Running and Being

It's funny, I started this blog to track my running experiences, to be able to share them, and to be able to reflect back on them. But I also chose the title "running and being," which is not only a book by the late Dr. George Sheehan, but it's also a very meaningful series of words.

As I reflect upon my running and my being now, I realize that in the life of an endurance runner, the two can't be separated. Separating them is like separating the contents of an atom (and we all know how that turns out). But after I got married, and then had a kid, my running has suffered. I didn't make the choice consciously, but I have no regrets about where my priorities are now. I've spent time recently trying to find ways to create time by simplifying my life, working less and more efficiently, waking up earlier and running or working then, and finding new workouts that are over faster. And the time I gain is time at home with my wife and son. My days of 8-12 hour training runs are not over, nor are my racing days (though it's been a while!) but they are fewer and farther between.

In order to hold myself accountable to these goals of maximizing my running and being, I will start using this blog for documenting these things.