I really do try to wake up early for my long run of the week but it hasn’t seemed to happen just yet. I guess I will only worry about it when I wake up late and don’t do it. I’m getting through my long runs but I am still not feeling like I want to feel on them. Yes, they are longer so of course they seem a little more difficult. It’s really just the beating my body seems to take I think. My body does recover fairly quickly though so by Thursday I should be okay. That was an attempt at humor. It was another nice day what can I say, the temperature was in the 60’s, everyone around here is at church so there isn’t much traffic, and I haven’t been bothered by a dog in weeks. I have to say for a few weeks here it seemed like my body has stayed the same but this afternoon I kind of felt some changes and I hope that is a sign of things to come. I’ve heard of the whole plateau thing but come on, all this stuff I am doing there is no way. I have been feeling a lot more muscular though and the body fat that is on my body no longer feels like it is apart of my body. It feels kind of like that weirdo that hangs around loitering outside of buildings. It’s there, but it doesn’t belong there, and you just have to do a little work to get rid of them. So I keep working. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, it is only a matter of time now. I remember when it seemed like there was no hope but for whatever reason I kept hope. I think I’m in pretty good shape to, I’m not sure if I have mentioned it before but my resting heart rate is at 60 bpm. For a 300 pound guy (21 stone 6 pounds for my UK folks) I think that might be pretty good. I’m not the fastest thing on two legs out there but I am in pretty good shape. I still have a lot to accomplish before this race in October but I know I will be ready for it. I have plenty of weight left to lose and plenty of time to get my pace down to race pace and beyond. I just feel really confident at the moment. Nothing can stop me. A new week is upon us. Be great!!!

I won’t lie, the weather down here has been fantastic. I can’t remember a time when the weather was this nice for this long in Miami. Only one day last week was it nasty hot and that is probably because it had been cool for so long. The Sun actually feels good on your skin when you go outside to do whatever it is you do. The humidity doesn’t drain you like it normally does. Add all that in with a short run Saturday and you have pretty much a perfect day. Nothing spectacular going on over the last couple days except for the fact that I forgot to wear my watch all week so I can start keeping track of all my times (just thought of it right now). Oh well, I should remember for the long run tomorrow. Be great!!!

Back in the weight room today and I have to say the weight room is a different monster. There is a certain type of tired you get while running and a totally different type while lifting weights. I am not sure which one I dislike the most because at the end of both you get an amazing feeling of accomplishment. I would probably go with the running as for which one I can’t stand the most because the weights are done in sets, the running is done in miles. It’s a little different. The weights really seem to help the running though. Overall I had a pretty good day in the weight room, the leg workout took a lot out of me but that is the sole reason I do it first. I want to be tired, I want to push my body to the next level and for whatever reason I think that helps. Well those are some of the thoughts I had today while working out, it was a good one today and tomorrow I have a nice little 6 miler to start out the day.

I’ve been sleeping much better lately too. Be great!!!

Let’s get back to business here, I’ve been trying to get a video up and that has caused me to slack a bit on my blogs as strange as that may sound. Well ,whatever, I’m back and in the end I wasn’t really feeling the video footage I had so I decided to shoot one (similar to the ones I had been doing) and upload it today. As we speak it is uploading so it should be up within a few hours. I have to say time seems to really be flying by and I think it is because I haven’t blogged after every workout. I think I may go back to an every workout blog. Even though sometimes I don’t have much to say, it’s a good diary for me to keep and when those days aren’t in there then they are lost in memory. So back to business as I said before on the blogs. The videos, will come as they come. I have to just shoot as I feel like shooting. I can guarantee you there are times during the week that I feel like shooting but I don’t because it isn’t that time. From now on I will shoot when I feel it. Ha, you think my videos are long now? Oh boy.

My workouts have been what they are, fairly decent. I haven’t broken any records yet but I feel steady improvement. Something tells me I am getting ready to make that next step in improvement though, I just have that feeling. I hope I am right. There is about 8 months until the big race and so far so good. I’m still a long way off from where I need and want to be but with 8 months left I feel I am ahead of schedule a bit. My mileage for now had been re-evaluated and for now my longs runs will go no more than 10 miles. Like I was told, it is to keep me in the game. No reason to over exert myself now when the larger races are so far out. Sounds good to me. I wasn’t looking forward to 15 miles and the like anytime soon and I think 10 miles Sunday with all the stuff I do during the week will get my fitness where it needs to be.

I can ramble all day right about now but I won’t, time to prepare for tomorrow. Be Great!!!

