Its official........

Its official.... My 100 POUND PLATEAU has been broken... 102 lbs lost and counting

911 Never give up

Ran the Singleton 10 mile this morning. 10 miles!!!!! Wow.... My longest road race yet..... I knew it wouldn't be easy but I knew that if I REALLY want to be ready for the Atlanta Half Marathon my training has got to get picked up. So bye bye 5K and 10K..... 10 mile here I come.... Beautiful day outside, early start time, and great volunteers..... This should be fun. Mile 1 12:40, mile 2 25:31. Gut check at around 4 1/2 miles. Do the Singelton 5 mile or 10 mile?????Go Hard or go HOME. Looking up at the 5mile/10mile split I decide to stick with the 10. I glance up again and I see that I am the only person left doing 10 miler, the group of people I was just with were ALL 5milers... All I can think is "Dude you still weigh over 300 pounds... What am I doing?" Alone I continue on.... mile 6, mile 7, mile 8. My body aches , I am tired, I am thirsty. Course is empty now. The time keepers are gone.... Its just me, my ipod, the open road a few volunteers and the Dekalb County Police Department. Mile 9. Almost Home.... I am cramping, shedding a few tears also. Mile 10..... The finish.... 2 hours 27 min..... AND now the pain sets in...... NEVER GIVE UP

Put me in coach.....

Just left doctor. Got a Cortisone shot in my left foot. It's crazy, all my years off football and I had 0 injuries NOW after losing near 100 pounds and running races these ailments POP up .... Life is crazy that way. Doc says I am good and I can continue to do what I do. So thumbs up for next weeks race on 9/11

A new Challenge

OK...... Today I signed up for my 2 biggest races.... A 10 miler with the Atlanta Track Club in September and The Atlanta 1/2 Marathon. I haven't decided if the feeling I have right now is excitement or nervousness. I have come a very very long way..... From a athlete in my youth to couch potato to weighing over 400lbs (yeah I said it 2007-08) now I got my mojo back and I am doing more than I could have ever imagined. Cant wait to see how far I have come.

Have not been on in a few weeks, no blogging, no gym. I have really been off my game.... Time to put my game face back on and get back to work in the morning.

2010 ATC GRAND FINALE 5K

Early start time of 7:30 got us on and off the race course before this summer heat took over. Great turn out + Great volunteers = Great race. Finish time today of 43:04. Shed 5 min off my last 5K and posted my fastest finish. 780 calories burned 5700 steps taken. Great Day...Feeling good and very very pleased

1 to GO

1 pound away from 100 total pounds lost. Every workout counts, this is a HUGE HUGE week for me.