Just finished my second 5K last Saturday! I beat my time by almost two minutes!

Now, you may say that two minutes isn't much... but, in the "running" world, it's huge! Beating your "personal best" by minutes is a very good thing! I ran the 5K in 32:14, my last 5K was 33:58!

I'm up to 6 miles three to four times a week. I jog the six in a little over an hour. Yes, we're still up at four in the morning, and running by 4:30am!

On weekends (usually Saturdays), we're jogging on the Bluffs. It's a mountainous area here in Bakersfield, where we do 'repeats' (1.5 miles up, 1.5 miles down, repeat as often as you can). I haven't gone beyond two repeats... I'm doing three repeats my next time out!!!

I've dropped two pant sizes! I haven't weighed myself since December, but I know I've lost a lot of weight... I can't wait until I weigh myself... but it's nice not knowing too. I'm wearing clothes I haven't been able to wear in a long time!

If you haven't gotten into jogging or running or even "power" walking... I urge you to do it. It's only the best thing that's happened to me in a long time!

I have an mp3 player (iRiver), that I have loaded with songs that help me get motivated... and you can best believe there's a ton of Prince on it. My first 5K was almost all Prince!

With my wife and I running, and I get to jam to Prince at the same time... it's the best of both worlds!

June7 said:

Didn't I tell you that not stopping at Krispy Kreme's during the race would cut at least a few minutes off your time...

Byron said:

Yeah... I'm so glad I listened...

Very good

luv4u said:

Thanks, luv...

You're my hero!