Wow, I have totally fallen off of the wagon this week. Don’t worry, not with my workouts, but with my blogs and this video I am supposed to be putting together. As for the blogs I had to catch myself today after it had been a few days of not writing one. As for my video, it is still coming but here is the thing. Tomorrow I am scheduled to shoot another one. I think I will hold that one for a few days and maybe even a week and just have one a week behind or so. That actually might work out well. As for my workouts, they are fine no worries. I can’t seem to fall asleep at a decent hour though lately so I’ve been outside with the Sun. Thank goodness it has been very cool lately but the Sun still shines on you a bit and that makes for a great farmer’s tan. Things are still going great and I think I have located a 5k to test my progress next month. I will let you all know more when i am for sure that is the one I am doing. I have to say once again I am really not pleased with my blogging lately and I think I am going to fix that starting today. Be great!!!

So here is my deal, I don’t really want to talk to much about Sunday until I put my vid up but I haven’t done that yet so let’s talk about today and Monday. Well Monday is a weights day but check this out, Sunday was a killer day so I bunched Monday in with Tuesday again, why? Because I really felt like Ineeded to sit on my butt all day yesterday. Don’t get me wrong, Sunday was okay but it does take a toll on the body quite a bit. I can say one thing, I have no injuries and everything seems to be working smoothly. I’m looking forward to posting a new vid in the next day or so, it’s just all about putting it together. I’m coming up with more and more ideas for my videos so in the future they should get more interesting. It’s weird because I am doing the same thing week in and week out but I feel like things are about to get much more interesting. I guess that is what happens when the mileage starts to creep up. Be great!!!

Okay  let me start  by saying, I love Saturdays. Why? Because it is my shortest run day of the week. I love the feeling I get when I accomplish a good run during the week and long run on Sunday but let’s real, it is awesome when you go out, get your days work in, and get back in the house all before anyone in the neighborhood even wakes up. I really don’t have any days off so when I do shorter run or go to the weight room it seems to really get me excited. Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday are really my only real longer run days but I really do love Saturdays.

Now here is the plan, tomorrow I have 9.5 miles to do. I want to take my camera out with me but I know I will not carry it for all that time so I have an idea. I think it might turn out to be a good one but we will see. If you haven’t figured it out it is video time tomorrow. I’m going to try a little something different with it, if it goes well then I might do it more often.

Nothing major to write about today. It was short and awesome, I love it. Be great!!!

It is Thursday and I am super tired at the moment. I just came in from the gym. Now I would like to write a bunch of stuff write now about the last couple of days but I can barely type. Isn’t that awesome? Let’s see, the last few days have been okay. I will tell you this on the way to the gym I was thinking about how these days are starting to become a blur. I swear tomorrow morning’s run is right around the corner. It’s like I have no time to rest, but I do, and I take full advantage of it. I can’t believe tomorrow is already Friday, where is the time going? As long as it keeps taking the extra weight with it I guess I won’t complain. Be great!!!

It’s been a couple days and let me start out by saying the last time I blogged I said my long run last week was a little over 7 miles, well, it wasn’t. I miscalculated and it was a little under 7 miles. Do you know how great that was for me to realize? All it did was pretty much add an extra lap onto my regular 6 miler. You’ve got to love that. Last week I reduced my miles by 20 percent to give my body a little break and let me tell you, I feel pretty fresh right now. Now with a new week upon me I go back to my normal mileage and we begin raising the long runs by a mile a week. This week will be 9.5 miles. I will be okay as I do anywhere between 4-6 all week anyway. the extra miles will just give my body a little more toughness when it comes to the endurance. I had a good day at the gym today with my weights and of course I ate properly so there was no shortage of energy and no spells of me wanting to blackout. I feel good, i feel fresh, and I feel like I have a great week coming up. I have 4.5 miles to take care of tomorrow and now that I have my sleeping habits back on track I will be taking care of that at 6 in the morning tomorrow morning. I’m still stepping in the right direction.

The week is getting ready to come to a close here soon and I have to say, reducing my miles has me feeling a lot fresher. I am sure it is all in my head but it works. I go back to normal next week and that is cool I will try to think about it like I thought about this week. Tomorrow is a little over 7 miles, no big deal, but still a big deal if you know what I mean. I have been able to get a regular schedule back the last few days and I love it. I will say I never feel like blogging right after though but that’s okay, I can always blog. The weather is a lot nicer in the morning here and there is a lot less traffic. Plus I finally saw the cigar guy outside again this week. He is pretty religious with the smoking of his cigars at 6am. He keeps me going strong because for whatever reason I feel like he is watching so in my head he is a thousand people and not just one. I know I can be strange but you will be surprised at the stuff that will go through your mind when you are trying to reach your goals. Be great!!!