tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post961895048762333628..comments2011-07-09T13:43:51.971-05:00Thomas Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896072173954934454noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-17675135291392301492011-07-09T13:43:51.971-05:002011-07-09T13:43:51.971-05:00Hey Thomas, i stumbled on your blog while googling Wave Ascend shoe review. First of all, your story is an awesome one. Quitting smoking alone is impressive. <br /><br />Question for you...how do you become a shoe tester for Mizuno? I currently run in Ascend 5&#39;s but would love to get involved in testing the latest version.jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16133905106322609313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-26340651271244656162011-07-07T17:11:12.303-05:002011-07-07T17:11:12.303-05:00Hey! Trail Jogger,<br /><br />We got hooked up through Twitter, and you look like a real inspiration for the kind of people I am trying to reach. That is people who need to give up smoking, lose weight, and get fit to get a life. Plus, your blog site is really nicely laid out. Makes me want to run. I have been blogging for about a year, and working to find more traffic, and I wondered if you might be interesting in linking to my blog, as we might just sent traffic both ways.<br /><br />My site is at http://athletewithstent.com. I have Lake Placid Ironman coming up in a couple of weeks, and it will be my first full Ironman since my aortic stent placement last August. I have put you on my blog roll, and will leave you there whether you like my weird stuff or not.<br /><br />Happy Trails and WELL DONE!<br /><br />-k @FitOldDog kevin.t.morgan@earthlink.netKevin Morganhttp://athletewithstent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-71857525442941872592011-06-30T07:48:59.765-05:002011-06-30T07:48:59.765-05:00Great website. I can&#39;t wait to hear about the Rockledge Rumble.AdamDotComhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446494327907939344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-36832261750430468902011-06-15T02:32:43.780-05:002011-06-15T02:32:43.780-05:00Thanks for the follow in Twitter! I instantly added your blog on my reader, too bad I haven&#39;t found it before! I&#39;m on a similar journey myself.<br /><br />I started 10 months ago with just a goal to lose weight and my plan was to do that by running. I&#39;ve now lost 44 pounds (and I still have about another 40 pounds of extra fat left in my body, so not hard to guess I was in pretty terrible shape!). For the last 6 months I haven&#39;t been running to lose weight - I&#39;ve been losing weight so I could run!<br /><br />Early this year I fell in love with trail running and changed my goals from finishing another street half marathon this year and two full ones in 2012 to running a 30K trail run this autumn and if everything goes as planed my first full trail marathon and some short ultra next year.<br /><br />Running has totally changed my life. I stopped smoking and drinking and I&#39;m now a vegetarian. Pretty much everything I do is scheduled around running. And I&#39;m loving it!<br /><br />So I&#39;ll definitely be following your endeavor and hope to see you finishing that first 50K in November!EeroKhttp://laskiliikkuu.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-80739348332709352622010-12-29T16:56:57.697-06:002010-12-29T16:56:57.697-06:00Good on you manJohnhttp://twitter.com/#!/JohnDobbinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-88272026343676020222010-12-09T17:39:37.720-06:002010-12-09T17:39:37.720-06:00Congratulations on quitting smoking and picking up trail running. I loved hearing your story and have followed a similar path myself. This holiday season will mark six years since I gave up my pack-a-day habit. Have been running trails too and loving it. Hope to see you out there someday (maybe at the 2012 rocky raccoon if i can make it that far!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-45141344823886945262010-12-05T21:15:56.958-06:002010-12-05T21:15:56.958-06:00Great website and very inspiring. Keep up the great work!Karl Sterlinghttp://www.karlsterling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-13986463146326179472010-09-07T00:41:13.636-05:002010-09-07T00:41:13.636-05:00nice goals you have, good luck...my current goal to run in Bangkok on November is slipping due coming knee operation. Well, in the other hand,it does not sound bad to have pure holiday either:).alehtolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-73221791602446559282010-09-04T08:53:26.146-05:002010-09-04T08:53:26.146-05:00I&#39;m so impressed. A lot of people have goals, and they can be kind of generic, but not these, they&#39;re HUGE. I&#39;ve only completed one marathon (not very quickly, but I did it!) and was thinking perhaps it&#39;s too premature for me to consider an ultra, but what&#39;s stopping me? Reading your story has helped me decide what I&#39;m going to go for, thank you! I look forward to hearing about your stories along the way. Go!mjanehttp://twitter.com/mjanefrancisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-87859042110730418772010-08-19T11:27:24.659-05:002010-08-19T11:27:24.659-05:00Thomas - You can&#39;t hear me, but I&#39;m applauding over here! Fantastic goals and congrats and achieving the 1st one. That&#39;s huge! How perfect that you took up running as that will help with goal two and get you to goal three. I just finished my first 50K and it was a religious experience, lemme tell ya. I&#39;ve never been so connected to myself, the earth, fueling my body, pacing, pushing and having a fabulous time. I love your race schedule and have a feeling you&#39;re gonna kick ass as you get closer to that ultra. ~Laurarunmommarunnewshttp://runmommarunnews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-2180734784839944732010-08-01T13:54:49.546-05:002010-08-01T13:54:49.546-05:00Ever since I was a kid, I have LOVED almost all fruits and most vegetables. Now that I&#39;ve got a wife and kids, I find that I refrain from eating as much fruit, thinking they&#39;ll want some too. Usually to my disappointment a lot of the fruit ends up going bad - or just before it goes bad, we put them into a smoothie. <br /><br />I may look into Weight Watchers for the sake of a regimen - I&#39;ve never followed ANY kind of measurable diet. I have noticed since I decided to quit drinking soda and to start exercising that I&#39;ve also started cutting back on my portions. <br /><br />Your end to smoking is enormous and your family will appreciate it forever.<br /><br />I&#39;ve started working to therapy my ankles...hopefully they&#39;ll be good enough for running soon but probably not until autumn - Ahhhhh cool weather.JohnFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251015460340363006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-4527542704088925742010-07-30T07:48:42.215-05:002010-07-30T07:48:42.215-05:00Awesome! Congrats on the quitting smoking thing. That right there is an accomplishment in itself despite your other goals. You will get there. I lost 52 pounds from Jan, 2009. I have noticed that with running, I do not want to even eat junk. My body craves fruits and vegetables and all that other good stuff. You will find that out too as well. The diet and running go hand in hand. I wish you the best and look forward to following your blog here and seeing what you are about. I will make sure that you live up to the challenge.Kenleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09512831713445031916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458148395028330187.post-42291394500948958982010-07-27T16:25:41.112-05:002010-07-27T16:25:41.112-05:00Those are some great goals that you have for yourself. There is no doubt in my mind that by the time the 50K comes around you&#39;ll be running quite a bit. Good luck with all of it, I look forward to hearing about your progress here.JDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743608768149221581noreply@blogger.com