So your reading my blog. Thanks for coming. My first blog will give you 'some' background on who I am both personally and professionally. Professionally, I work as a Police Sergeant in a smallish Town outside of Boston, MA.. I have been a Police Officer since 2001 and my journey has taken me to many places both good, bad and disgusting! I am not a "war story" blogger and for that most of my professional work life will be left out of my blogs. The only exception is that it frequently interferes with my personal life and it will I will reference it there. For example; I work an odd schedule to most of you out there. I get weekends off once every six weeks. So sometimes I will be referring to my "weekend" and it will not be Saturday/Sunday! Second, I don't work 9-5. I mean sometimes I do but that is usually overtime for me affectionately known as Oscar Tango (phonetically spelt out) or simply OT. My 'normal' work days are two midnight to 8am and two 4pm to midnight shifts over a three and a half day span. Sounds fun right? It is definitely difficult and between my second midnight to 8am shift and my first 4pm to midnight shift I only have 8 hours off. This is known as a "short" day. My wife calls it a long day for obvious reasons.
Personally, I have been married since May of 2005 to a supportive, loving and caring woman. I have two great children Michael (4 years) and Benjamin (7 months). In 2010 I ran a half marathon in Boston, Ma. That was the healthiest I have ever felt but I also struggled during my 13.1. It took me 2:38 to finish. I struggled for many reasons. One of those was that I was in a serious job related motor vehicle crash in August of 2009 and it has affected me to this day. Although I am much healthier now, I still feel the remnants from this crash. I had to take time off of running to really focus on getting healthy. In December of 2011 I have finally felt well enough to start training again.
Now that I am training I have set a goal of completing a marathon. I have always set BIG goals. Why, well it's in my nature I guess. I have decided to run a marathon. I know, wow, a freaking marathon. It is going to be ALOT of training and I understand that. On October 28th, 2012 I will be running in the 36th annual Marine Corps Marathon. While doing this I am going to be running to support the Semper Fi Fund. YOU can help support my mission by donating to this cause here. People have asked me why have I chose the Semper Fi Fund? Those who know me are aware that I have never even served in the Military. Here is my answer. They (the military) go to foreign lands, to places I have never heard of to protect US from harm. In protecting us, they are protecting my family. They often get hurt like Lt. Cameron Kerr. Lt. Kerr lost his leg while serving in Afghanistan. His military buddies call it a "paper cut" cause it was "only one limb". Seriously, I can't fathom this. Lt. Kerr has an amazing attitude despite his disability. I am also running for Semper Fi Fund in the memory of 1st Lt. Scott Milley. 1st Lt. Milley was an Army Ranger who was killed in Afghanistan. Finally, one of my best friends son's is currently serving on a CH53 Sea Stallion (helicopter) as a mechanic/gunner in Afghanistan.
Now you know the reason why I have chosen the Semper Fi Fund. Please stay tuned for future updates on my training. My goal in the marathon right now is to finish. In finishing I want to beat the bridge! Beating the bridge for those of you that don't know means getting to the 20th mile in 5 hours which is a 14 minute pace. If I don't get there in 5 hours they (event organizer) bus you to near the finish line. I will BEAT THE BRIDGE!
Till next time,
Nathan
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