Fat Man Running

That's me. My weight at the beginning of March was 248. It's a few pounds less now, but the old days when I could control my weight via running are as gone as The Rosie O'Donnell Show. My knee says three days a week at low, slow mileage and that's the way it goes.

I'm currently training with a hybrid Chi Running/Galloway run-walks. I use Chi Running to avoid over-striding and ease the impact on my knee by quickly lifting feet off the ground. Run-walks serve to check over training—which I sustained during my brief running period last year.

A partially torn shoulder muscle means more surgery in May. I hope to squeeze in a 5k run at the Pasadena Marathon before my three-month post-operation lay off.

During this summer's lay off I could work on strengthening my core, hips and glutes and loosening my cement-like ankles. And watching my diet so I don't once again become the Billowy Man.