There is no finish line....yeah, whatever.

I've always found the saying "there is no finish" hokey. I get the point, but I also love the notion of a finish line. I'm goal oriented by nature and therefore NEED finish lines. I think the key is to never run out of finish lines and never be satisfied with the finish line you just crossed. That being said, I've decided to start up a running blog again. 2011 was my first year in forever, that I stuck with running even with injuries and illness. My goal for the year was to run 1,000 miles. I didn't make that goal, but didn't exactly have a horrible year despite missing that. I was well above pace to make my goal going into September when my running life hit the fan. During the River Run in my hometown I aggravated the partially torn ACL I've had for years and hurt my hamstring pretty bad. I finished the race, which hindsight lets me know was a stupid idea, but I've never DNF'd in my life. In the coming months I would lose several weeks to respiratory and sinus infections I picked up in Miami and then later a nasty cold I picked up in Las Vegas. I will never stop traveling for conferences or runs, but I hope I stop bringing back illness.

I will probably run shortly after this blog, so I won't sum up my year just yet, I'll leave that for New Year's day. However, in the coming year this blog will have race reviews, my quest to find the best running routines, travel stories related to running, stories about people I meet or cities I run and much more, but ultimately all related to running is some way or another.

As you can tell by the title of the blog, running is important to me and it is not just a hobby it is a part of my life. I have a life long quest to visit every state in the United States and a subset of that life long quest is run a half marathon in half the states.

Thank you 2011 and everyone who ran it with me (especially my brother who has caught the love of running spark).

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