Can't believe how time passes. Now it is the new year and I have not done well w/ training workouts, blogging nor cleaning my house over the past two weeks, but I am back. New year, new resolutions, must get back into training w/ a purpose in mind. 

Today was the first Knoxville Track Club www.ktc.org training run for the NEW year.  I was very excited about it and went to bed somewhat early, hydrated as I should and brought the cell phone that I use for the alarm next to my bed.  Unfortunately, I forgot to ensure that the alarm was turned on --> my bad.  I woke up at 4:35 a.m. in anticipation for the run. Oops, too early, back to sleep. Next time my eyes opened, my clock showed 7:31 a.m. Darn it!! that is take off time from the Runner's market 15 minutes away. Luckily I had set out my stuff the night before so I threw it on, jumped in the van and headed to the starting point.  I did feel a little relief as I saw one other runner just taking off as I pulled up. At 8:00 a.m. I started on my run with the encouragement of Jason who said I could probably catch some of the other runners as some had just taken off.

It was a good feeling to catch up to some of the other around third creek @ neyland drive, just past Tyson Park.  I continued running with a group up to Neyland Stadium, the turn around point for 13 miles.  I ran into Chevy Lewis at that point and she and I ran a good portion of the return run together along with two other guys who ran just a bit quicker than my pace. That was good because it gave me incentive as they would occasionally curve around a corner or over a hill out of my sight. I would push a bit harder to catch back up near them.  The end of the 13 miles took me up a pretty steep hill and I walked the last half mile or so, but wow! two hours and 25 minutes of running.

It was a great feeling of accomplishment. I'm on my way for the New Year and ready to commit to a year of great family fitness.  The best feeling was when I got home and my 8 year old daughter asked if I was ready to run? She reminded me that I promised her that she and I could run the neighborhood together when I was done w/ my training run. I was very sore, and very tired, but excited about her motivation and desire to follow my example and run! So, off we went! It should be a great year!!