Training?

This past week has been more of an unusual week for me, and that is saying a lot because I have come to accept that things are not "normal" in my life. I know I started this blog as a forum to describe and keep you inform on how may training develops during the months and years that I write. My training usually was in regards to getting healthier, training for a marathon, half marathon or a combination of these.

Well on that front training is going well. It is extremely hot here in south Florida this year so I have come to accept that my training will be hampered but that fact but I still train. I still go out between three to four times a week, and do about 15-22 miles per week. I sometimes hate it, I question myself why I am doing it, but I still know that since I am building endurance I get out there.

Although I will still use this to chronicle my training for the upcoming marathons this year and the beginning of next; I will also use this blog to share how I am training for life in general. As I eluded to in the last entry, I feel that I am at a possible crossroads in my life. I have started a retreat with Barbara and hopefully others in our church to explore and deepen our spiritual life. I will want to share some of those experiences on here. The culmination to all of it will the journey and pilgrimage on El Camino, the pilgrimage that many have made in the northern slopes of Spain, ending at Santiago de Compostela.

So you see this will be a busy blog in the coming weeks and month. I hope that as I share these different aspects of training that it will lead you to explore what needs to change in your life, and that you be given the impetus to start on your personal journey too. so take time, walk with me for a while....

How much do you want to know?

Yes, it has been a while since I wrote anything. maybe someone reads this, maybe no body does, but I enjoy writing about my experiences in training and now lately it seems in life.

How much do you really want to know about these past weeks and months. I feel I am not training as I should because I don't feel I am making much progress. I have been going out and walking at least three times per week for about 5.3 miles each time and I go out with FIT on Saturdays and do 20/50 intervals. I am trying to decide what races I will be doing this coming year, along with how I will train to best accomplish my goals.

I guess what has taken the most energy in my life has been my mom's total right knee replacement. Although it all turned out well, she is 90 years old and so has taken a lot of my time to help her as she went from hospital, recovery room and now to her home. Soon, it will all be over and she will be recovered, and I will be happy that I was able to help and get her back to her normal life.

Another part that I will touch on , is the changes that I have set into place in my life. It seems that there is constant change all around me, and I am now trying to orchestrate this change into a more productive , stress free life styles. You know so many time addictions and addictive personalities come into play and so the best way to handle it all is "one day at a time". I am glad that God takes care of me , and I am learning to let go and let God by concentrating more on myself, on how I can improve my journey with the Lord. I have started a 34 week retreat, might share some of the highlights as I journey through. I am reassessing my life, I have had to let go of some of my baggage, including some things that although very important were not good for me.

Well that is enough for now. I will explain the symbol that opens this blog at a later date. Just let it take you to a different place, let the journey begin....