Let's try this...

Hey Folks,

Some of you may know that I have a lot of travel coming up. Tomorrow morning, I leave for Phoenix for a week. The day after I get home from Phoenix, I'm off to France, Scotland, Norway, Italy, back to Scotland, Italy, France and possibly Germany and Slovakia. This is almost five weeks of travel! And that's just the beginning. Being in sales for a consulting company that serves global corporations, travel is part of the job.

So, some of you may also be aware that I'm serious about fitness. For the last 8 months, I've been spending about 10 hours a week in the gym. I set weight loss and fat loss goals and hit them (which by the way, can drive one crazy). Now, with all this travel, I can look forward to small European hotels without gyms and excuse my drooling, but I am really looking forward to the culinary options Europe has to offer (especially France and Italy!!).... give me a minute while I daydream about the warm loaves of French bread waiting for me every morning at breakfast...and then at lunch....and then at dinner.....and then ordered to my room for a night time snack...and then...mmmmmm

So here's the deal - I'm going to run around the world. Last time I was in Paris, my Holiday Inn had a closet sized gym from the 70's so I said "Eff this! I'll just run along the Seine!" Duh. Why was I going to choose a gym over jogging along the Seine in Paris on a beautiful sunny day in April in the first place? So, run in Paris I did. While I was out, I posted photos to Facebook and commented on my experience. Apparently, this was interesting to people. So here I am, creating a blog about my experiences running all over the world. For now, America and Europe. I'll expand later. Throughout the next few weeks though, I'll take photos with my iPhone of majestic Norwegian landscapes, ancient Italian structures and sometimes.... the European equivalents of Mississauga. Sorry, but since we work in the manufacturing industry, we don't always get to be in the hippest areas. In the meantime, I will balance out all the simple carbs and hopefully not come home twice as large. And maybe you'll enjoy the photos and stories along the way.

Stay tuned folks. Phoenix is first....44 degrees all week....If I end up having to run naked, I'll make sure to censor the photos somewhat.