Focus Man! Focus!

Yeah I don’t know if I’m past my prime
 I’m feeling old I just turned twenty-nine

It’s crazy I think I’ve lost my mind
Cause lately at shows I forget my...uhh...
Sometimes I feel like my brain is missing
Sometimes I feel like Jessica Simpson
Don’t know if tuna is fish or chicken

                               - KJ52, "Fivetweezy"

I was looking at my blog this morning, and something struck me.  On the entire first page there isn't a single post about running or cycling.  I've totally lost my focus.  I'm all over the place.  I've been so busy putting up things I think are funny or interesting, I got away from what this blog is supposed to be about.  I think.

So I'm going to slow down some for a while.  I've been pretty diligent posting almost every day lately, but those posts aren't always what this blog is about.  Not that I'll quit posting about my family, (if you had a baby this cute, wouldn't you brag too?) but I'll cut back.  Actually, I'll be cutting back more on the fluff like Eight Reasons I'm Glad We Didn't Have a Boy, because what does that really have to do with anything?

Meanwhile, I got my long run up to 12 miles this weekend and am now experiencing the return of the tendinitis that derailed me all summer.  I think I can hold it off long enough to do the Chambersburg Half, but I'm definitely glad I didn't commit to anything longer this spring.

So I'm going to get my focus back on training updates, gear reviews and race reports.  That's not to say I won't mix in some family stories or fluff now and then (there's a story about $200,000 worth of Red Bull stolen from the Navy that is begging to be commented on), but really that's not what a lot of people follow this blog for.

This is supposed to be a record of my "experiment of one" that every ultra marathoner is.  No two people react the same way to training and we all have our different formulas that work for us.  The more we share our ideas on those formulas, the more information there is to apply to our own experiments.  That's sort of the point - this is what's working for me, this is what isn't - and I've totally strayed from that lately even though there has been so much going through my head about my training and goals for this year and years following.

Now I'm wondering if those lyrics from KJ52 were really pertinent.  But you know, sometimes I do "forget my...uh..."