Well, it has been about a year and a half since I created this blog on September 8, 2012. A lot has happened in that amount of time and I am quite happy with the fact that I am still posting to this blog regularly (or semi-regularly now).
It was a nice trip down memory lane to read my first blog which laid the foundation for my posts to come. My original aim was to journal some of my adventures in skiing, and trail running. Well, the later has been the center of my focus for the last several years so the posts have almost all been focused on mileage, vert and how I am feeling as well as pictures of scenery along the way.
In looking at the future of this blog I don't feel the need to branch out from trail and mountain running as the main topic of my posts. In time I will have many posts on other adventures to share. What I do see a need for is some variety in writing style. I started doing this recently with poems and other ditties and I have made an attempt to make better reading by abbreviating my weekly run logs and posting several weeks at a time. My goals have evolved to provide 1st, a journal that I can refer back to on certain information (PRs for certain trails, weekly mileage at certain times of the year, pictorial evidence of trail conditions, etc.), 2nd, the use of the post as a creative outlet and my 3rd, to provide a little bit of entertainment for the few people who do read this blog (thanks Brenden and Josh). The areas that have lacked the most are the creative outlet and the "amusingness" of the posts. I see my writing and photography as skills that I need to develop to become a more rounded ultrarunner. I hope to continue my improvement by branching out in my writing style through the next 100 posts. Expect some creative non-fiction stories in the future.
Cheers!
