Here we go...

I'm taking on a "10 Weeks to a 10k" plan in hopes of achieving a new milestone this year. With my own myriad of medical issues and my busy teaching/coaching lifestyle, it's going to be an interesting journey. In making this blog, I realize that the end result could be one of two things: 1) The most embarrassing public display of un-athleticism my friends and family have ever seen OR 2) One (if not the) most rewarding achievement I have accomplished. Let's just say I'm hoping it's more on the side of the latter. Those are two pretty dichotomous results, you might think. So why do this? Accountability. The more people who know I am doing this, the more they expect me to complete the journey. I need that! I've tried this road before and hadn't told a soul out of fear of failure. If there's one thing I've learned teaching, it's that every day is a lesson in humility and it's not a life failure for someone to see the real you.

I'm a teacher, so naturally (or maybe more UN-naturally) I think all years begin in August, all segments of life are separated into semesters, and all weeks begin with Monday. Therefore, I start mañana: Monday, 4 January 2010. I guess you could call this 10k goal my "Spring Semester Resolution."

Disclaimer: I'm sure the only people reading this are going to be people who know me and my quirks. You all know I'm an English teacher and get a ridiculous amount of enjoyment out of finding typing/grammar/sentence errors in everything I read; actually, most of you do as well! However, this blog probably won't be the best example of the verbosity or grammatical capacities of its author. It might be unedited, uncouth, or even down right unkempt of an English teacher at times. Don't analyze, peeps. Just read it and laugh, cry, scream, and maybe even bleed (y'all know how accident prone I am!) right along with me.

Here we go!