February
Run Run Run.
Jim's Web Site
The Next Big Step
My wife suggested that we participate in the year 2009 Indy 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, and I agreed. This page is a journal of the preparations for the event.
January Thoughts
The event is only partly about the mini-marathon. It's also about the training program leading up to the mini-marathon. The following are some of the resources that will help get me to the finish line. First and most important is the actual registration to participate in the race. My wife and I signed-up last summer on July 24 and paid the $106 in fees. We will race with bibs 6771 and 6772. Second is a good pair of shoes. During recent years as I have gotten serious about running, I've settled on Brooks as my preferred brand of shoes. With the help of the folks at Athletic Annex and a couple of years of experience, I've settled on Glycerine as my preferred model of shoes. These shoes are neutral with cushioning, as my feet don't have enough pronation to require extra support. I intend to purchase a new pair of shoes after every 500 miles or so of running. Third is a mobile music player and suitable music. My hardware of choice is an HTC XV6800, synchronized with Windows Media Player and the Rhapsody music subscription service. The music that really inspires me lately to keep pounding the pavement comes from the Pat Metheny Group, Philip Glass, Sigur Ros, and Bjork. My favorite musician is Carrie Newcomer, but most of her music doesn't have the energy I need to maintain a fast pace. Fourth is a health and fitness club to provide a place to run when the weather isn't conducive to an outdoor run. Thanks go to my employer for paying for memberships in both Brownsburg Fitness and Snap Fitness Brownsburg.
This Web Site
I have written and published personal web sites on a variety of topics since 1996. This particular iteration was developed in the year 2003 under the title "A Lost Soul in the Heartland", after I relocated to Indiana and was coming to grips with my lost sense of community. I let the web site evolve in the year 2005 under the more positive title "A Wandering Soul in the Heartland", after moving to five homes in three years. Now, in the year 2009, I am still working on a new theme and title. Meanwhile, this web site has three parts. "Some Great Thinkers" introduces a diverse group of leading religious and scientific leaders that inspire me, "My Spiritual Journey" ponders a continuing religious quest that got some of my attention in the year 2005, and "Miscellaneous Stuff" contains a page that doesn't really belong anywhere else. Please enjoy these writings while the site is evolving.