My new goal!

I did not end up doing a run on my birthday. I spent that weekend out at the lake with family and friends, instead. The next Saturday, I did the Peace to Meece and finished! My profile picture is me running that race. Since then I did the labor day run in Kinmundy, the Heartland 5k in Effingham, the Altamont Scheutzenfest 5k, the Soar Like Eagles run in Mattoon, the Stew-Stras 5k, and the Ballard Trail run between Effingham and Altamont. I have 2 more runs scheduled this year, the Turkey Trot in Effingham and the Run for Kaitlyn, also in Effingham. Running is going well and I set a goal for next year to try to run the 1/2 marathon in Champaign at the Illinois Marathon.. I have 25 weeks from tomorrow to train and that will be what this blog is about until then. Right now, I'm running 2, 3 mile runs a week, plus a 4 mile week. I plan on continuing the 2, 3 mile runs and increasing the other run by a mile or so, every 3rd week. We'll see how it goes.

Sunday Workday@ the shelter

Today, I got my workout by volunteering at the local humane society where my wife is the director. We worked on cleaning up the dog area...and threw a bone around with Sarge a lot...he loves playing fetch. Ate a McDonalds Southwest Salad, followed up with some Cantaloupe at my parents house.

The shelter is actually a former school, so today,we also took down one of the old SLATE chalk boards (without breaking it) and painted behind it. We don't know what we are doing with the chalk boards yet.. We have some big events coming up at the shelter that I'm pretty excited about...but not near as excited as I am about getting health!

Last night I ended up buying part of my groceries for the week (peas, oatmeal, and tuna). I still have to buy some veggie burgers and bread...and will hopefully do that tomorrow.

I forgot...started off this morning changing a flat tire...there was a giant nail in it...so, we took that to the shop to get repaired...

A very disjointed post today...sorry about that. Have a great day tomorrow....I know I will...bootcamp and continuing the c25k(I got a pair of New Balance running shoes that I'm looking forward to trying out tomorrow!)

Eureka!

One of our favorite shows premiered tonight. We enjoy the writing and the actors...My Eureka moment came when I saw 120 people finish a Triathlon Sprint, then a month later, saw 180 people compete in a half iron triathlon. We (my wife and I) agreed to help pass out refreshments to the participants and as I saw them stream by, I realized I needed to get in gear and at least be healthier...hence the 5k by 8-21.

BootCamp is going well...had my 9th class a bit ago and we worked really hard...Monday is #10 and I am looking forward to it. This weekend, I plan to at least spend an hour on the bike and an hour walking. Before bootcamp, I worked on the cto5k and that went well too. I was worried about doing it before bootcamp, but it worked out well enough.

I'll try to load some pictures tomorrow of me and some of our pets...my wife is the director of a local no kill animal shelter and it keeps us really busy...you can see some of the pets available at www.effingham.petfinder.com.

friday fanfare

I'm a big fan of Star Wars and Norman Rockwell...and found out today that Geoge Lucas is also a fan of Mr. Rockwell...Pretty cool...but what does that have to do with anything about working out...not much really, just thought it was neat.

After gassing up The Wife's truck today, I went inside to pay and low and behold the mother of all convenience store displays was there... fresh Krispy Kreme donuts...I merely glanced at it, and paid for my gas and left. It sounds so trivial, but I know this is a victory for me and for everyone who is trying to lose weight...go to the grocery store (by yourself) and resist the donut counter, resist the snickers bar, and just by your healthy food. Stay on target and May the Force be with you.

Perfect attendance so far at my workout bootcamp, btw.

down, what? 5 pounds!

Yea...Weighed in yesterday and was at 270! Down 5 pounds from last week, even through multiple brats and burgers over the holiday weekend...WOOT! I sweat so much last night in the bootcamp workout. I followed that up by 1/2 hour on the treadmill, then played 18 holes of disc golf with my cousin Josh who is up from Texas. It was a lot of fun and I'm going to buy a set of discs over lunch, I think!

4th Report

My activity wasn't where I would have hoped, but I did end up tossing the football around and learning some about frisbee golf. I'm going to try it this week. Tomorrow, I'm back to bootcamp and #5 C25k. It's going really well.

Happy Independence Day!

Independence Day...a national holiday that provided our Freedom. If you have time, read the Declaration of Independence today...a good read and we should read it at least every 4th of July. There's a second Independence day, each dieter/life changer has, that's the day we decide to get fit and be healthy. I've had 2 of those, one was back in 1997 and the other was 2 weeks ago. The one 2 weeks ago will be my final Independence Day. I will not gain again, but will maintain a healthy lifestyle.

On to the C25K progress,it's going really well and I am on target to make the run on August 21st. That run is up by Champaign, Illinois, which isn't too far from where I am at.