To say it was an eventful few weeks, would be an understatement. Weeks 8-11 of Dopey training were “seat of our pants” to say the least. Sandy and I had taken a quick trip up to Lubbock to visit my step-son at Tech. That same week (Dopey Week 8/9), Texas got an unwanted visit from …
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 …
