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 Hi Friends, 

Welcome to my first EVER blog. I will share with you a new adventure I decided to step into this year in order to retake a past passion of mine. I used to run, I was a passionate runner when life and work schedule would allow it. I have been apart of the popular culture and have a few 5Ks, 10Ks, Half Marathons and Marathons under my belt but not a Virtual Run. Nothing extreme, no 1st place medals or world breaking records, just a few medal that can easy be used to decorate a Christmas tree. 

When I first started running, a little over 20 years (long time ago)... eek!  I just liked running, I didn't know why I did it, I just knew I love it. I loved how my foot hit the asphalt every step I took and having the wind hit my face. A few years back while reading The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler, I realized that what I was feeling or loved feeling was Flow. You may ask; flow? the best way to define Flow is by using the creator's definition, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defines it as: "Flow is a state of mind in which a person becomes fully immersed in an activity".  I hope to encounter Flow during this new process.

As the world has updated itself with almost making everything digital aka virtual, I decided to register myself to a Virtual Run Challenge of 300 Miles. I hope to keep you posted on how I achieve my projection through this challenge because I, myself have no idea what I got myself into. 

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