Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Happy Dave. Since I posted the pic of Whiny Bitch Dave, I thought it only right to post of photo from my successes as a runner. And today my friends, I am a successful runner.
Kristine and her Mom are upstairs taking a nap so I had a few minutes to throw out a few numbers. (Yes, I'm the one who ran 5 miles this morning and they're upstairs taking the nap. It just goes to prove my theory that Walmart can be freakin exhausting)
Today, I ran 5 miles in 57 minutes and 54 seconds. That translates to 1 mile every 11.58 minutes. For those of you keeping score at home, that time means I'm getting faster as my last official mile time was 12 minutes. YAY!!!
Two weeks ago when I weighed myself post race, I was at 266 lbs with 29% body fat. I'm proud to report that 14 days later, I now weigh 260 lbs with 28% body fat. That's definitely cool because I wasn't on a perfect diet during that time. Poker night called for some heavy drinking and while I wasn't eating much ice cream, I did discover Sorbet and wouldn't ya know, that stuff comes in pints as well. My point is that my diet this last two weeks was reasonable and something I can continue without any problem. That means if I keep up the exercise, don't stray from the diet, and the weight loss is consistent, 20 weeks from now, I'll be at 200 lbs.
WOW, does that sound ambitious. Then again, I've run 2 races in the last 4 weeks. Suddenly the impossible is now seeming more plausable in my world. If my math is correct, that puts 200 lbs on November 5th. That's exciting. Alright, I can't ever remember my weight being south of 245. Let's see....In theory, that will happen on...August 12th. That's pretty amazingly cool. Boy, I wonder if I can do it. I guess we'll find out together.
By the way, let me say thanx to all the people I dedicated miles to this time around. I felt like you were all running with me. Because I beat my expected time, I only had a few minutes of Judy Blue Eyes on the run. After I got home, I took a walk to the post office to return a Netflix and listened to the complete song at that time. I felt like my Mom and I were celebrating the accelerated victory as I listened to the song. Today was a good day.
Thanx for your continued reading. I'll talk 2 u soon.
Dave
Last night I was very excited to find that my Bon Jovi loving, up and coming writer, best friend's wife and great friend herself, the lovely Mrs. Karen Lynch, will soon have her writing published in an upcoming book. Her short story, "Momma's Girl" is to be included in the soon to be released anthology, "Chicken Soup for the Shopper's Soul". Seeing your hard work on the printed page is very exciting and I feel so awesome for Karen. You can read what Karen has to say about the book on her blog. You can also read about the book on the publisher's site. The book will be available for purchase on November 7th. Congratulations Karen!!! You're The Best!
