COMING SOON....or not

Well, you may have noticed that it's now Wednesday and that post I mentioned the other day never came about. Yeah...Martin and I didn't get together for the coolness that we had planned. Instead of making a big deal about, if/when it happens, I'll just post it. Sorry about that.

COMING SOON

Tonight I met a fella named Martin (pronounced Mar'teen). Martin is a nice Latino gentleman who is very proud of his daughter for getting into UNLV with a 25k scholarship. What father wouldn't be proud?

Martin and I talked for about 4 hours tonight. His English isn't the best, but his heart is in the right place and his mannerisms speak volumes. He is a good man.

At any rate, Martin has 4 horses. No, they're not the ones for the Apocalypse, but he claims that one of them dances. I've never seen a dancing horse, to which he replied "BULL SHIT".


But seriously, I've never seen one.

If you've never seen one either, you'll see one on Sunday. Because on Sunday I'm going over to his place and checking out this alleged "dancing horse". If it turns out that his horse dances, I'll eat my hat (HA bitch. I don't wear hats!).

Seriously though, a couple of latino dudes that were sitting near us said it's bad ass, so I'll get it on film and let you folks see. If you haven't seen it, you will. If you have...why the F didn't you invite me!?

later gators.

It's Over

Hey all. Been awhile since my last post on TGA. This leg of the journey has been over for more than a few weeks now and I'm starting to feel a bit lost.

I should begin working in the next week or so, so that isn't the problem. The problem is that I'm not sure exactly what to do next. Work isn't an adventure, so I need to come up with something, some goal that I can reach for. I don't want to stagnate again, ya know?

I was thinking about maybe doing the Las Vegas Marathon (or the Half-Marathon) in a few months. Not a lot of time to get ready for it (it starts on 12/4), but an idiot like me can push through any physical pain and relearn to kick ass again, right?

So what's to stop me? Well, there is that whole smoking thing to begin with. But that's not the tough part. I figure the easiest way to quit smoking is to not light one up. So we got that knocked out.

The second hurdle is my health. I haven't run in a good 9 or 10 years. Well, I figure I can fix that pretty easily to. Start running, duh!

I think the hardest thing for me to get past will be mental, as it's always been. So what I need are some good motivators. I have a few things in mind that are good reasons for doing this, the first of which is to just plain finish something.

I want to be able to look myself in the mirror and tell myself that I didn't give up on SOMETHING. But more than that, I want to do something that will be a gateway to doing something bigger than myself.

The way I see it, in a marathon, I'll just be one runner out of many. We'll all have our individual reasons for doing it, but in the end, I think that finishing will be at the top on every one of our lists.

So what do you folks think? What are some other good reasons for doing something that to most people would seem pointless. Why the hell would anyone want to run 26.2 miles anyway? Should I do it to try raising more money for the St Baldrick's Foundation? It's an idea, for sure. Hell, if I can happily get my lovely locks removed, I should be able to take a few aches and pains, right?

If you read this post, please comment. Give me some motivation or just some encouragement. Also, if you find any good websites for the beginning marathoner, feel free to let me know.

I have to do something, because right now, I'm completely insane. I'm doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. This needs to change, and it needs to change now.

Thanks for reading the rambling.