and fun.   I will start to document my athletic journey the good the bad the ugly and the unglued.  Yep the unglued!!!! I will start to document my attempts to get faster, stronger and healthier.  I have few goals and some of them seem lofty...uhhhh like Ironman Competition.  Yep I said it I want to do it but only in Gods time.  I have a lot of steps I have to climb before I am somewhat mentally prepare...

Today this scripture REIGNS today. I am so humbled and grateful I had to sit back and think about it. I completed 3 marathons in 56 days and 2 of them within 10 days of each other! All of this with hardly any recovery time, while working full time , taking care of home, promoting my business and still training. Once you start a goal that has been truly put on your heart and you turn it over don't tell me it can't be done. These runs were not great times but that was not my goal it was to finish! Yes, there was pain and emotion but I got it done. Ran my race and when I was hurting and made every reason to give up that is when I would dig deep and say Lord its on you, usually around mile 20. LOL! So Praise will be continually from my lips. Thank you Lord! http://bible.cc/philippians/ 4-13.htm

22.15 completed yesterday in 4:29. Nice and slow endurance run. I am so glad I am in my taper week. Running/training for these distances take so much time out of my life. I want my Saturdays back. Lol

Run through the annoyance and stop at the pain.  A friend of mine told me that one day and I always have it in the back of my mind. Annoyance yes, pain no! I always hated the saying "No Pain No Gain", people think it has to hurt to work not true. Pain is a signal that somethings not right. Pain awakens us so we can evaluate the real deal. Don't keep running with the pain or through the pain, don't medicate the pain, evaluate the cause of the pain. Sometimes that means we have to stop and take a few steps back or even start over. If we don't stop at the pain, eventually it will stop us. We wont be able move4word because of the damage we have cause to ourselves believing we can deal with the pain. When we don't stop at pain, we never get a chance to look at where something went wrong for the pain to start. Lack of preparation, bad training(partners/advice), bad habits, bad form, old accessories... the list goes on. I have only to learn to stop at p...

It's not about the bragging rights.  Running is a lifestyle a relationship, not a temporary fix to get in some clothes, not a fad, and not a score keeper for how many more miles you ran than someone else. It is a love/hate relationship for me. At times I want to say forget it and at times I embrace it just like any of my relationships or anything I do in life. It is not a time for me to say to the world look at me I ran today but a time to let my Lord, health, body and attitude reflect the results of my run. I only hope that my results makes an impact on those I meet. I pray that I can continue to run until I am old and gray and not because it is the in thing to do but because the Lord has place this love in my heart and my spirit. I will continue to run this race, casting all that hinders me and not be weary! That is why I love Hebrews 12:1 (New International Version) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hi...

Oh my dayum! I knew this morning that today was one of those days where I knew the run would SUK.  11.24 miles, kick my tail! first sign of a bad run day, you over sleep.  Yes, the alarm was set and it went off at 5:15 a.m but did i get up....hell no! I thought I was dreaming about bells... mind you I did not realize it was my alarm until in my dream  these dayum bells would not stop.  So here I am up late, with 15 minutes to get dress and out the door to be at the lake at 6:30.  Once there I was walking around like a zombie and told myself I was going to stay in the back of the pack and take it slow and easy.  Sounds like a great plan at first and then we started running.  You know I always run in the front for a reason...to avoid the downwind!  I swear what is so freakin hard about washing your clothes and even just taking a bath before you run.  Heck if you cant take a bath, do a wash off!  Just because you are running outside does no...