Sunday, September 08, 2002

Fustrated by a continual reluctance of my body to lose any more weight I decided to return to my old ways and declare a weekend of fitness. I got on the treadmill and did a 44 minute walk/run for 3.12 miles and 427 calories on Friday night. Then Sue and I had the good fourtune of getting lost in Nashua's Mines Fall Park for an hour walk. Still fustrated with no weight loss I picked up Runner's World magazine last night and on the cover is Running With the President - Secrets of Our Fastest President. This may sound corny but this story and this guy really impressed me. Almost 56 and he runs every day and runs 6 minute miles!!! He ran a 20:29 in the certified 3 mile course in the article. He mentions that it helped him give up drinking, lose ten pounds and deal with this years stress. He then says the thing that got me "If the President of the United States can make the time, then anyone can." How true. I got my butt up this morning and just peeled off a 45 minute run in the hills around the house. 9:39:06 AM

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