2019 Is nearly a wrap

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2919 is closing fast!  It's been 3.5 years since I started this journey to get in better health.  I've kept up with exercise this year, but haven't lost any weight this year.  This is the first year of the journey I've finished at a net 0 but considering I've been up 5-10 lbs several times this year to get back to net 0.

I finished the Jingle Bull Run with a pace of 11:08 min/mile which should have gotten me my under 35 min finish, but I guess the course was a bit longer than 3.1.  At any rate I finished nearly 5 min under my time for the same race last year.




I got the guard installed on my table saw which was the last thing I wanted to do to consider my shop complete for the year.  I'm hoping to get to work out there some more over the holidays.



This has been a challenging year at work, but we did get some recognition for a big project I've been working on the last 18 months so that was nice.


I'm not set on what goals I'll set for next year.  I'll post them in my next update I guess. 

We lost a church friend to a heart attack Saturday night.  He was around my age and his kids are my kids ages.  It's a terrible thing for their family.  I hope and pray mine never has to go through that.  The impetus for this journey was that fear.  I'm doing better but the fear doesn't go away. I'm praying this is the closest tragedy our family experiences this season. 

Life is short.

Next committed update: 1/9/20

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