Ambitious

A week or so ago, I posted that I was trying to get hired as a Santa Rosa police officer. I have two tests out of the way and now have to schedule my third. Things are going well and I hope they continue. The reason I'm writing this post has nothing to do with that. Last Monday I signed up to do a mini-triathlon. It starts of with a 1/2 mile swim. Then immediatly followed by a 21.7 mile bike ride and finished with a 3 mile run. Now for those of you who know me well, you know that there is no way I'll not finish this thing but I've got to tell you I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I did the swim on Sunday and then half the bike ride and I was beaten down. I thought that maybe I will have to drop out. Then yesterday I decided to keep training and ran the 3 miles without stopping. That is the first time I had ever done that in my life. It gave me a ton of confidence to lead me to believe that if I just keep training I might just pull this thing off. I weigh less now than I did when I was a senior in high school and I am in the best shape of my life. This will be a huge accomplishment for me and an exciting mile stone in my quest to become physically fit.
As an update to my physical fitness I'll just say that this quest started in May 2004 when I stepped on a scale and weighd in at 376 lbs. I stepped on a scale this morning and weighed 287 pounds. Over the weekend my girlfriend showed me a picture of myself from Jan. 2004 and I lost my breath. You don't really notice how much thinner you are until you see something like a picture or you find an old pair of pants that wouldn't stay up if you had a belt and some duct tape. I must say there is nothing like it.