PEI MARATHON

As I crossed the finish line in 2021, my third marathon. I was overwhelmed with a huge wave of emotions. Firstly, I am not going to lie, I was disappointed in my posted time. Then mere seconds later immense sense of, “Holy SH$# !! Neil, you did it! washed over me. I was so freakin happy and proud of myself. Here I was at fifty-nine years of age and I had just run 42.2 km! (Okay, there was some walking 🙂 But, “SH$% Neil, you just did your third marathon!”

MEAL PREP

No More Empty Calorie Lunches I’ve entered to run the PEI Marathon in October of this year. The training starts now. In my mind, there are a whole bunch of interrelated tasks that are important to successfully complete a marathon and completing the marathon healthy. But, there are two primary tasks that stand out from […]

Let The Silliness Begin, My Second Marathon!

After a long internal deliberation, I have decided to run another marathon!  I completed my first one in October 2017.  Silly me has decided, “That wasn’t so bad.  I should do another!” So I have registered for the Okanagan Marathon, on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend (October 7th, 2018) The fun part is, that my sister […]

My First. . . Possibly My Last Marathon

On May 21st, 2017 I will be running in my first and quite possibly my last.  I am running in May to test my personal endurance.  To push myself, mentally and physically.  If and only if I enjoy the running the distance of 42.2 km’s may I do another one.  If I don’t enjoy the distance. […]