The Challenge

I know I haven't written in a long time, but I found myself consumed with work and traveling, oh and plus I haven't had the internet at home because I am living on the road and the place I am staying at does not have internet. Needless to say I have let my fitness slowly decline over the past several months. I need a challenge and I need focus. I have often found it difficult for myself to stay focused on workouts if I do not have a goal in mind. Well here is a goal that I may or may not try, it is something that would be extremely difficult and I would need the support of my soon to be wife, my family, and my friends.
I have it in my mind that I need to do something more than just raising a few thousand dollars each year for the Alzheimer's Association. Witnessing the effects of such a disease can really change your perspective on things and it makes me want to do more for a disease that seems to get lost in the shuffle.
I was driving up to Chicago for work on Sunday and it was late, about 3:00 am. I was on I-55 just thinking away, because there isn't much else to do on long, late night, lonesome car rides like that. I have always tried to come up with ideas of how I can make a difference, or at least the biggest difference a regular person like myself can make. I decided that maybe I should try something a little crazy, that I should run from Columbia to St. Louis for the St. Louis Marathon this coming April. Upon my arrival on Saturday I would rest and that following morning I would run the St. Louis Marathon or at least do my best to run it. This trek would put me at about 140 miles in less than 3 days and I believe that I can accomplish this with the proper training and preparations. My goal would be to log my training regiment here on this little blog, writing about my runs and the mentality of trying to stay focused on training for 6 months. Hopefully people can take my training experiences and learn from the different ways that I balance dealing with life and finding time to seriously train for such a monstrous task.
If I do decide to go through with this I will decide within the week. My plan is to raise as much money as I can for the Alzheimer's Association for this run and hopefully bring some more awareness to people along the way.
Running is something that I am very passionate about, it gives me a chance to relax and take in the world wherever I am at. I hope that I have the guts to commit to this challenge and I hope that I find myself worthy. I hope that I can make some difference, at the least shed light on the illness to just a few, if only that happens I will consider it a success.