Marathon Training Blog

The Training Diary of a Middle of the Pack, Middle Age Runner Trying to get to the Big Race - Boston

 
History
I started running in january of 2004 to get in shape. I had gained too much weight and felt terrible. I was able to run my first 5K 3 months later. I have continued to push for greater goals and have run 3 marathons and I am training for a 4th now.
Marathons Completed
Steamboat Marathon 2005 Boulder Backroads 2005 - Las Vegas Marathon 2005
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No Benches, No Time-Outs, No Halftimes - Welcome To My World
Friday, October 19, 2007

So here I am thinking again. God, I hate it when that happens. What on earth is going on in my life.

I think about the direction I am heading and wonder if it is the direction that I want to go. I am in the middle of a divorce. One that I started. Why? Because I was sick of living with a person who technically was living, but in reality died long ago. Funny thing is that after I started the divorce that same person woke up all of a sudden. Not that it matters, I just don't feel the same way about her anymore.. I don't feel that there will be much of a change in attitude, and if there was, it will not last long.

Since starting my road to being healthy 4 years ago I have been slowly feeling different. These changes came slowly. A little at a time. I felt that these changes were good. I took on a different attitude towards life, living and everything around me. I woke in the morning with a new found love of life. Wanting to experience more and more. What I found was that my life was changing. I was not the same person I was. I started meeting new friends, friends that were positive, energetic and focused. Not like my previous life of solitude, boring, same -old stuff type of life. I guess meeting these new people made the situation at home worse. I spent more an d more time away from the old homestead and more time at events and races. I looked forward to these days. I looked less forward to going to the house. Doing nothing. Depression all around me.

I don't know how things will turn out after the divorce. In some ways I am terrified of the idea. I never was a bachelor. I left home went directly into the military then directly into marriage. I don't have a problem with being alone - I kinda enjoy being by myself. It's peaceful. I get a lot done without others around. It will give me a lot of time to train next year. I want to meet other women that will enjoy the same activities that I do. I don't expect them to train with me everyday - or go to every race. but I would like them to jump in and train a little and at least enjoy themselves at races - even if they don't race themselves. I'm not a fancy guy, I like long nights at home on the couch, home cooked meals, rock concerts, sports, neatness, and a great sense of humor. Someone that works out and is proud of their body, and puts the time into it to keep it that way. If I can find someone like that - great. Until then I will just keep training - taking pride in my own body. Trying to make it the best that I can. Using what God gave me and keeping it in tip tip condition.

Life is change in motion - there are more changes ahead - I know and I'm good with that. But that will not keep me from pursuing my dreams. CIAO

posted by Mondo @ 3:18 PM   0 comments
About Me

Name: John Maynard
Home: Canon City, Colorado, United States
About Me: In 2008 I completed a full Ironman. Since that time I have continued to keep myself in a decent shape with running and hiking. As the years have rolled on so has my midsection. With my 50th birthday behind me I have embarked on another journey in life. This journey will take me into my next decade in the best shape of my entire life. It's time to kick life into overdrive.
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