I’ve been running more and more over the past few years. I’ve finally reached a point where I could challenge a few races and have some fun.

So I ran the Nike Human Race in November – 10K and finished in the top 20% in Canada. I was feeling pretty good about that so I’ve had an idea bouncing around in my head for a few years – “Enter the Kananaskis K100 Relay….”

We’ve assembled a team, so now all that’s left is to train for the race. Each runner runs roughly 10 miles and some are less challenging than others but it’s pretty much like running up mountain highways – hills, hills and well, more hills.

So the training begins. The race is roughly 6 months away so I’ll be building distance over those months until I can basically run a hilly half-marathon.

It’s going to be gruelling, but it’s also going to be a lot of fun. Stay tuned….

i started at a plump 212 pounds. after two and a half years of knee injuries, shoulder injuries and general malaise i was finally able to start training again. man, i didn’t realize how shitty i felt. no wonder i felt like such a lazy bag of turd.

i’m much closer to my ‘fighting weight’ now at a much leaner 194 – float like a butterfly, or moth, and sting like an, um, wasp (not quite a bee, yet…).

my initial attempts to run were a disaster – 5 miles (too much), and really started to screw up my knees. it took 65 minutes to run five miles. being that i’m a very polarized personality (all or nothing, go big or go home) – i thought more of a good thing would be a good way to get started, not so much!

so then i started building from 1 kilometre and working on speed and adding more distance each week. in 16 weeks i’ve gone from 12+ minute miles down to about an 8:50 mile. i’m up to 8 kilometres in 44-49 minutes. pretty significant improvement.

so i’m nearly ready to run 10K distances – maybe in about 4-6 weeks.