State of the Blog Address

Long time, no see, my friends!  There has sort of been a reason for my absence.  Usually I don’t like hearing bloggers excuses for not blogging – not blogging for a while really doesn’t make anyone a bad person so no excuses necessary.  But in this case – because big blog changes are afoot – I shall explain!

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, and here’s the thing.  I’ve discovered that I’m not a runner.  I can run, but I’m not running’s biggest fan.  I’m not buying the big foam finger.  You may have noticed my lack of enthusiasm for my training lately via blog posts and/or my musings on Twitter.  It has slowly dwindled since the early days of this blog.  I’ve come to a point where I’m over the training and just want to run this race already!

I started this blog back in April as a way to document my journey to becoming a runner.  I had big dreams of loving this new sport and becoming the athlete I’ve always wanted to be.  I was going to be a Runner with a capital R.

The truth is that the desire just isn’t really there.  I’ve struggled with training lately which has led to struggling with what to blog about.  I didn’t want to be a downer all the time and talk about how I was getting lazy and not wanting to run during the week and dreading my long runs on the weekend.  I didn’t want my blog to read as one excuse after another.

I also have been starting to feel as if my blog is a little one-dimensional.  Lacking a personal feel, some passion.

So with all that said, I’ve decided to take the plunge and completely revamp the blog – title, focus, URL, layout, the whole shebang.  I want to write about more than just running.  I’m going to keep running as a small part of my life (and fitness), but I want to be more than that and share more than that with all of you. 

I’m hoping my tiny following will stick with me through these many changes and enjoy what I have to offer on a wider scale.  I’ll be writing about life, books, my pup, fitness, and more.  It’s evolving just like I am.

I plan on working on these changes over the weekend and hope to debut the new site next week.  I’m going to keep the new name under wraps until next week too – ooh, cliffhanger!  Let’s just say I came up with the most awesome blog name ever almost a year ago, even bought the domain, and never did anything with it.   {Said in movie announcer’s voice} Until now….

Hold onto your running shoes, because it’s coming!

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