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  • Gender: Male
  • Location: MO US
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Music I listen to

My favorite music is by the Purple Martins, only available from March thru July then they fly back to Brazil. Next would be by the Mockingbirds, those birds mimic everyone else and don't have anything original but you have to admire their talent. The Wild Turkeys are great especially with about 50 of them trying to outdo each other for attention. I dislike the Blue Jays, they sound like fingernails on a chalkboard. No electricity or batteries needed to listen to the music I love.

TV shows I watch

#1 COPS
I don't have time for hardly any television anymore. I've got better things to do.

People I look up to

1. My parents
2. Anyone who tries really hard no matter the talent level.
3. People taller than me. :)

Walking history

WALKING TIMES ONLY

COMPLETED
March 15th 2009 Little Rock Arkansas 5k 48.01 Pace 15:30
June 13th 2009 Boomtown Days 1/2 Marathon Joplin MO. 2.49:26 Pace 12:56
September 13th 2009 Lewis & Clark Marathon, St Charles MO. 5:54:02 Pace 13:31
October 11th 2009 Maple Leaf Duathlon & 5k Carthage MO 5k in 34:26 Pace 11:05
Nov.1st 2009 Maynard Cohick 1/2Marathon @ Bass Pro, Sprngfld MO in 2:39:11 Pace 12:09.1
PLANNED
Some halves and 5Ks the rest of this year when the toes heal enough then Little Rock 2010 where I am going to kick it in. Hills? Getting stronger every day.


Interesting facts about me

On November 10, 2008 I decided to walk in the Little Rock Marathon in Arkansas in March of 2009 and was on a very good program. I built up and did 14 miles the day after Christmas with an average speed of 15:20 a mile which was fast for me. The next day I was crushed by a tree I was cutting down and it broke my back, a rib, gave me a severe concussion, a whiplash and bruised my kidney and liver. A cow and a dog licked me to awaken me and finally the rain kept me awake. I became shocky with the cold wet rain and decided to get up and try to live rather than lie under a thorn tree and die. I made it up and walked back to my truck, 6-12 inch steps at a time and drove home somehow in reverse. A couple of weeks later I had a blood clot form in my leg and break loose sending multiple clots thru my heart into my right lung called a pulmonary embolism. A couple weeks later my gallbladder and liver gave out and I developed hepatitis. Three times within a short time I could have died but I didn't. I couldn't walk 20 feet at first or dress myself or bathe myself but I slowly improved to 100 feet and just kept walking and slowly improving until I did the 5k at Little Rock. It felt like a marathon to me. It took 4 months from the day I was hurt to when I was able to return to work which was a remarkable recovery. My back is still broken and isn't healing well but I believe the walking has been the best medicine I could have. I tell people my back may be broken but my legs aren't. I want to do a full Marathon. I have an intense desire and burning to walk. I've learned to never give up, never give up, never give up.

I am interested in racewalking but for now will just have to settle for fitness walking. I'm proud of my son who ran his first two marathons already this year, I am there to support him. Just the fact that I can walk is truly a gift from God. My leg muscles are returning, they had turned to mush after having 2 1/2 months off. The walkers high I get from walking offsets my problems with post traumatic stress syndrome that sometimes plagues me. I love this walking site, there are others out there beside me that have that burning desire to walk. I'm not crazy, just peculiar, I have just Got2walk.

9-13-09 I did it, I completed my goal of walking a marathon and I did really well. Time to put the past behind me and look to the future.

My recent posts

Title Type Date
Re: Saturday - November 7 Reply 11/07/09
Re: Friday - November 6 Reply 11/06/09
Re: Thursday - November 5 Reply 11/05/09
Re: October Total Miles Walked Reply 11/03/09
Re: Tuesday - November 3 Reply 11/03/09
Re: Maynard Cohick (Bass Pro) 1/2 Marathon Reply 11/02/09
Re: Sunday - November 1 Reply 11/01/09
Re: Maynard Cohick (Bass Pro) 1/2 Marathon Reply 11/01/09
Maynard Cohick (Bass Pro) 1/2 Marathon New Topic 11/01/09
Re: Sunday - November 1 Reply 11/01/09

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  1. avatar

    suzielea

    User Infostatus offline101 Kudos

    11/05/09

    No wonder you've got2walk you know what it means to not be able to.

