Balance

I'm full on training for my first 10k, but I have to wonder if I would be as focused on training if Oh Girl was booking shows. It's hard to balance all the things you love. I'm lucky enough to have a wife that is understanding and a job that allows me to have enough energy to still train. I'm also lucky that when it comes to running, I'm a bit of a morning person...

Focus, Glynn. Not just on training, but on maintaining balance. Family, music, training, work... it's all important and it all takes time and you can do it if you set your mind to it.

Amy Winehouse

... was a phenomenally gifted talent.

... had serious issues, which eventually led to her tragic and relatively early death.

... will hopefully be remembered for her life instead of her death.

You will be missed...

Goals...

Weigh 150 lbs by 30...

Solo acoustic album by the end of the year

Oh Girl Singles Party done and either digitally released or pressed on vinyl...

10K at 9:30 a mile...

All these goals can be attained by the end of the year...

Another goal is to complete a sprint triathlon. I think I can nab that one by the end of next year...

The funny thing about goals... The more you talk about them with other people, the more likely you are to achieve them.

These are all realistic. These are all attainable. These will all require lots of work. These mean nothing without the love and support of my family.

It's not always about you.

GOAL: Family first.

One day, hour, minute, second at a time, Glynn.

5K tomorrow morning...

I've run 3.1 miles before. I've run farther than 3.1 miles before.

But there's something about putting the word "official" in front of 3.1 miles (5K) that makes it a little more nerve-racking... and exciting... and, well... official.

Just like there's a difference between playing in a garage in front of your girlfriends... and playing in a bar in front of people you don't know.

Just like there's a difference between reciting your lines to an empty house... and giving a performance for a sold out crowd.

My first "official" 5K is tomorrow morning. I hope I get the same high from it that I get from playing in a bar or performing on stage. If I do... man...

... game on.

7 Pounds in a Month

I've lost 7 pounds in a month. Thanks to running and portion control. Now I just need to keep it up for another... well... I just need to maintain this lifestyle change, and I should be good.

I never really understood what "slow and steady wins the race" meant until just now...

Been a while since I've blogged...

I think I've come to the realization that the more I have going on in my life, the less I blog...

That being said, there's a lot going on in my life.

Chase is almost 20 months old.

I've been married for almost 3 months.

I've been at a new (old) job for almost a month.

My first official 5K is in 10 days.

The third Oh Girl release is only weeks away.

Yep. Lots of stuff. Hence, not much blogging, which I am completely okay with.

Wordddd...

Basketball, running, music, sunglasses

In no particular order.

Running means training for a 5k and a 10k and losing weight and generally feeling better and more healthy and able to have energy for the whole work day which is once again working with sunglasses and making sure people are taken care of and minimizing repair costs and processing warranty claims and importing internet orders and devising more efficient processes and keeping up office morale and earning the right to write music and thinking really sucks sometimes...

But yeah. Basketball, running, music, sunglasses... They're all connected a whole bunch. And not at all...

wow...