…..and we realized we were short by one “leg” on the first day. Feeling great after the exercise though and looking forward to being able to run 3 miles non-stop a little over 8 weeks from now. I read through the full schedule of runs/walks I am using and while the gradual increase of running over walking seems simple enough, by the end of today’s jaunt I was wishing I never committed myself by blogging about it. Of course here it is now 45 mins later and I feel great and I am blogging about it again. Funny how that works.

 

From my comments –

 

“You know Chris, I have never thought of you as overweight. I'm surprised that you feel like you are.”

 

Well SMHyrd, it isn’t so much that I feel I am overweight right now. (for the record….my doctor has suggested I “lose some weight, eat a healthy diet and exercise”…..but never gives any more detail than that) The fact is I weigh more now that I did 5 years ago. I know that if I continue to do nothing about it then 5 years from now I would weigh more and 5 years later even more. I don’t want to be 50 yrs old, bitchin’ about how much I weigh when I knew I could have done something about it 10 years earlier. Plus, if I am going to accomplish my goal of running a marathon someday, losing weight is just part of that process. Just makes sense that it would be easier to lug 210 lbs for 26 miles than it would 240.

 

So Day 2 is done. Eight weeks and a run away from 3 miles….

 

Cheers!