Genesis

I have wanted to start blogging for a long time and I figured this was as good a time as any other. I am writing this on the eve of another half marathon that I am running. This will be my 5th half that I have done since I started running. When I was in high school, if someone had told me that I would be running 13.1 miles straight I would have laughed at them. I swam in high school because I hated running. Yet, after the first half (Disneyland half marathon) I decided that I was addicted and could not get enough.
I am a Paramedic for a private ambulance company in Los Angeles County. I have a wife and two dogs. Both my wife and I love to run. She was the one that got me into it in fact. She is training for her first marathon coming up in a month. I told her she was crazy at first but after a couple months of her training I realized that I am really missing out by not doing the LA marathon with her.
One of our really good friends is also a runner and blogger (strungoutrunner.blogspot.com). About a year ago she started getting involved in a group called #run3rd. The idea behind #run3rd is that I first run for myself, second I run for my family, and third I run for you. The people involve with ask for dedications on twitter for their upcoming runs and they will run with those dedications in their hearts during the run. Learn more about it on run3rd.blogspot.com.
This got me thinking and it made me want to start writing again. I haven't written anything that is not a patient care report since college about 6 years ago. And I was a creative writing major! So I give you my first attempt at something coherent and entertaining in a long time. This blog will be about my career as a paramedic, my training for running/triathlons, and maybe some random life stories along the way.
Tomorrow I will #run3rd for Matt Bransford and his family. Matt is a 14 year old boy that was killed in an auto vs. pedestrian accident a few weeks ago. His father is a colleague of mine and my prayers will be with their family.