My First Post

Well I have always talked about it and now I am finally doing it. My wife has had a blog about our family since before our son Blake was born in 2007 and since then I thought about starting my own. You can check out my family blog www.ourbabycameron.blogspot.com

Hmmmmm, where to start. I am 30 years old living and have been living in Edmonton, AB for the last 11 years. My wife, Tracy, and I got married in 2004 and have 2 children. Our son, Blake, was born in May 2007 and our daughter Emerson joined him in February of this year. Yep life is pretty busy but I love it. I have been working at the same company for 11 years now, slowly progressing up the "corporate ladder" I guess. I'm pretty comfortable in my current position, they give me quite a bit of freedom and responsibility so it is a nice balance.

I started this blog to talk about my family, my life, my goals and my current adventures in running and fitness. I started to get back into running about 2 years ago and it is the first I have done it since high school. I mainly started again to get into shape and lose a couple of pounds but now have found that I actually really enjoy it alot and have since completed a 10Km, and 2 half marathons (21.1 km).

Currently I am in the middle of (or should I say beginning of) training for a 15km race in Edmonton on July 1 - The Canada Day Road Race. Now I have never done this distance before so not sure what to expect but I will set my goal at 1:30:00. Maybe too long? Should I go lower? In the past I was just happy to finish the half marathons but now I feel like I should set some goals. Ultimate goal is a) to complete a full marathon and b) to qualify for the Boston marathon (which i think is about 3:15:00) for myself. Now I realize that these are a little down the road but I think that talking and "blogging" about them will help out alot. Right now my training consists of running at lunch times at work, running on the weekends at home and trying to do some weights as well. Any tips from anybody is greatly appreciated. I recently started doing stairs and hills on different mornings with a group at work I hooked up with. It's a group of 5-7 who all need a little motivation from each other from time to time so it's a good mix.

This is just my first post so bear with me. I am going to try and post my stats (weight), my goals and such in the next one. I am fairly new to this but I do enjoy reading some of the other blogs as well. Talk to you all soon.