Hey Bloggies,

Seems like I haven't written in a while. Anywho, here I am, back in Saint John again, running with the Marathon group. And I forgot my mp3 player in the 'Chi, so I'm a little grrrrry about that, but I'll have to do without for tomorrow and Thursday's runs. Anywho, what's new? As for me, I ran in two races over the weekend and didn't do as well in Shediac as I would've liked. But I did get a personal best in Miramichi on Sunday (for a 10 km), although I didn't place high as a lot of faster runners in my age group came out for that race (it was a provincial championship).

Well, 15 days before I turn the big 2-9. Looking forward to it. Not necessarily the b-day itself, as I seem to be cursed with birthdays in the past, but just knowing that I'm reaching a point in my life where I'm starting to really set long term goals for myself. In another few years, the student loans will only be a memory, I'll be getting ready to obtain my Masters degree and I'm starting to look at the housing market. And I think even more impressive than that, is the fact that they nay-sayers I had in high school are being proved wrong. I'm achieving success in what I do, and will keep proving them wrong. Haha, I guess that was kind of my "look at me now" rant!!!

Alright, time for this episode of "My shout out to...". This time around my shout out goes to : Power Bar Gel packs!!! These packs are freaking amazing and they taste great too. I've been using them more and more lately, and have noticed a difference in my recovery time. It feels like my body is capable of taking the constant abuse of training hard, and even racing harder, and although I can't say it's because of these gels, I'm pretty sure they have something to do with it. I'll have to have a bunch of them available for Marathon by the Sea, as that will be somewhat of a 3:30 - 4:00 hour run.

Well, I'm back in SJ for a few days, if there is anybody out there that is bored, give me a holler. Catch ya later and take it easy,

Ev