Oh shit, dude. I'm sorry you got treated like that. There's such a stigma in our society, and there's no reason for it.

I'm really happy for you that your parents adopted you. There are so many kids in foster care that don't get that feeling. The last figure I heard was over 117,000.

Love you bro. You're a strong mfer.

Things are going well.

Small victories are still progress. Recovery time keeps improving, and I'm no longer sore the day after a run.

Also, managed to power through the entire first mile of my two mile run today with no waking breaks. Had 3 breaks on mile 2, but it's progress.

Much more to come. Ultimately want to be able to put in 5 solid miles, no breaks, for the stretch of the November run I'll be doing.

Lol I don’t know how people condition for running like that. I’ve been running a lot for about a year now and still completely die at around 1.5mi

Yeah I may or may not get there. I can hit 1.5, and then I also feel dead

Update - I can now hit 2 miles without having to stop. Started back into C25K for the structure of it. I feel like I'll progress faster that way.

I've got a 5k coming up on Sept 7th and one on Oct 6th.

Weigh in a couple days ago has me down to 168.

Updated pic because it's been a while. Had to find a new spot because we rearranged again.

soon gonna be time to hit the gym for weights and u will be golden

nice job

I supplement some bodyweight work.

No gym membership for me. Baby on the way, so I'm saving money where I can.

5k tomorrow morning. Aiming for sub-40min. Will report back.

37:02

Set a 1 mile PR at 11:11!

Another 5k coming up in just over 3 weeks on October 6th. I've got the bug folks!

5k today.

37:49
10:54 mile PR

It's fricken cold today!