I have spent many restless nights pondering over what my next adventure would be after the Boston Marathon. For a while, I was considering trying out for American Ninja Warrior. If nothing else, I wanted to work on my upper body strength and have an excuse for running, jumping, climbing over any obstacle in my way. ANW is still a possibility for the future, but I have a new mission.
A 50 Mile Run.
I’m going ultra. (more…)
The running shoe company SKORA recently wrote a feature about me and my journey to the Boston Marathon. It covers my Boston training advice and some personal stuff as well. Read the article.
The “New Me” and “Old Me” will clash in a showdown of skill and will on New Year’s Day. It will be a showdown of epic proportions. Which tolerance will prevail?
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It all started as a joke. Connor and I were watching American Ninja Warrior and I told him I wanted to tackle the obstacles and be on the show. He of course believed me. He also believes that I will someday be the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Aren’t kids great? He’ll figure out I am full of crap one of these days. (more…)
I am sure your news feed on the various social media channels that you follow have been inundated with the challenge to donate to the ALS foundation or dump a bucket of ice water over your head. I kept seeing more and more people take the challenge and douse themselves, and to be honest, it got on my nerves a little. It seemed like a “look at me, I need attention” type thing. I usually don’t go with the status quo, so since everyone was doing it, I decided I was going to avoid it. My thoughts were that people would rather dump ice over their head than give to a good cause.
Here is where my opinion changed. (more…)
A co-worker and friend shared with me today about one of their relatives who have a baby that is having problems right now. The little girl was born yesterday and everything was good, until she started to turn blue. It turns out the valves on the back of her heart are reversed. Today, they had to stop her heart and switch the valves around. I have not yet heard how the surgery went.
These words about baby Reese hit home this morning for me. Both in an emotional way making me very sad, and at the same time, it put what I have been doing in focus. I finally have a personal connection to one of the babies that my efforts with The Lucas Fund can touch. Since June 2013, I personally have donated a dollar for every mile I have run to the UVA Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I will hit 2000 miles this month. Knowing that those efforts, while doing something I love, is helping baby Reese and her family – it makes me feel a lot better and thankful for the very short time we had with Baby Lucas.
I will be running and praying for Baby Reese and her family.
