Getting ready for New York City Marathon

Greetings one and all to the updated blog on behalf of the mad runner. Being how today is the 1st of September and the days are counting down to the ING New York City Marathon on November 4, 2012. And to train for such an event is quite an adventure. And with a little over 60 days will be a test on my heart and my body. Being a kid from the reservation, I have always wanted to do something with my life, and running provided me an outlet from everything around me. From drugs, from gangs, from what we refer as, "rez life". And don't get me wrong, I love where I am from because the struggles made me the man I am today, appreciative of what I have today. When I got the call about being chosen to run on Team One Spirit and our trek to New York City and to imagine a kid from the rez in the grand city of America is like a dream come true. I am still at a loss for words for what will transpire. And with my races I have done so far have fulfilled such great memories for myself and for others, I always look forward to the next race. Talking with Jeri Baker, the director of One Spirit, I am very honored that within weeks away from the biggest race of my career, I keep pinching myself to know that this is a dream that has become reality. With my fellow team members, it will be exciting for us all to experience this once in a lifetime event is going to be one to remember. With our running as our backbone, we will be ready. I have been preparing for this race as anyone would. I have been studying the course and amazed on how many places we will see. I will be excited to see a lot, like Brooklyn Bridge, Staten Island, the Bronx and Manhattan. And I have been receiving a lot of support from the public. Very blessed. On behalf of One Spirit and our mission is to prove that we are more than just stereotypes and statistics in life. We overcame all odds and will do so on November 4th. For more information on One Spirit and about being updated on all of us runners, please visit, www.nativeprogress.org and click on the links for more details. And if you would like to help donate to One Spirit, please check out www.crowdrise.com/OneSpirit. I look forward the next few weeks and for making everyone feel a part of everything I will go through. P.S. My little buddy, Alan says, "Hello, and I can beat you at Call Of Duty with a broken arm, literally." Peace and love to all!

Guess who's back?

Well, it is I, the mad runner and to most,the Native Ninja. And welcome to a new installment of this rant of a blog.

For awhile, my blogger would not let me access my account not fear not running fans, I am back
! And a lot of exciting news has transpired since my last post.

Where to begin? Well, after taking some time off to rehab my right knee and my neck, I came back in full force to run again. I started off with a race in Mandan, ND and out of 157the runners, I placed 7th overall and was very happy with my performance. The next race was in Underwood,ND and that was the Harvest Fest 5k for Relay For Life. And even though it was a cloudy and rainy day, I was the overall champion and had beat my time of 23:26.


Onto the next race, which was the BurliMot half marathon on August 25th, I ran with a great friend, Jason from Minot. He got me into the race months in advance and I had the privilege to stay over night at his residence. And we ran a great race. Could not ask for anything more.

I am still very honored that in the next 2 months of training, will be the big race....New York City....to be able to have a dream come true in my life is at a loss for words now. But I cannot wait for it to happen. Many thanks to the One Spirit organization for providing us with many to br able to race that day.

For many, please check out www.nativeprogress.org if you would like to be updated on the New York City Marathon and our team, Team One Spirit and our mission.

I will be typing out a new installment regarding the New York City Marathon and the One Spirit organization