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The Way it is

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I came across this poem by William Stafford and it conveys what the road to good air is about.

“The Way It Is”
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
Things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.

Greetings, air breathers!

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Welcome to the Road to Good Air!

It’s been a few years since The M.A.Y.A. Years ended its run and believe you me, it’s been quite a ride in my beloved District. This M.A.Y.A. (Middle Aged Young Adult for those not in the know) has gotten a little older, a little balder and a lot thinner.

The time from the end of M.A.Y.A. Years and the Road to Good Air has been a momentous and rather bumpy affair. I came to fulfill a God-given calling and now have a God-graced life. I’ve succeeded, failed, lived a good chunk of time in the HOLE and am now entering full-fledged adulthood with a beginners’ brain and a grateful heart.

The Road to Good Air serves a few purposes:

  1. This is my official training blog as I prepare for the 2013 Maraton de Buenos Aires in early October of 2013. A good amount of the posts will be about me running, doing CrossFit or something along those lines. I promise to be intriguing, sexy and so, so interesting, you won’t hate me as I possibly become one of “those” CrossFit people who posts their workouts and all the weird code that seems almost cult-like. (And yes, my flowing CrossFit robe for the initiation ceremonies just arrived today!)
  2. I’ll chronicle my embrace of the Paleo lifestyle: What that means in terms of eating, exercising and changes in perspective. I never thought I would run a health and fitness blog, but like I said, a lot has changed in five years.
  3. In a sense, I have a lot of ‘esplain to do. As much I as can in a fairly public setting, I have stories to tell about the past few years. I want to tell you about the HOLE and what happened when I entered it and eventually found my life in it. I want share about the books that have sustained me and the articles that I hope won’t define me. Finally, I will do my best to share about my journey of faith and my new-found membership to the Church of the Long Run.
  4. I’ll chronicle my Jesus Year here. (Your WHAT? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about it.)
  5. There will be photos of Argentina and Chile. Oh yes, there will be.

While this is my personal blog, this is a shared journey. I can’t take all of you with me down south but we’re all on our own journey to good air. A journey to a place where we can breathe easy and breathe true. A place where the successes and failures even out and creates a path that is truly our own and ours together. While your road to good air make not take you to marathons in Latin America, dear friends, but it does take you to a place where slowly and painfully, we become our True Self.

Finally, a couple of housekeeping measures:

  1. I welcome comments and critiques but I do reserve the right to approve and delete comments at will.
  2. The goal is to provide fresh posts three times a week. If you want to subscribe to get posts, you can do so on your immediate right.

Welcome again and let’s get running.