    Happy birthday and keep walking.

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    walkingfool

    User Infostatus offline102 Kudos

    09/01/09

    Thank you for your concern. I just did not have enough time to walk-work-travel and write so I gave up writing. Training is going well and I am looking forward to the big day!

    How is your training going? My bib # is going to be 1684. What's yours? It would be fun to meet up!
    Isabelle
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    09/02/09

    Reply from Got2walk:

    I'm going to have bib number 1721 I believe. Walkers have to be back in the 15 minuter starting area so I'll be there with an orange hat on with an orange shirt and black shorts. Hope to meet you there. I am so excited I know I'll come out to strong and pay for it later.

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    olympicmom

    User Infostatus offline102 Kudos

    08/11/09

    Just wanted to say hi and let you know I had read your story. Thank you for sharing your love for walking, it helps me appreciate what I am able to do. My limitations are my own fault (weight) but it does feel good to be getting out there and slowly improve day by day. All the best!

    Darcy

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    thewalkingsite

    User Infostatus offline32 Kudos

    05/07/09

    Glad you have joined us, and I love your quotes! PC

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    Kathy119

    User Infostatus offline106 Kudos

    05/07/09

    Wow, what a story! I'm so happy to hear that you are recovering and keeping a positive attitude. Although not nearly the same, I do understand somewhat what you have been going through. Four years ago I was involved in a car accident on my way to work and suffered a substantial knee injury. Three months after the accident I developed three blood clots around my knee. With permanent restrictions of no running, jumping, squatting, kneeling, or aggressive activities, I was forced to take an early retirement from my job as a police officer. I got back on track and started walking about 18 months ago. I just found this group a few weeks ago, and they are wonderful. The support you will find here is amazing. Keep going strong and keep walking!

    Kathy

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    maryram

    User Infostatus offline15 Kudos

    05/06/09

    What an inspirational story! I am happy that you found walking as a recovery tool in more ways than one. I am sure your son is as proud of your 5k finish as you are of his marathons!
    Maryann

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Groovy quotes

#1 We the unexceptionable find it exceedingly exhausting to be expected to exceed beyond expectations. "PIGLET"
#2 Your high expectations and lack of preparation do not create an emergency on my part.
#3 Endeavor to Persevere. "Chief Dan George in the movie, The Outlaw Josey Wales"

The strange and unusual

6-09 Met a skunk in the road at 5:07 am with his tail up and rear end pointed at me, he wouldn't step aside. He made me walk his pace until he found a driveway to exit into
7-5-09 I scared a little kid as I was walking around a track towards him. It made me feel bad. He ran from me like I was a killer, he was terrified, his little legs were really moving.
7-5-09 I have to hold my breath when meeting other people out walking that have applied to much deodorant. Good for the deodorant companies, bad for people with sensitive noses.
9-30-09 Lucy took a direct facial spray from a skunk then walked next to me for the next 8 miles. It stunk horribly and I couldn't get the stench out of my nostrils. I ended up with a migraine type headache from it all. Poor Lucy learned the hard way to keep her nose out of other animals business

10-7-09 Something odd in the sock today, looked at my foot tonight and my little toe nail was gone! Can't glue it back on. I just removed the other little toenail to make it match! I will lose 6 total and two more are purple but should grow out of it. I remember reading feet swell at least a shoe size during a race. In my case make that two shoe sizes!

11-01-09 At the Maynard Cohick 1/2 marathon by Bass Pro in Springfield Missouri there was a older bald headed man running the full marathon in a bright pink outfit with a pink tutu and he was going pretty fast! The women behind me called out, Hey baby! Hubba, Hubba as he passed them. That was a strange site to behold! I didn't know whether to puck or laugh.

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