Archives for November, 2010

Starting Over… Is Live

Posted on Nov 28, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back | No Comment

Late this afternoon, I drove out to Fort Gordon and parked the truck at one end of Barton Field. I slipped out of the New Balance walking shoes I wore to drive there and into a new pair of Nike Free Run+ minimalist shoes. Then I fired up the Gymboss Interval Timer app on my iPhone and proceeded with the first of four weekly workouts from the ten-week schedule I outlined on my Starting Over… Baby Steps page.

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Pictures, Memories… Good Motivators!

Posted on Nov 22, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back | No Comment

I finally got around to changing the default pictures in the three little squares in the banner for my blog. Working with such a small size for photos was a little constricting, but I managed. So, now I have some images up there I can not only live with but that also are more deeply personal and really do much to help keep me motivated.

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Something Just Has to Give

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back | No Comment

My participation in NaNoWriMo this year is totally in the toilet. I’m not going to complete my NaNovel and I’m not feeling too broken up over it either. Something’s gotta give, and it’s just gonna have to be NaNoWriMo… ‘cuz it ain’t gonna be the training, more rest, and better diet now that I feel I’m settled into that pretty well now.

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