The Challenge

Life has become much different for me but it has been important for me to not lose who I am. I may be improving significantly on runs but it is doubtful that I will be breaking any tape at the finish line. But that does not mean I have giving up on winning. So I have taken an appraisal of my talents and developed a new course of action for victory.

I am definitely a stupid stubborn sadist when it comes to fitness

I have had the privilege of training some of Maine’s finest young leaders who have surprisingly adopted my own sense of stubborn resilience

Raising money for a worthy cause is the only real victory (http://teamrwb.com/)

If you can’t run fast then run far

So I have somehow convinced enough Cadets at the University of Maine Army ROTC to run the Pineland Farms Trail Challenge (http://www.tri-maine.com/) to compete as a team. If we can all break 10 minute mile splits we should be competitive to win the team competition. Now I run for Team Red White and Blue but for these events our team will be running for a local charity called Run for the Children. It is a scholarship for the children of fallen Maine veterans started by members of the University of Maine Army ROTC and the Maine Infantryman’s association.  Our hope is that we can raise money for our collective mileage and receive and increased sum if we win the team competition.

My interim goals are to break twenty minutes in a five Kilometer race before the end of the year and to break forty minutes on a ten kilometer run by Spring Break.

I would like to run the Sugar loaf marathon two weeks before as my last long run and my first full marathon (I was injured during this season’s races)