Wow, what a day today so far!!! This has been the best run I have had since I have started and the best since I was a lot smaller back in the mid 90’s. I had to make sure I didn’t over do it because it was a 12 miler and even though I felt great I had to make sure I didn’t do damage to joints and stuff. Even though I lost 3.4 pounds I am still 363 so I have to wait until I am at least in the 200’s before I try to be Speedy Gonzalez. I am actually beginning to amaze myself, things are just coming together. I figured the pounds would start to come off a little more soon so I was happy to see the drop in weight this week. I only see it getting better this week coming up. I am getting some good support so that is keeping me focused. I appreciate all the support by the way. The way I am feeling I could write for days….but I won’t. One other thing, my feet held up great today so that little scare last week is in the past. Question for everyone, is it bad to think that 3 ½ hours isn’t that long to be on the treadmill? Until next time…

Another night time workout, I don’t really like going through the whole day and then to the gym but I had a headache when I woke up this morning so the late workout had to be done today. It was a pretty good one so good I will probably be wide awake for another 2 hours but it’s all a part of the plan. Tomorrow a 3 miler so I can go a little later because it won’t take as long. Almost 5 full weeks into this mission and I feel like it’s just another part of my life now. The only thing that will happen is I will get lighter and get better at what I am doing. Well until tomorrow….oh yea GO HEAT!!!!

I’m back at it today. I took a little break to make sure my feet would be ready for the long haul. They felt great today, so far so good. I started out a little too fast today and my shins are hurting a little but they should be okay. I should have taken a little longer to warm up. I will tomorrow. Also at my current pace if I were to do the half marathon at that pace I would finish in 3:58:20. That’s 31 minutes and 27 seconds faster than my finishing time at the Cellcom half Marathon this past May. I think that’s pretty good and I’m not saying that I will chop off a half hour every 5 weeks but it is a pretty inspiring start for me. I have also officially registered for the U.S. Cellular half Marathon in Appleton, Wisconsin on September 21^st. I am on my way. Time to go to work….  

Whew!!! What a day. I had to do my long run a day early and it was supposed to be 15 miles but I had to cut it a little after 10 miles. Everything felt great except my feet. I’m guessing the constant pounding got to them this week. I would have liked to finish today but I want to finish that marathon in January even more so it’s better to play it safe. I will have to see how I feel tomorrow to see whether I will go knock out the 3 miles I have tomorrow. Another week in the books, the end of week 4, I have lost a total of  11.6 lbs, right at about 2.9 lbs per week for the first month. Not too bad. I look forward to see what the next month has in store. Time to go to work….

Back at it again, had a good rest after the workout last night and of course it was a little tough waking up but not tough enough to keep me in bed. Had a good workout today, weights and a 3 miler, I guess you can call it the calm before the storm. I move my long run up one day this week to tomorrow, 15 miles, ouch. I have to go to work after that too so that should be a test for me tomorrow. Doing the 15 will is a test for my head and going to work afterwards will is a test for my body. I have faith I’ll pass both tests. I felt really strong today and I picked up my speed a little bit too. I’ll be posting the new video tomorrow morning on You Tube so I’m looking forward to that. Well, it’s time to go to work…

It’s 9:15 pm and of course that is an odd time for me to be doing this. However, the reason I am is because I just got back from the gym. I had a night session tonight, not by design, but by choice. This morning when I woke up I felt I need more sleep so I got more sleep. I made the daring choice to stay in bed instead of forcing myself to get up. Why daring? This is the first time in over a decade I have had the energy enough to go through a whole day and then go workout. Most people don’t know anything about that but the ones who do know exactly what I’m talking about. I’d call tonight a significant milestone. Well I’ll be writing again in about 12 hours so….it’s time to go to bed….

Whew!!! What a day. I went to the gym at about 7:30 which means I got some really good sleep. It was a great workout, I stepped my running up a little this week and I was pleased to be able to knock it out. I had a leg workout afterwards and as you can imagine my legs were already jelly. I made it through and I made it through in pretty impressive fashion. I am well on my way to making this happen. Time to go to work…..

 Today was my long run day and it was pretty good. I did have a little trouble at around 7 ½ miles when I felt like I was running out of energy, then I realized I forgot to take my gel pack. After taking that I knocked out the last 2 ½ miles with no issues. Today was a little different because I went to the gym at around 2:40 AM. The reason for that is my wife and daughter had to run a 10k today and I needed to get my video done before my wife took her camera with her. Why not do it after they get back? Because I won’t do if I wait to long. Well 2.2 lbs this week, I’m moving in the right direction. As soon as I can get this video posted I will be taking a major nap. 15 miles on the long run next week, yikes….

Well today is Friday the 13^th, so far not so unlucky for me. I had a great workout today and things are running on all cylinders right now. Other than being extra tired at times (usually when waking up) my training is going well. I am looking forward to the mileage tomorrow (at least until I get there). I have to go extra early tomorrow so the video will be in early too. The reason for that is my wife and daughter have a run tomorrow. It will be my daughter’s first 10k. Six months ago you would have never convinced me that she would have done this. I am proud of her, she has worked hard for it and to have this discipline at 9 years old is pretty good in my opinion. GO BENIE!!!!

Today is going to be a good day; it’s time to go to work…..

Well alright!!!! So I decided yesterday to start my workouts on Wednesday this week. Why, because Tuesday was my kids last day of school and I could sleep in until 6 AM and then get up and do my workout. Well guess what? That was a bad idea, I slept in until 9:15 AM and I was pretty bummed when that happened. So of course I had to save the day. I don’t have much planned this year in terms of vacation so I figured I would take a half day off just to go do my workout. It was a good one I must say and I am happy that I got it done. I am getting better and better (or lighter and lighter) as each day passes by. Tomorrow I think I will get up at my normal time just in case. Well, albeit late, it’s time to go to work…..