Introduction - Brad

During our Ragnar Florida Keys adventure, Angela asked me to start blogging with her.  It seemed like a good idea, so I thought I would start with an introduction.

I've been running a little longer than Angela, but while she has worked on distance, until recently I have stayed relatively short.  My theory has been "why run that far when I have a car?"  I've enjoyed doing 5k runs and especially like the obstacle runs (Mud Run, Warrior Dash, etc.)  They seem to have a little more excitement for me, and while I did some longer runs, I tended to get a little bored.

While Angela worked on longer distances, I was more into speed and pace.  I am a competitive person by nature, so while I'm not winning any races, I always worked to run faster.  What I've recently found, though, is that increasing distance will also increase the speed on the shorter runs.

About a year ago we started thinking about joining a Ragnar team.  Ragnar meant longer distances and working on stamina, so I began to train for that.  Apparently it has worked because as you can guess from the previous posts about Ragnar, I made it through.  Now, my goal for the next 2 Ragnar events is to run longer legs and run at faster paces. 

The next challenge that we have planned is a half marathon next month.  While 13.1 miles is farther than I have ran before, I think I am up to the challenge and am even considering another.  I actually found myself sitting around looking up events in my area.  I guess Angela has got me hooked.

That's me in a nutshell.  Next time I'll delve into more substantive topics.