nightrain904’s BodyBlog

Happy V-D everyone

I encourage everyone to read the blog below.

Thanks.

Morgan.

If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
“Thomas Edison”
How many of us take our bodies for granted? How many can say that they have used theirs to its full potential? How many people say, “I’ll start exercising tomorrow”, but never get around to it?
I was guilty of this as well. Then I became more aware of a disease called ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). I was inspired by the fact that my body has the capability to have voluntary movement. So I registered for an event that is put on by a local non profit group. This event is a 20 km race that consists of trail running, mountain biking and kayaking. www.alsadventure.com
 All these things I had little or no experience doing. I hadn’t really ran since high school gym class, hadn’t ridden a bike since I was 12 and don’t remember the last time I tried to paddle a boat. But with all the support and help from everyone I was able to complete my training and raise enough money to participate in this event. The people whom I met by doing this were a great inspiration to life. Many of them had been personally touched by ALS, whether it was a family member or a friend. It is much more common than I knew.   
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
I have registered again to participate in the ALS Adventure Race. This is my 2^nd year, and plan on using last years experience to my advantage. I am starting my training and fund raising early. I am going to better last years time of 2hours 36min., by at least 10minutes. All the support I you can give, both motivational and financial is needed and appreciated.
I have set up a page to keep you all informed of all my training and fund raising progress.
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1187&AID=205&PID=16944
 
I hope this is able to inspire you to get out there and be active.
Thank you.
Morgan.

If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
“Thomas Edison”
How many of us take our bodies for granted? How many can say that they have used theirs to its full potential? How many people say, “I’ll start exercising tomorrow”, but never get around to it?
I was guilty of this as well. Then I became more aware of a disease called ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). I was inspired by the fact that my body has the capability to have voluntary movement. So I registered for an event that is put on by a local non profit group. This event is a 20 km race that consists of trail running, mountain biking and kayaking. www.alsadventure.com
 All these things I had little or no experience doing. I hadn’t really ran since high school gym class, hadn’t ridden a bike since I was 12 and don’t remember the last time I tried to paddle a boat. But with all the support and help from everyone I was able to complete my training and raise enough money to participate in this event. The people whom I met by doing this were a great inspiration to life. Many of them had been personally touched by ALS, whether it was a family member or a friend. It is much more common than I knew.   
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
I have registered again to participate in the ALS Adventure Race. This is my 2^nd year, and plan on using last years experience to my advantage. I am starting my training and fund raising early. I am going to better last years time of 2hours 36min., by at least 10minutes. All the support I you can give, both motivational and financial is needed and appreciated.
I have set up a page to keep you all informed of all my training and fund raising progress.
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1187&AID=205&PID=16944
 
I hope this is able to inspire you to get out there and be active.
Thank you.
Morgan.