IT’S DONE! Since May 1st I had run a mile a day until May 28th (today), where I ran 1.2 miles to complete a long journey o honor the Boston Marathon victims. I didn’t think running just one mile everyday for 3-4 weeks would hurt so much mentally and physically, but I toughed it out and completed it. I know there were other ways I could have honored those victims, but I wanted it to do it my way, on my own terms, and man did it feel great! My “Boston Stands as One” shirt was worn on all running days and it smells of sweat, tears, and hard work. ...

Another week down. Another 7 miles down. I’ve been feeling really good this past week with my running and supporting the Boston Marathon each step of the way makes me feel even better. “Boston Stands as One”, that’s the shirt I wear on each run with pride, because supporting our victims, first responders, and fellow runners is something I feel is so important. It’s been a month since that tragic day, but people still need our help. My running is a reminder of that. Continue going out, running races that support these victims, donate to One Fund, etc. Just do whatever you can to help out. No one does this to our home. It just isn’t right. ...

I said in my previous entry that I wanted to do something to honor the Boston Marathon and its victims. It’s not the greatest idea that I had, but I decided to go forth with it anyway. From May 1st to May 26th, I decided to run a mile each day until I reached 26.2 miles, where the last day I run 1.2 miles instead of 1. Had a rough start, getting sick May 3rd and May 4th and was unable to run, but extended my program to May 28th to let it all add up correctly. I wear the “Boston Stands as One” shirt from Adidas on every run to honor it all. It allows me to also get back into a good fitness level and stay injury-free and sick-free. It’s been a lot of fun thus far and I know I’m far from being completed with it. 17 days left and I’m itchin’ to get out everyday and get my goals in. With school being over it only gives me more time to invest in it. Below is the results of times and distances of my runs using the Nike+ Sportswatch. Time isn’t really a big issue here, but I like to keep it as a statistic. I’ll try to keep everything updated each week so people who want to follow this will be informed. Once again, thanks to everyone who has honored this tragedy in their own way and for donated to One Fund. ...

It’s been a long time coming, but I want to take this moment to update my blog like I committed to do. I know the past couple of weeks have been pretty tough due to the marathon bombings, but I won’t summarize anything because the news did a pretty good job with that. As for my running, things have significantly slowed down due to pain in my right shin and my left ankle. I also caught a stomach bug this week that has kept me out of action for almost a week. I hope to start up tomorrow, with the weather looking even better each day. Also, with classes ending and finals on the way, I will have time to invest my time fully on running. Unless I get a must needed job over the summer, I’ll have to adjust. ...

Third week in and it’s certainly not getting any easier. First I avoid the snow from last week and run this week being completely out of shape. Now I’ve apparently forgotten that school work picks up end of March to mid-April, making it twice as hard to get the time to run because I need to invest all my time into studying. This week I managed a run on Sunday and Wednesday. Both were just awful. Temperature-wise, it was exactly where I could hope around this time. Those days were upper 40’s with just a slight wind, so a short-sleeve was acceptable. I tried to get a Friday run in, where it was 55, sunny, just a light breeze, but NOPE. School was calling me on a Friday. Had an assignment due online that Friday and had invested from 3pm-7pm working on it. After it was over, it was dark outside and I was just flamed out from the work I had to do. ...