A Week of Reflection

The week before my birthday is always an odd time for me, or at least has been in the last 10 years. I usually do a lot of reflection, especially since my mother died 10 years ago this week. I will talk more about that later this week, but I wanted to talk about some things in my head today, as it relates to my running.

This has been an incredible year running wise for me. I accomplished an important goal - I completed my first marathon. As you all know I almost completed two, but I won't go into that. This year I became a better runner. I learned from my mistakes of last year, and learned how to train better and smarter.

I sill have issues with eating. I always will. I don't always make smarter choices. All I can do is work on doing better the next day. Yes, it truly is one day at a time.

My other accomplishment was completing two half marathons. While I am still working on my goals for next year, I can tell you I plan to focus on the half marathon and improve my times there.

This has also been a year of meeting more and more fellow runners. Whether it be in the store every day, or online through Pheddipiations or the Motely Fool, I have forged some good relationships with people who share a passion for running.

The running year was a success, and I can only hope running at 45 will be even better than running at 44. Until next Monday(my birthday), I have some more running to do as a 44 year old, and I will make the most of it.

:-)Charlie