Hi, and welcome to "On the Run", my personal blog, where I will share my passion for running with anyone who wants to listen. A bit about me. I am a retired US Navy Officer who is residing in Sri Lanka. I started running as a means for stress relief / stress release; basically, I would go for “a run” to get out of the “office” and let things sort themselves out. Back in the days before mobile phones, I was completely “free” and pretty much “untouchable” while out for a run; and with the US Navy’s passion for fitness, nobody was going to tell me that I couldn’t go out for a run. After retiring from the Navy in 2003, I relocated to Sri Lanka, a tropical island off the southern coast of India and maintained my passion for running. Retirement provided more structured time for training, and I ran my first half-marathon in 2007. It took me nine years before I got up the courage to attempt the (full) Marathon in 2016 … and it was a serious “wake-up” as to what is required for