Between a weight and a run????

I am currently training for a half marathon in Virginia beach over labor day. i have not lifted a real weight since i started this silly thing called running. i know that running is good for me but i just don't enjoy it. so i am up for a new challenge in my fitness sector. i want to hit the weights really hard and bulk up with out gaining to much!! its kind of been a nice little vaca... from the pounding of the joints and the the throwing of the weights but i feel like i don't get that good of a workout in if i run. i like that feeling where your right on the verge of going over to the trash can but than your lifting partner tells you its your turn. i long for that once more. if anybody has any good ideas or wants to workout with me at peak let me know.

My Wife

What can I say about my beautiful bride? she is the butter on my bread, and the sweet in my tea. if it was not for her i don't know where I would be in my life right know. she has done so much for me in the past 5+ years that i don't even know where to begin to thank her or repay. she really saved my life emotionally and spiritually (though shell deny that she did) she has made me realize that life is not full of glamor and sunshine but a real life relationship takes dedication and hard work at that. So dont worry im dedicated to you and our relationship. maybe this it the best way to tell her that she is my foundation and to the credit of Andy Griggs she thinks she needs me but the truth is i need her more than she will ever need me. Amanda keeps me grounded and in touch with reality. I have become a better person emotionally and spiritually because we moved to Raleigh together. if we were not together i do not know where I would be at this point in my life. so baby when you read this I just want to say that I love and I owe you ten thousand times over. Have a wonderful day.

My story pt.1

Some of you may know my story some of you may not. well stay tuned and your about to find out. I was born on June 15, 1985 in Cleveland Ohio to my father and mother. i was exactly 2 weeks late and a 10 lb baby (which probably explains a lot). my parents divorced when i was real young i don't remember it. i don't remember a lot of my childhood just Lego's and falling asleep in my height chair. skipping ahead i was never a small kid i was 5'11'' in the fifth grade. i was kind of shy and a loner. i was the brown noser. never played an instrument but did sing in the choir until the beginning of sixth grade when i didn't like it anymore. i was the narrator in the school play in fifth grade. i didn't play sports until middle school. i only saw my dad every two weeks along with my grandma. Christmas we would go out to breakfast to Denny's and than go see a matinee movie than go to my aunts house for Christmas eve dinner. On Christmas eve i would go home to my moms an open one present. middle school i started to play football. it came natural to me especially with only one year of Pop Warner. in 7th grade we went undefeated for the last winning season of my career bummer! my career was good though i played all the positions except k,p, long snapper QB, Center and DB, Wr.. Middle school was a tough time for me. i didn't have a lot of friends but the Friends i did have were great and am still friends with till this day. I kind of felt like i didn't fit in Middle school is a big adjustment period for any body who was unsure about themselves. Everything changed that day in the hallway of our high school though....................................................................................Stay tuned next time for the continuing story of my life.