What this is all about....

Sometimes you have to get the crazy ideas out there. I mean not just in your own head. When I get into something I really get into it - and if I'm not careful it can consume my life in various healthy and unhealthy ways. The good news is that I'm trying to channel all that energy into obsessions that are good for me - sans sugar, couches, and happy hours!

I'd always had a bucket list - never formally written down but firmly entrenched in my head. I'm not sure when the goal of running a 10K before I was 50 made it to the list - but it's been on there for so long it was just a buzzing that steadily sounded as I clicked off the items on the to-do list. I don't know that I consciously thought much about this over the last, say, 20 years....but then all the sudden I was bucket list checking off and it hit me. I was turning 47. I had only 3 short years to accomplish that BLI (bucket list item). Now if you knew me IRL you'd know I am a give 180% person. Never quit. Never surrender. Fight the good fight until it's over. Never give up. Don't look back. Keep moving forward.

So there it was in front of me in flashing NEON letters - Run a 10k! That began the journey. Because I'm, well, me -- this journey is not going to be blogged in intricate running fashion. No Siree Bob. The meat of this blog (the only meat in my life actually since I'm a vegan) will just be me talking about running itself, the races I've done and plan to do, how training is going, how I'm managing to fuel on a plant strong vegan diet, and reviews of the products and services that have gotten me here and will get me there.

In honor of the recognition that sometimes setting foot on a path takes you somewhere you never thought you'd go the words of Bilbo Baggins are my mantra:

This is what you see when you open the door to my home. This blog is stepping into my home and getting swept away with me on this journey. Win, loose, or draw - you'll hear about it!