Restart

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it’s successful outcome. - William James

So this thing has apparently kicked off with a whimper. After that first post started a series of time consuming life issues & moderate injuries. Without going into mundane detail, looks like everything is behind us & I'm back to it.

Headed out for an easy run today. One of the aforementioned injuries is some sort of acute pain in my big toe. Not sure if I jammed it, stressed some tendons or have a stress fracture, but it's had me fairly hobbled for these past few weeks. There's still some soreness & I move with every intention of protecting it, but really had to get back out today. Taped the shit out of it so the first "knuckle" would be immobile & headed out. Managed to get around 1.7 miles in intervals in before my hamstrings started barking... but the toe held up! Time for some ice, foam rolling & we'll hit it again tomorrow.

Oh, and for those wondering, not all of my posts will be of this nature. I will be using it as a training log like this, but also sharing unique content I find interesting that's relevant to obstacle racing/running/weight training/general fitness/etc. Also, since music is a big part of my training, I'll be posting my selection for the day, with links as available.

music: Zeds Dead - "Guest mix for Mista Jam"

So it begins....

Yep, starting a new blog.  This one will serve to record my trials & tribulations in a new sport/hobby I decided to take up in obstacle course/mud run racing.  I'll go into much more detail in the next few posts.  Just needed to get some content on here to be sure everything is how I want it & test out various publishing tools.  I'll use the Blogger format as my primary publishing tool, but plan to cross post to both Google+ and Facebook.  I'm trying to make everything as public as possible, but if you're a friend & don't want to see these posts on either one of those social networks, let me know & I'll add you to my block list (I have some thoughts on that subject that I'll save for a later post).  In the mean time, I'm headed to bed & plan to make a more substantial post over the weekend.