I am NOT getting BACK in shape…

It occurred to me that I have never been in shape, so therefore I can not get BACK in shape.

That is the ‘shape’ I am getting away from.

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Yep, that is the ‘shape’ I am getting away from.

What I am entering now is “New Territory”.

‘NEW’ in so many ways…

Like…..

… Who wears those types of undershirts when running 5K events?

… Since when has oldmanskinandbones.com ever worn a SMALL SHIRT anywhere?

…  AND FINALLY … WHO WEARS ‘READERS’ during a 5K Run!!??  WTH!!??

 [getting the ‘game face’ just before the gun goes off…]

… (ok, I freaked out that morning when I realized I wouldn’t have belt loops to wear a belt, therefore not be able to have my trusty cell phone holder on my belt, and that means I would have to carry the cell phone, or place it in my pocket…. and LORD KNOWS that was going to be a distraction!  So, I just put on a belt and placed the holder and there you go!  WRONG!

My fashion consultant informed me with ‘THAT’ question, ‘Your not going to wear that belt to the Run are YOU??’ … which you know is spoken in the form of a question, but is an actual declaration of “… you are not JUST wrong if you think I am going out with you dressed like that, but you are DAMNED WRONG!”

So I actually found a belt I had set back long ago I bought for a quarter at a garage sale, that NOW fits perfect, and it was acceptable to the Fashion Police Chief I live with…

I had to have the phone with me so the FitBit Josh bought me could sync with the satellites in geocentric orbit designated to tracking my steps not just for the NSA but Black Ops too ya know….  OK really I wanted the thing to measure my stride while running the event, as well as track the distance so I can know it is a valid record of distances recorded…)

Yeah, all of this is new territory for me…. I have never been here before.

My first race in my life and I was in the age bracket marked ’60 and above’.

Looked like to me I got to the starting line just in time.

(Git it?  I was in the LAST AGE GROUP …)

Any way,

Since this is all ‘new’ to me, I have been studying the ‘HOW TO’ Run …

I have a few books I have read and they have been very helpful.

The current book I am listening to is … “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen”

This book is not just a study of the reclusive Tarahumara Native Mexican tribe in the Mexican Copper Canyons, but it covers the massive fraud of the Running Shoe Industry in our world.

Yeah, I now know, I have to train running barefoot and buy the cheapest running shoes and wear them for years, even to the point of wearing the right shoe on the left foot and left on the right …. (I will explain later…>)

Oh!  And I have also learned to have good Duct Tape at all Running Events where I go …. ( again, I will explain later)

But all this stuff aside….

I seriously have never worn a size SMALL anything in my life.

Yep, I am not getting ‘back’ into nothing… ( Yes, I used the Double Negative on purpose)

And yes, yesterday, March 23, 2018 I participated in a 5K Run and it was only the 2nd time I have run outside the ‘womb’ of my homemade training room.

I placed Third, and I have the Medal to prove it.

Bragging much?

Damned right I’m BRAGGING!

I am also not counting calories, I am not measuring Protein, and I ain’t afraid of Carbs.

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