Chasin' Mason

In my last post, I mentioned I had registered for my first real 10K.  Up until then, I participated exclusively in 5K races. NOTE:  As I am sure most of you are aware... a 5K is 3.1 miles.  A  10K is 6.2 miles.   A half-marathon is 13.1 miles and a full marathon is 26.2 miles. I was unaware the race was happening until a co-worker had mentioned it and suggested I sign up.  After some thought, I decided to go for it.  I can tell you, I almost immediately regretted it.  Not because I had spent the money, but because I was concerned I wouldn't be able to finish it the way I wanted to finish the race. When I take part in these events, my goal is to jog/run the whole race.  I consider it a personal failure if, at any time, I walk.  I know it's not a failure by any means, but honestly I can't think of doing it any other way. A few weeks ago, I thought it would be a good idea to put in a practice 10K.  I'd been training with t...

Well now... it's been a while. I won't go into too much detail about where I've been and what I've been up to since my last post.  If I had to sum it all up though, I would use the following terms:  family, friends, work and Disney. Notice there are a couple of words that are missing there.  Two very specific ones to be exact:  diet and exercise. So here's the reality.  I've had some failures in those departments.  I haven't been exercising as I should.  Well let's be honest here... none at all.  And let's not talk about the diet... or lack there of. As you might have figured out... I've regained some of the weight I've lost.  I am certainly not proud of it.  Quite ashamed actually.  That's why I've not been around here much.  I've not wanted to admit failure.  I worked so hard to drop the weight... only to regain some of it back. At my lowest weight, I came in at 269 pounds.  I've gained... (oh, how I dread...