Monday, August 6, 2007

Introduction to My Intent of this Blog Site!!!!!!

Greetings and warm welcome to everyone! Thanks for comin' to this site! I'm hoping to use this site to display results of running events in Talbot County, MD that, for whatever reason, may not have been displayed or circulated. I am not a race official nor have I run many Talbot County running events, but I like to see results of which ever ones are run, posted (and I have a feeling others do too). After lookin' through the internet a bit for events to do in Talbot, it has become apparent to me that a lot of the races and running events that occur year-around in Talbot County do not really get much coverage, at least in terms of having results posted online. The only events in this county where I have seen coverage for them has been the Inaugural Bridge-to-Bridge 1/2 Marathon and 5K Run in St. Michael's on Saturday, April 21, 2007 and the Oxford Day 10K Run in Oxford on Saturday, April 28, 2007, both of which are done through the Delaware-based Seashore Striders group (http://www.seashorestriders.com) I am hoping to touch base with some event coordinators some time soon and maybe get some results for the 5K that took place around the time of last fall at St. Michael's High School and also for the YMCA event that took place in the beginning/middle of March (I think it was mainly for younger kids). Sorry I can't be more specific, I don't recall much about these events or what they were called, I just heard about 'em. Also, I hope that if the Run for Hospice 10K/5K Run in late November is occurring later this year, that I can get a hold of some results and get them posted on here, because I don't think they really ever got coverage. I can't make any promises that all these events from the past year and the upcoming ones will get coverage on this site, but I'll see what I can do! If they don't have results to share with me or if they don't want me posting them, I understand, as I am not a race official or anything like that. Yet, I'll keep my eyes peeled and of course, send in feedback or information on any running events in Talbot County, I'd at least like to give them some mention as part of my recently successful Maryland-wide running endeavor to try and run at least one running event in every Maryland county (including one in Baltimore City) within 2007.
Thank you for reading and your continued support!

Oxford Day 10K - Saturday, April 28, 2007

Oxford Day 10K - Saturday, April 28, 2007
Me with some nice prizes for being a top finisher at the Oxford Day 10K, HOOORRAAYYY!

About Me

This blog is based on my rather quixotic, yet fun endeavors to run at least one organized running event in every county of Maryland (including one in Baltimore City) before the year 2007 is out. God blessed me on Saturday, September 15 this year by helping me finish the North Beach 5K in Calvert County, Maryland, where I finished this goal!!! I want to glorify God with this gift of and passion for running that He gave me. I want to live and reflect His Son and my Savior, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself so that God could see me, a sinner undeserving of God's grace, presented blameless in the perfection of Jesus. I know I am far from perfect on my own, but I hope you can see more of Christ working miracles through my running and life in general, and less of me as I blog. I feel like for me running is a way for me to help connect with God and I can see how He works through running, and He certainly helps me run well even when I do not believe that I can. It is not about me and running, though I experience God and His mercy in it, and I want to share it. everyone is welcome to read and post here. Please enjoy and thank you for stopping by to read it!