About me

For the long run

I have a wife, a little boy, and a regular job. Aside from my main responsibilities, I am taking time to find my own purpose and figure out what works for me in life and what doesn’t.

Probably the only guaranteed thing that is necessary for me to keep my mind at ease is regular physical training. It is the fundamental basis and an essential requirement for me to build myself as a proper human being and create a decent life for me and my loved ones.

I am in above average shape, but I am still far from my potential even as an amateur athlete wannabe. I train regularly, 6 to 10 times a week. I hate running, I pretty much suck at it, but I run almost every day. The idea is to stick to regular but increasingly harder training routines for a long run and see where it will take me.

At the age of 15, I was a weak, skinny, long-haired kid, once confused with a girl by a cashier. Then I discovered the gym, and in almost three years, I became one of the fittest guys in school. During my student years, I had an on-and-off relationship with any kind of sports, but to be honest, I mostly spent time partying. I came back to the gym at the age of 24, and after spending almost a year in the army at the age of 26, I found out that my “gym training” was useless in terms of practicality and basic functioning. My training regime became more intense afterward, incorporating more bodyweight and high-intensity exercises. I continued until I became a father at the age of 29. Training stopped. After some constant whining to my wife about not having time to train, I understood that I had just become lazy. I had time. Early mornings belong to young dads.

I started training every morning. Super simple stuff, not more than 10 minutes. A short run (~1km), push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups kind of training. Over time, I evolved. At this point in my life, about two years later, I wake up before 6:00 AM and go outside to train every morning except Sundays. It used to be except weekends, but it was too hard to have two days off. I need my dopamine.

I keep a daily journal but figured that I might increase my discipline more if I make it public. Also, seeing my everyday struggles and joys can be helpful for someone like me, a regular family guy, to continue or start this wonderful habit. I don’t get much satisfaction from my job outside of the paycheck; I am a finance guy who doesn’t really make the world a better place. So if my journey can give you some useful ideas, I might feel happy about it as well.