An update and such

     Hello old friends.  I still see there are people finding and reading, hope it helps and such.  I'm doing a little perk update for May 2013.  The meat of it, probably a 2 or 3 parter will be in the Life Is blog.

     Basically I've kept up with everything in my nature, unfortunately weight too.  Hit the gym daily, which I know is not the best as it will turn out.  So I signed up for a 5K or 3.1 mile walk for the heart.

     Well let me tell you, when I say not the best for the gym everyday I mean simply this.  You cannot duplicate the out door environment.  You cannot duplicate the terrain.  I should have remembered this. 

     It was out east on the island, at some winery.  It had been a gray and rainy week and the weather for Sunday was to be icky.  Damp and in the high 50's to low 60's.  I layered for rain and cold.  Not a great idea.

     Flannel lined jeans, extra warm, denim shirt, topped off with a fleece lined hoodie.  There were a lot of people and we did raise over $70,000 so that was great.

     On the treadmill I was doing 3.2 - 3.4 miles an hour at an incline of 2 or 3.  Takes me somewhere in the low 20 range for 1.5 miles.  So I was predicting time of no more than 45 miles. 

     I really don't know the exact humidity level, but with the rain it must have been high.  I hadn't taken that into consideration at all.  Afterall it's never humid in the gym!

     The line up starts runners in the front, joggers behind, walkers behind them, strollers last.  I was at the front of the walkers.

     While I don't want to cheat anyone on this update let me conclude, it was a whole lot tougher than I thought.  Grass and terrain, at the 30 min mark we reached the halfway mark.  I finished not the dead last of the group.  But in the last 10 people.

     Glad I did it.  And just wanted to say that I am still in full force of taking my life back.  Thank you for all your support.