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Thursday, July 21, 2005
Step away from the queso
So, tubs, are you running or what?
Loyal readers of my blog — all four of you, hi Mom! — might be asking me that. They might recall the inspired vow I made to run a triathlon this fall after Shannon’s triumphant running of the Danskin a little more than a month ago.
Loyal readers might be wondering if that vow disappeared in evenings of fried chicken and nights at the Mean-Eyed Cat.
Well, immediately after Shannon’s triathlon our eating habits began a slow slide to the bad (good) old days (why, hello queso) and though I was exercising more than ever, my weight was beginning a steady climb. Not so suddenly, I weighed 12 more pounds in mid-June than I did in mid-April.
More muscle? I might try that if I were trying to fool someone other than myself. The added weight and added summer heat were taking a toll on my endurance. I quickly went from thinking about how fast I want to try to swim, cycle and run to wondering if I could finish the race.
After a birthday week of what passes these days for epic consumption of cheesy, fried and fatty stuff, I got back on track this past Sunday — conveniently eight weeks until the Dilloman.
Eight weeks of good behavior and a no-excuses-exercise-comes-first mentality. With one week almost down — and 52 days until D(illo)-Day — things have started to go my way again.
And no, I haven’t been running. Not just, anyway. I’ve been swimming and cycling. Cycling and running. Running and sweating. Sweating and wheezing — good times, all.
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