About me and this blog

1. 48 years old, retired Marine living in Patuxent River, MD
2. After helping fellow former Marines celebrate completing the Marine Corps Marathon in 2013, I made a vow to join them in 2014.
3. I established this blog in the spring of 2014 to keep track and hold me to that commitment.
4. Ran and finished the MCM in 2014.
5. I also ran and finished the MCM in 2015, 2016 and 2018. I have blog posts tracking in each year that I ran. Fortunately for me, I have been much better than running than blogging
6. While this blog serves as a training archive for me, hopefully runners of every age and experience level can find something useful, funny or something they can relate to while training for any long distance race.
7. Train to run better…run to finish…enjoy the journey.
8. “I’ve been one poor correspondent/And I’m too, too hard to find/But that doesn’t mean/You ain’t been on my mind.” America, lyrics from “Sister Golden Hair”