Project PRR Part 1 - The Beginning
June 11th, 2007 by Consultant
I got some wicked awesome news today! My entry check was cashed today, meaning I’m going to join 55,000 runners this 4th of July in the Peachtree Road Race!
For those of you who live in the ATL you know what I’m talking about. For all of y’all who don’t, the P-Tree is a 10k jaunt down Atlanta’s mother road.
Let me back up. I’ve never been an athlete. Far from it! Yes I was always the last husky kid picked for dodge ball. I’d rather spend 4 hours doing algebra (math is fun) than have to run a lap or two in P.E. class (an excellent venue for the fit kids to pick on the slow fat kid). As my weight climbed in college my tendency towards a Jabba the Hut level of fitness escalated.
For the last 5 1/2 years, my weight loss has focused on eating less food, and trying to get out when I can and move. Exercise is especially cruel to the extremely obese. I remember trying to exercise when I was starting out, and I could barely manage to walk a mile. On a hot summer day, I’d break a…
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