Day 3, Week 3

Start Weight: 226 lbs Goal Weight: 210 lbs Current Weight: 223.8 lbs Distance: 3 miles on the treadmill at the YMCA.

Day 1, Week 3

Start Weight: 226 lbs Goal Weight: 210 lbs Current Weight: Don't want to talk about it... Distance: 3 miles, in 32:17. Yes, I am slower than a snail... with a limp. But hey, I'm putting in the miles. I'm getting out there. Had the IPOD on shuffle. The two best running songs that came up were: War of the Superbikes by The Meatmen Flashback by Ministry I smoked a few nice cigars this weekend. A punch Gran Puro, a Rocky Patel Double Maduro, and a Rocky Patel Sun Grown. All were good, but I think I liked the Punch best, which was kind of surprising to me.

Day 4, Week 2

3 mile run with SS and VR at the hooch loop. I'm running slower than I used to run, but I'm feeling pretty good and I think I'll be back to my old self in a few weeks.

Day 3, Week 2

Start Weight: 226 lbs Goal Weight: 210 lbs Current Weight: 220.0 lbs Distance: 3 miles, roughly 550 calories burned +/- Well... I'm seem to be staying on track.

Day 1, Week 2

I didn't get out an run as much as I had set out to last week. I only ran 2 miles twice. I got out there this morning with SS and did 2 easy miles. The runnersworld.com calculator said that I burned 333 calories... more would be better. I think we'll be stretching those runs out to 3 and 4 miles very soon.

Day 4, Week 1

Goal Weight: 210 lbs Current Weight: 223.4 lbs Distance: 1/2 mile walk, 2 mile run, 1/2 mile walk In other news, I passed another one of the 9 parts of the Architectural Registration Exam. I've taken General Structures, Lateral Forces, and Construction Documents and Services. I'm still waiting on Pass/Fail from the Lateral Forces exam. I should find out in a week or two. It takes them a long time to grade it I guess. Hopefully I'll only have 6 tests to go. I started smoking cigars in Afghanistan, and I have kind of gone off the deep end lately with my cigar hobby since I've been home. I started a cigar club and we've actually had meetings... crazy. http://c4cigarclub.com/

Day 3, Week 1

Well... day 2 was a rest day, and it turned out day 3 was as well. I was slack. I'll get out there and run in the morning.

Day 1, Week 1

After a couple of much needed cups of coffee, I headed to the Y at 0545. Jumped on the treadmill and walked 1/4 mile, then ran 2 miles, and cooled off with another 1/4 walk. I'm strictly posting this stuff for accountability. I'm a little embarrassed that my Half-Marathon train-up is starting off at this level, but it is what it is, and if I stick to the plan "it" will be something else entirely. I pigged out last night and it made the run this morning a little harder. I was still full. I didn't weigh-in... I didn't want to know. I'll start posting my weight tomorrow. Here's the plan I'm using. http://www.marathonrookie.com/support-files/10weekhalfmarathonschedule.pdf My week one is starting out with 2, rest, 2, 2, rest, 3, rest. then my week two is the plan's week 1 and so on. I'm signed up for the Silver Comet Half-Marathon and the Atlanta Half-Marathon. I've never done the Silver Comet one, but I have done the 10K. This will be my 5th Atlanta Half-Marathon.

Less than Zero Week

Ran 3 Miles w/ SS at the hooch.

What have I been up to...

Mostly smoking cigars, eating... too much. I've been back at work for a few weeks. It's kind of like I never left, which is weird, considering I've been on the other side of the planet for the previous 12 month, dodging IEDs and RPGs, etc. Things are really good. My daughter is the cutest, and my wife still loves me even though I smell like a cigar here and there. we're having another child. Yeah, I know... I didn't waste any time. I did crossfit for a while. Good system, but the HH6 wanted to join the YMCA again and I can't do two gym memberships. My new thing,(which is an old thing actually)is trying to get back in shape. It's amazing how fast you can turn into a slug when you sit behind a desk all day, and eat office food. So, I'm going to train up for a couple of Half-Marathons in the fall. I'll post my training log here daily... no really. I'm running in the morning and I will post for accountability after the run. The blog is back!