About 6 weeks of training, things are changing. Plus a funny story

Hello all,

About 6 weeks ago I began on the journey to change from an over-weight IT geek with the typical IT Geek lifestyle, into a trim, fit man, training to run a tough mudder in early September.

I am still going strong.  I'm at 185 lbs now, which is about 35 lbs less.  I went from barely being able to walk .7 miles to running nearly 5 miles.  I began just running, but now I have added protein to my juice diet (www.rebootwithjoe.com) and begin strength training, with push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and other exercises.

I am realizing that September is a LONG way away to wait to actually do something.  So, I signed up for the Campbellsport 5k Walk/Run on July 4th.  I am debating IF I want to run, or can even complete the Wausau YMCA short Triathalon, which is 1/4 mile swimming, 17 miles biking, and 5k running.  This one I am going to need A LOT of convincing and encouragement.  I really really really don't want to do something that I am not going to finish or may end up hurting myself so I can't run the tough mudder.  I can swim the 1/4 mile.  I and bike the 17 miles, and I can run the 5k, but I don't know if I can do them back to back.

Now the story.

Today I learned another very important lesson.  Know the watering holes!

You may have noticed two pauses in my run today.  The first pause was for doing a #1.  The second pause was for answering the questions from the police officer.  It went something like this.

Officer:  "What were you doing over there?"
Me:  "Taking a leak......(sheepishly)"
Officer:  "Give me one good reason that I shouldn't give you a ticket for public urination."
Me:  "Okay!  I'll give you two.  First, unless someone has control over the Hubble Telescope with an infrared filter trained on me, there is no way that anyone would have known I was in there.  Second, I was so far into that bush that even I couldn't see what I was grabbing."
Officer: (Grin)(Snicker/laugh, brief moment for him to gather his words)  Move along!  Next time fine a watering hole.
Me:  "Yes sir.  Thank you officer."

I pretty much giggled the entire rest of my run.

On another note, a group that I am a part of is thinking about putting together an IT Geek pin-up calendar.  The more I think about it, I say...WHY NOT...  There are all kinds of strange fetishes out there, why not an IT Geek one.

So, my question to you, if I were selected to be in the calendar....what should be my story or caption?

Tom