Running/Riding Across America...kinda

I decided a while back to do a virtual run/ride across America. From Mission Beach CA to Savannah GA it is 2346 miles. At this point I have gone almost 300 miles since September of last year (I took all of December and half of January off though). At this time I am over 10% done with my virtual journey and sitting comfortably in the town of Gila Bend AZ about 100 miles east of Tuscon AZ. I have been averaging 40 miles a month so far, but in the last 2 months I have ran and road about an average of 70 miles. I figure I can average around 50 miles a month from here on out so I should make to my virtual finish point in March-ish of 2014. Wish me luck and I will keep updating my current location.

Why I weigh what I weigh

The other night I was thinking back to remember how I got to the point I was a month ago. I mean why I weighed what I weighed. I thought back to myself as a kid when I could gross out my Nana by sucking in my stomach and it would virtually touch my spine. I remember her telling my mom that she didn't feed me enough. (Which was not true). I can also remember my freshman year in gym class that when we got weighed for wrestling class I weighed a minuscule 144lbs, I was already 6 foot tall. After that I can not remember how much I weighed until I left for boot camp in 1999. The day I left for boot camp I weighed 166lbs. However, I was so nervous I hadn't eaten for 2 days. The next time after boot camp that I can remember being weighed, however it was done every year was before I left to go to Pensacola in 2004. At that time I weighed 185 lbs. So in 5 years I gained less than 20lbs. I recently checked my Marine Corps Fit Reps and noted the weights. From March of 2004 until my final Fit Rep in early 2008 I gained around 10 lbs a year ending at 214lbs. I entered the Air Force at exactly 214lbs. During OTS I dropped down to about 208lbs. Then during UPT I started gaining weight at an extremely fast pace from September of 2009 to March of 2010 I jumped to 230lbs. From that point I have been bouncing around from 220 to 225.

Been busy

I haven't posted anything in some time. I have been busy with flying, and Gidget came to ABQ to visit. I have been working hard at the gym, however I have slipped a bit on my diet. No, I haven't been eating all kinds of fatty foods. I haven't been eating enough. I have stopped eating breakfast, and have been getting very hingry and kind of binging for one meal, and then not eating for the rest of the day. I am now trying hard to getting back to a good eating schedule. This is hard due to my flying schedule.

I took some new pictures today and will post them in my pics section. I really can not see to much of a difference, but as they say you are your hardest critic.

First Fitness Goal Accomplished

When I started this blog I gave myself some attainable fitness goals. I accomplished my first goal today. That goal was to run 1.5 miles in 13mins or less. Today I went to the track on base and ran 1.5 miles in 12:40. It felt like I was running really slow because of yesterdays bike ride, but turns out I did pretty good. I am excited that it took me less than a month to accomplish a fitness goal. I have reset the goal to 12 min, and I am excited to see what goal I will accomplish next.