Bring it on 2013!

Been a while since I've posted.  A lot has happened since you last heard from me.  Let's see.... it was April that I fell away into oblivion so I'll give you a quick rundown.  I got married to my beautiful (now) wife.  I did continue training and finished my first half marathon in September! I have been back to Colorado to visit family, have finally started figuring out the life of South Dakota, and have managed to take a new position at work that is WAY better than what I was doing before.  I lived through the end of the world, (thank you goes out to the ancient Mayans for keeping the end of the year entertaining), and the biggest news of all... me and my wife are expecting a baby boy in April!  2012 was a year to remember and one that I will always consider a cornerstone in my life.

A little update on where I'm at now...  I ran the half marathon in September and honestly my training leading up to the race fell off a little bit.  I still ran the race and finished with a time of JUST over two hours; two hours and two minutes to be exact.  The month following that was filled with excruciating pain from what I can only assume was an injury from lack of training and preparation. In October I enjoyed ample amounts of couch and beer time, November brought unlimited snacks and turkey, while December quickly followed with lots of travel, fast food, and Grandma's cooking.  Combine all of this with what I'd like to deem as "sympathy weight" gain for my wife being pregnant, I currently tip the scale at 221 lbs.  I am 6'0" tall and from the BMI calculator that I so easily googled, I come in at a 30, or "obese."  Hard to believe that I just ran that race barely three months ago huh?

Well, I want you to know that for 2013, I'll be here.  No more disappearing into oblivion.  I will be here laying it out on the line every step of the way on how I'm going to fix myself.  I have a new baby on the way and he deserves a roll model.  I want to say I'm doing this for him, and in part I am, but number one on the list of who this is for is myself.  I believe that has to be the case in order to be successful.  There will be ups and downs, and hopefully you come with. September 2013 at 6:45am I will be at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, SD to run my first full marathon!

To start... here are my pictures for everyone to see:

   

There's a long way to go but even the David started as an unshapely piece of marble.