
To everyone who's been waiting for the next episode of "Fat Guy", sorry for the wait. It's been busy, and the Blogger site has had a few hiccups. The web guys must have had a few keggers to kick off the start of the new school year. As you can see above, the Marinara-Thon is done, and everyone who participated got a t-shirt with this funky logo on it. Thanks to Lars and his staff at Hamel's Catering for the great pasta lunch, which featured WHOLE WHEAT pasta as well as regular. I thought it was important to offer a diabetic friendly version of lunch, and whole grain digests slower so it makes it easier to control blood sugar. I highly recommend it - and your toilet will love you. Bring a magazine.
Thanks to t-shirt sponsors, Bill Parker at Sears Cold Lake, Don and the gang at Kia Cold Lake, Mike Guest at Mark's Work WearHouse in Cold Lake and Debbie at Lake City GM. And to Dave & Wendy Miller of Clearcut Construction for sponsoring the water.
October 1st was a great day for running, even though it was a little chilly in the shade. We had about 55 participants and raised $1700 that Terry Wilson and I will split evenly for our campaigns. By the time I sent everyone on their way, I only had time to run 3K, but it was fun high-fiving everyone doing the walk. As far as we know, there were no injuries and nobody got run over by a car, so I consider it a huge success.
Oh, by the way . . . .
I'VE REACHED MY FUNDRAISING GOAL!!!!!
A huge thanks to everyone who's given so far, and those who've taken part in the events. But the biggest thanks goes to Bob and Ron at Value Drug Mart in Cold Lake for putting me over the top with a 2000 dollar donation! That got me over the $6100 mark, and since then I have increased the total to $8500! My next milestone is $10,000, and by the time I'm ready to head to Rome I'd like to be at $12,000. While I'm in Italy, be sure to listen to 95.3 K-Rock, as I'll be calling in regular reports on behalf of Communications Cold Lake. Thanks to Sally for sponsoring those reports to the tune of $1000. Actually, I only asked for $500, but when I went to get the cheque she made it for $1000. Sweet.
A big thanks as well to Uta Squire. Uta Uta Uta Uta. Say it with me - utautautauta. It's just so fun to say. Anyhoo, Uta runs the House and Home Show in Cold Lake and she graciously offered to let me and Terry work the admission desk and receive ALL THE PROCEEDS! We each took home about $400! Thanks a bunch.
Training? Yes, lots. I've developed a bit of a knee problem lately, but it doesn't hurt too much and I can still run well on flat surfaces so I continue to "get jiggly wid it" to the tune of 7 to 10K every second day. Just in case, I went to
(PLACE OBVIOUS ADVERTISING PLUG HERE) . . . Value Drug Mart and got a knee brace so I didn't make it worse. By the way Ron, the medium fits perfectly and your customer service was excellent. If I had to get any sort of prophylactic device from a retail store, it would definitely be Value Drug Mart in the Marina Mall or in the Tri-City Mall.
EDITORS NOTE: The dictionary definition of prophylactic is simply "a preventative device", so get your mind out of the gutter okay?
And today is one of those running kind of days. I look forward to "trotting off" some of the turkey I've consumed this weekend. Although fall, as a season, can blow leaves up it's own wazoo as far as I'm concerned, running is getting easier for two main reasons - I'm somewhat less ButterBall than I was a short while ago, and the cool weather keeps the sweat down to a half a bucket per kilometer. This blessed turn of events keep the dreaded nipple chafing down to a minimum. Girls and fellow man-boob owners will know exactly what I'm talking about. As for the knee pain, I think it's just the orange-on-a-toothpick physique I've been sporting for too long finally making my knees give in a bit. I suspect with even further weight loss it will go away. And I've started taking glucosamine, which some people swear helps their joints. I'm not generally a big fan of the whole voodoo mumbo-jumbo holistic medicine thing, but what the heck. As long as I don't start sprouting a tail, I'll keep taking it. We bought it at Costco the other day, and I almost bought another new product from the makers of Cold FX. It's called Memory FX. I kid you not. It's supposed to improve your memory. I think. Or was it . . . what was I saying? Well I didn't buy it because it was really expensive, and because I didn't want to hurt myself carrying out the smallest bottle Costco had - a 55 gallon drum. After all, I didn't have room in my trunk with the 100 litre bottle of Miracle Whip and the 800-pack of underwear.
We're heading back to Costco next week to buy the Nautilus Smith Machine - a home gym that is the best buy I've seen in a long time. Terry has one which I've been using, and it is awesome. It gives the feeling of free weights but the control, safety and space-saving qualities of an all-in-one machine. As soon as I finish my basement, I am gonna get SO BUFF! Then my chest will be above my belt line, and I won't have to tuck my stomach skin into my socks! YAY!
Well that's about it for now. Again, thanks for the help everyone. The next event will include "Mr. Sub Day" and "Panago Pizza Day" sometime in October/November.
Gotta run.
The Fat Guy.
PS: Thank to all my ATBIS associates for the kind words and encouragement last week.