Last week I was a little upset.  I ran a 10 minutes mile and felt old.  This week I ran a 10 minute mile and I was pumped.  The difference? 28 seconds & 4 miles.  I ran 9.4 miles and about died.  That’s literally the farthest I’ve ever run. It was a 10 minute mile too [okay, 9:58]. This time [...]

If you haven’t noticed there’s been a lot of noise the past day or so about the four bad health habits that can make you die faster.  12 years faster.  Turns out smoking, drinking, doing nothing and eating like crap aren’t good for you after all!  While a lot of us know that at least cerebrally that those are bad for [...]

I’ve come to the realization.  I’m getting old.  Fast. Part of it was me turning 23, but the main reason is because of this triathlon stuff. I started tracking my training like I talked about last week. I set up a little chart to track my progress.I do pretty well on short runs, but I literally ran the farthest I [...]

Hey everybody.  It’s a big day here.  Yes it’s my birthday [let's get that out of the way right away] but more importantly it’s this blog’s birthday. Today is my official “launch day” of the blog.  I figured it works out well.  It’s the 23rd birthday on april 23 & [in case you didn't notice] the directory of this blog [...]

The first step. Everything journey begins with the first step. Every new adventure requires that first step. Every time I’m on the edge of doing something awesome, I always have to take the first step. Here’s the thing: I hate the first step. Why? IT’S SO DANG HARD TO TAKE. Every time I’m about to do something I know will [...]

Listen, I think it’s time we had a chat. Listen, I’ve like what we’ve got started here, but I think it’s time we laid things out. We’re still a few days away from making this official and I don’t want anyone’s feelings to get hurt here, so let’s get some groundrules laid out at the start… What you can expect from me [...]

I’ll be recapping what I did to move forward to my goals. [The current one being completing a triathlon].  Some weeks will go great, some will suck, but how do you have a good story without SOMETHING going wrong. The purpose is two-fold. I want to be completely open & honest on here & not hold anything back.  By checking [...]

A funny thing happened this week.  I ran my triathlon saturday, blogged about it & then nothing… Sunday I didn’t do anything.  .  Sure it’s an accomplishment of some sorts, but I have this annoying tendency to use the small accomplishments I have to blind myself to my overarching goal. I get satisfied with the unremarkable & settle for the mundane. That’s [...]

It’s official. The results are in. Joel Runyon = 1 Triathlon = 0 I survived. Take that triathlon! But seriously, a bunch of people have been asking how I did. I knew after the race roughly how I ended up, but I figured I’d wait till I got the official results to post about it. Lets get to it: Since [...]