In the beginning...

How exactly does someone get the nickname "The Goat," you ask? Well it is actually pretty easy apparently. I was participating in the 2002 MS Bike Tour in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. On my1992 14 speed steel frame Raleigh bike (that I bought on eBay for $100) that I was charging up those monstrous hills and passing many other cyclists. Hence forth I was known as 'The Goat.' Well it actually started out as Mountain Goat, but that got shortened to Goat or even TG to some.

When I was trying to come up with a name for my blog I went through all of the nicknames that I have had over the years (The Machine, The Gorilla, etc.) but Goat is the one I am most proud of and thus The Goat Chronicles was born.

Although I am not much of a cyclist now I apply the same principles to running (my primary source of exercise, stress relief, and anger management). If there is a hill I will conquer it. If there are other runners that I can pass, I will. I am not the fastest hill runner, certainly not as fast as I was on my bike. Recently I have begun to ramp up my training runs by incorporating more hills. Not difficult considering I live in Maryland and there are hills galore here. And my favorite race, Dreaded Druid Hills. This race was designed for me, or so I like to tell myself.

This blog is really an outlet for me to rant (and rave) about running. And of course the trials and tribulations of trying to reclaim my status as The Goat.