Howdy, gang! Week 7 was pretty much status quo for training… Hotter than ever here, still trying to escape the heat with night time runs and early morning runs. Sooner or later I’m afraid a spin on the “dreadmill” may be required. Since I like to share something at least a little different each week, I thought …
The coast was a callin’, and we wholeheartedly obliged! I couldn’t remember the last time I was in Port Aransas, which used to be mine and Sandy’s go-to getaway. So when Sandy showed me the info for the Sand Crab Beach Run, it was time to head south. I mean, how can you resist a …
Now it’s gettin’ real! Weeks 5 & 6 of Dopey training are under our belts, and it’s beginning to feel a little more like training! If you have been following our journey to Dopey, you will remember that in week 4 I wrote about having trouble getting/staying motivated… that I just didn’t feel that I …
Although I have had Coast HL7 Pure Beam Focus Headlamp since last Christmas, I’ve only recently used it enough to give it a good shakedown, and a qualified review. So now that I have used it on some Dopey training runs (running at night in search of bearable temperatures) and again at the Port Aransas …
(or “How to stay motivated when your training doesn’t feel important”) I’m officially 4 weeks along in my Dopey Challenge Training, so I thought it would be a good time for a quick update. You wouldn’t think there would be much to write about this early on in the program, right? For the most part …
Went to a festival in town this past weekend and ran into some folks I hadn’t seen since embarking on my weight loss journey. Surprisingly, a couple of them didn’t recognize me at first. Once we established who I was, the consensus reaction was, “Wow, you look great! How did you do it?!?” My standard …
Another”first” in the books for Sandy and I this weekend! Although I had provided entertainment (in my past life as a mobile DJ) for the previous iteration of this run (originally called the “Thump Day 5k”). This was the first year I had participated as a runner, and am glad I did. The Thumpin’ 5K …
Those of you that know me well, already know that I am not quick to jump on just any charity bandwagon. Nor do I support organizations who are all talk and no action. I like to know my support will go directly where it is needed. But I have no qualms about helping where there …
Back in 2014, a conversation about running or hiking to the top of a mountain might as well have been in some foreign language. For a forty-something desk jockey weighing in at 407 lbs, those kinds of activities were all but fantasy. Even if my mind told me I could, my body would say, “are …
Some folks have been curious as to how I arrived at the name for my blog, “why Fatman?” they’ve asked, “You aren’t really fat anymore”. Well, in addition to the fact that it was available and kind of catchy, there is more… First, I have been fat for most of my life. I have dealt with the …
