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Member Since:

Oct 23, 2009

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Male

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PR's:

5K 27:09 2010

8K 43:25 2002

10K 52:41 2006

Half Marathon 2:00:54 2010 

Marathon 5:18 1998

 

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Married with 2 Children.

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Today I woke up feeling very fat and lethargic. All of the fitness gains I got from my P90 workouts seemed to have faded away as I have not worked out consistently in the past month or so. I have also spent way to much time in the drive up of fast food restaraunts. Today I just feel like a big fat beached whale. I have hit bottom. It's time to start over. A fresh start.

We have an 8k race in my home town in July. I'm going to train for it. I have about 3 months which is plenty of time if I start NOW. I will.

As I look at my past I have determined that I personally need three things in order to be successful in my fitness goals:

1. A specific measurable time/race goal.

2. A group to train with.

3. Change things up when it gets stale ie run new routes, new races etc. 

Today I got on the treadmill for 30 minutes alternating walking 4 min and running 1 min. yes, I'm really in that bad of shape. But, I'm a big believer in looking forward, not back!! 

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Comments
From Rhett on Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:31:40 from 74.41.239.14

Hey Mack, I hope you are still looking forward to achieving your fitness goals. I agree that it is important to mix it up so the training doesn't stagnate. Having a training group is great too, but if you can't find one, I think posting on this blog achieves about the same thing.

From DaleG on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 22:33:12 from 152.216.11.5

Mack, how's it going? I can't believe I didn't see this post. I hope you're still keeping at it.

From flatlander on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 09:15:48 from 76.31.9.237

how's it going?

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