After months of procrastination, I decided enough was enough! This first post will be rather long since I will be accounting for 2.5 months of time.
August 28, 2011 was the day I decided my life was about to change for the better. That morning I told my wife we were about to go buy new running shoes because I was about to hit the road and finally lose weight and get myself healthy. We made our way to Rack Room shoes where I decided on a pair of K-Swiss Tubes (they were comfortable and look cool). That afternoon I prceeded to eat until I felt absolutely sick...kind of like every other Sunday afternoon.
August 29, 2011...4:45am! I get right up from my alarm clock and get on the scale, 311 pound starting weight. I got dressed and hit the road walking. The lap around our neighborhood is 1.5 miles and I thought I just might die. I had committed to myself to do this 5 days per week and to alter my current eating habits to include portion control and no sweets. I set myself a personal goal to get into shape to start running local 5K races ( a rather lofty goal for someone as out of shape as I was but I want the T-shirts).
For some crazy reason I keep my personal commitment for the next several weeks!
September 26, 2011 I wake up at my now usual 4:45am and it is storming outside so I can't get my walk in. I decided to take my clothes and shoes to work with me and stop at the park on the way home and get my walk done. There is a 1 mile walking trail at this park. About 5 minutes into my walk I decide to try running and to my surprise I'm able to maintain a faster than walking pace for 2 minutes before getting too winded. I then walked for 2 minutes and took off again for another 2 minutes......at the end of the mile lap I had run for a total of 6 minutes and was as excited as I could be!
Once back on my home turf and back in the morning darkness, I decided that I would continue this running thing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings and hope to someday be able to run the neighborhood lap.
Fast forward 2 weeks, this would be the time I argue with my personal limits and try to run 1 mile. To my surprise, I DID IT! It hurt, but I DID IT!
To be continued.......
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