So as I write this I have done something a little crazy for me! I am all about change and I have not been too excited with my physical appearance lately. I stand at 5′ 9″ and currently I am at 186 pounds. NOT at all where I want to be!

Change is the name of the game and if you want to be something more than you are or different than you are today all you have to do is change! Last week I decided to start running, while this is not something that I like doing it produces more results than my usual walking!

Well… I started looking at all sorts of different things related to running and came across what are called “ultras” or ultra marathons. Basically anything over a marathon is an ultra marathon.

What sparked my interest…

The fact that how many people can say “I did that!” Now… I am not planning on an ultra marathon just yet, but for only really running for the last week I figured whats the next best thing?

I came across what is called a virtual race! What is that? It is a race you run by yourself and then log your miles! The one that I found is from Los Angeles CA. to Las Vegas NV.

That is a total of 286.2 miles!

My race starts tomorrow June 15th. The good news is I have until September 15th to rack up all 286.2 miles! Seems pretty good until you start doing the math and realize that’s approximately 3.18 miles a day, every day 7 days a week! Or to put in a better perspective that is a 5 k run every day for 3 months!

And… what do you do when life happens and you miss a day? Now your at 6.4 miles on another day! Who said I don’t like a challenge! Sometimes you have to go for the hard stuff to grow and change!

Will I even make it? I better…

So… What do I hope to gain?

I hope to inspire people to get out there and get it done, even when it seems like it can’t be done it can! I hope to gain better health, and to strengthen and improve my body. I really hope to continue to strengthen my mind. Perseverance and will to achieve through the tough times is what it is all about. It’s going to get tough in life and we have to learn to work through it! I hope to find something I cant even see yet, to accomplish something I have no business even trying. Sometime it is the things we cannot even see yet the change we know is there but can’t quite put our finger on that is the biggest change!

I hope you’ll check back in to see my next posts and videos, and hopefully my journey will inspire you to continue to push to find the best you possible!

P.S. Over the next few months I will write blog posts and create some videos of my journey for you to see it! Starting with tomorrow!

Day one down! Went a total of 6.6 miles today! Quite a bit more than I anticipated and I’m happy I am off to a good start… The real question is can I keep it up and get it done!

You can find part two of my journey here.