fat man running

i like to think i can take a hint. and i realize that since i've taken to office jobs in chairs all day, i've acquired what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem. so when i get two emails this week concerning running, i take notice. to start, i work for an awesome company that gives back to its community. 8am on september 9 will mark the beginning of the vml sponsored, 5th annual head for the cure and i fully intend to participate in this event. it's a fundraiser for brain cancer research and was started in memory of a former vml-er who died of said illness.

i stumbled on adidas' myspace page (it's work related, i promise), fill out a brief form and the next thing i know, i get an email from adidas welcoming me to the first week of my "customized training schedule." customized? i answered two questions, how can it be that customized? i appreciate their focused interest in my health & effective training regimen, but two criteria is no basis for the custom label. anyway, lesson one introduces the "warm-up." i'll let you know how that goes.

my goal is to write about the process in a sort of circular accountability deal: i run so i have something to write & write because the training letter reminded me to.