Thinner, Stronger, Faster

I have been on a 12 week body transformation challenge with bodybuilding.com. It ended Sunday. Over the 12 weeks I lost 33 lbs which brings the total to 54. I am thinner, then I have been in a long time. This is a before and after picture of me, May of 2011 and April 15, 2012. Little bit of a difference, right? :)  It is possible that I could win $25,000 for first place, or $2500 as one of the runner ups. We’ll have to wait and see what happens there.

 

I am stronger, faster then I have ever been. I will be 46 in a few weeks and I am in the best shape of my life, but not in the best shape I will ever be. I will be training all summer for the half marathon I am registered for on August 26th. For today’s training I had a long run and I did 7 miles in 69 minutes, never even been close the that before. I thank God for giving me a strong body so I can accomplish this at 45, going on 26… I have a 5K this Saturday, hoping to beat my time from the 5K on Easter, 29:33.  Here I am finishing that one.

I will be leaving for California in a few weeks with some stops on the way, arriving just in time to run a 5K in the Strawberry Festival in Vista, CA memorial weekend. Training in San Diego should be interesting. Not as flat there as it is here. But I am looking forward to that challenge. That means when I come back here the flat land will be a piece of cake, well kind of…