Another pretty good week was put in the books today. It is weird I am starting to feel myself really tighten up from the inside out. What does that mean? Just that, it is the best way I can explain it. My body seems to get stronger and stronger and with 8 weeks before the half in Green Bay I am liking how everything is going. It’s weird because I am very comfortable with my surroundings here and that is why I haven’t made any changes to my running scenery. I think it has been something I needed since I started back up and going to Green Bay for the half will be somewhat familiar to me since Idid it before. I will do it a little quicker this time though and that is kind of a good feeling. Including today I have been doing 10 miles every Sunday for some time now. I have really taken it easy on them because I wanted to get through the mileage. I think I can test myself a little more and I will do so starting with next Sunday’s run. I think my body can take a little more pounding now. I won’t say I am great at what I am doing now but am getting good at it. Signing up for the race was somewhat a spur of the moment thing but I had it in my mind for quite some time. I want to get at least two halves in before the big race in October, I am going to be doing these miles anyway may as well make a few of them official. The reason why it was spur of the moment was because I wanted to make sure I was ready for it. Well the day I signed up, I knew I was ready again. For me personally there is a lot riding on this race for me. It is going to tell me if this is for me. I believe it is so why be afraid to get out there? Not sure if I said it before but I should be about 100 lbs or more lighter than when I did this race the first time. If that doesn’t make me confident then nothing will. I am rambling tonight but I knew I would get in this mood sooner or later today so I waited for it. Every day from here on out I focus on getting better with a microscope. Pressure? No pressure. Pressure is not knowing where you next meal is coming from. I’ve been there too, it didn’t break me either. Be great!!!

The week so far has been good so I am pleased with it. Saturday and Sunday are always the big days. I think it is just because it is the weekend. I do absolutely nothing on the weekends but I think just because it is the weekend I want to stay up later than normal so I sleep in a little longer. It is starting to get hot out here again so I don’t necessarily want to be running in the mid 80’s weather with all this humidity, at least not yet. I would like to test it after while, I figure if I can run in the Miami heat then I can run anywhere. It isn’t anything to play around with though. I can’t just make the jump from mid 60’s to mid 80’s because it just wouldn’t work, trust me.

Well, I’ve made a decision. I have decided to do the Cellcom half marathon in Green Bay, WI on May 16th. It was the first race I completed, I was 380 lbs and I didn’t really stand a chance at finishing it but I did. It came at a time when I wasn’t too far removed from getting tired walking from the parking lot of a store into the store. the feeling I had when I finished was one of the most amazing feelings I have ever had. My journey at that time in 2008 began well, things happened and the train came off the tracks and I had to dust myself off and get back up. Well, this time I won’t even be in the 300’s when I begin the race on May 16th. I look forward to going back to where it all started and continuing on to finish my mission of losing this weight and running all these races. I’m excited and extremely confident I will do well. I am going to make it a road trip and get a couple of runs in on my way up to Green Bay so who knows what town I will be getting a run in before I begin driving in the morning, it should be interesting and I know it will be very calming for me as the road trip I took last September was one of the most amazing things I have ever done. If I had the time and the money I would probably road trip to every race, there is no better form of relaxation than being on the road seeing the country.

I’m excited, be great!!!

Weights today and yes this blog is a little late, it’s almost 11:30pm. I came into the room right after I got out of the shower to blog but when I got on the computer something else must have come up (probably Facebook) and I forgot. Oh well, nothing special today except that for whatever reason I feel fantastic. I feel really, really good. I’m good and tight after today’s session. I have to say doing the back exercises seem to get me extremely tired. It’s weird, they get me more tired than my leg exercises which used to be the ones that got me tired the most. It is a struggle to do biceps and triceps afterwards. From the looks of what happens at the gym it seems like all people want to do is biceps and triceps but I would love to skip them every time when I finally get to them. Oh well, I guess that means I am working. Be great!!!

Ten miles today. I can do it in relative peace because on Sunday no one wakes up before 8am it seems. By that time, I am almost back in, showered, and in bed like I never left the house (if I get up on time). Nothing to write home about today. It was just a few miles longer than the other runs during the week. It is working, slowly but surely it is. In six months it will be cool to look back at this blog and remember where I was. I won’t be in the same place, that is for sure. The week was good, I’m tired, all is well. Be great!!!

Okay seriously, I could have sworn I have been blogging all week but then I get on here and there hasn’t been anything since Sunday. Oh well, I know I’m not crazy, or am I? Seriously though, I am really upset that my blogs are nowhere to be found. Well here is the week in review, weights, run, run, weights. That brings us through today and tomorrow another good run coming up and I would say it is about time to do a video. Things are good and I am beginning to look to make them better. I’m not doing anything drastic because I think what I am doing has me on the right path. I’m being great, sorry for the the blogs. Tomorrow will be awesome just for the simple fact that it is tomorrow. Be great!!!

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!!!