Lou Holtz

This morning I finally rolled out of bed around 6:30 to go for a run. I ran about 4 miles while listening to Lou Holtz's autobiography. He's a pretty inspirational guy and I would recommend his book or book on cd. One thing he said that makes sense is w.i.n. stands for what's important now. To succeed or win in life you have to be able to separate the important things from the not so important. John Wooden says, "You can't control the uncontrollables, but you can control the controllables." Being able to know and understand this is important in life. So much of our lives are filled with worries about the unimportant things and sluffing on the meaningful stuff.

I'm still getting over a cold, so it wasn't my fastest run ever but I got it done. I need to get myself out of bed a little earlier tomorrow for some extra mileage.

Dean's my hero

Did you know that there is a guy that is running across the country as I type this? Craziness, I know. I'm not sure why this seems so inspirational to me but something inside of me wants to run with him. This ultramarathoner, Dean Karnazes is approaching Cincinnati, Ohio on his way home to San Francisco. You can follow him at http://www.runnersworld.com He has already run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days and now is running from New York to San Francisco. I couldn't even get out of bed this morning to do a couple of miles. I pulled a muscle in my calf yesterday so I thought I would take the day off. I received some exciting news this weekend as my dad bought my wife and me a treadmill for Christmas. I hope to get some serious miles on it this winter. I don't know if anyone will ever read this, but it feels good to atleast say that I have a blog. Have a great day!