It’s less than 6.5 days until I start running my first marathon. I’ve been through some emotional lows in the past week and have had doubts about even trying. At this point in time, I plan on running it and doing my best to finish it (preferably in the 6.5 hour window). [...]
Hello, blog, remember me? I cannot believe that it has been 3 weeks. Time flies when you are making changes.
Announcement #1
As mentioned in earlier posts, my wife and I have dropped Weight-Watchers. We really could not afford $80 per month at this time to attend meetings telling us how to lose weight [...]
What can I say? I’ve really slacked off on everything. On blogging, on weightloss, on running, on saving money. Work has been crazy busy since we lost one team member who moved to Massachusetts and another co-worker on my team who is down for four weeks due to back surgery.
Maybe [...]
Today was going to be the first time I attended an organized race without my wife/sidekick. Naturally, in addition to not having her encouragement and support, I also had to carry all of my stuff. This meant limiting what I took to whatever I could carry. So I ended up using a [...]
Sometimes, what you eat catches up with you. I went to work yesterday with a twinge of a gout attack; I still managed to get in my workout. Today, I went to work and, after one hour, returned home. The pain was such that I could barely think; I couldn’t concentrate and [...]
