Today is Moving Day. I am abandoning my blog at MyFitnessPal because it won't work anymore. Yup, the software gods hate me.This is where my contribution to cyberspace will live for now. It is really a tough day. I had a streak going since 2011. Never missed a month. I logged on that site everyday. I made some life-long friends and had a lot of laughs.
Man, my life changed during that time. I lost almost 100 pounds. I started running. I beat heart disease, survived melanoma, prostate cancer, and colon cancer. I ran the Boston Marathon, wrote a book, and ran the 6 World Major Marathons.
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I got divorced and later met the love of my life. I beat cancer again and again. I kept running when I didn't feel like it. In 2018 I contracted a debilitating and painful neurological condition which causes severe headaches. The lay in bed with the lights out all day kind.
Now I can't work, and I play a little guitar to challenge myself. I run a few days a week. I go to doctors appointments. My blog and website are way out of date, but here I am.
My old blog is here.
https://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/dsjohndrow
My really old blog is here. I can't believe I have been doing this for over 14 years - filling the internet with a bunch of meaningless blather.
http://fireandgrace.blogspot.com/
My return from the dead is now here.
https://icu2marathon.blogspot.com/
So what's coming up?
Man, my life changed during that time. I lost almost 100 pounds. I started running. I beat heart disease, survived melanoma, prostate cancer, and colon cancer. I ran the Boston Marathon, wrote a book, and ran the 6 World Major Marathons.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AUIEaQ0KVc34hqwIekb_UidScL3TTZIfHfMiKmDqbMVda1w0O64kPzyGhABwg1rV__eHdnE6xS6BZQGZCRuPagyt2R1h6cg1YON6QHXj5Ix-WNVmAZEERJpp5y-d5ym0f2whdIU-n9g/s200/2615-2437572_full.jpg)
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I got divorced and later met the love of my life. I beat cancer again and again. I kept running when I didn't feel like it. In 2018 I contracted a debilitating and painful neurological condition which causes severe headaches. The lay in bed with the lights out all day kind.
Now I can't work, and I play a little guitar to challenge myself. I run a few days a week. I go to doctors appointments. My blog and website are way out of date, but here I am.
My old blog is here.
https://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/dsjohndrow
My really old blog is here. I can't believe I have been doing this for over 14 years - filling the internet with a bunch of meaningless blather.
http://fireandgrace.blogspot.com/
My return from the dead is now here.
https://icu2marathon.blogspot.com/
So what's coming up?
- More tests
- Another book
- Summer
See you real soon.