Hi, and welcome to the TISM Blog. My friends started to call me The Incredible Shrinking Man – hence the TISM tag… The story is basically about getting to age 50, having a car crash, losing a lot of weight, and going on to running. No proprietary ‘diets’, no surgical interventions, gastric bands etc – just a bit of will-power and determination, healthier eating habits, and latterly a bit of exercise eventually culminating in actually liking running….(or my personal interpretation of it.) The DETAILS Jan 2005 - 27.56 st. Jan 2006 -19.21 st. Jan 2007 - 14.41 st Sep 2007 12 1/2 Stone thats 15 stone in less than 3 years 2007 Feb Doctor challenged me to ‘do a run’ (not run a single pace for 25 years……) Mar ‘Ran’ on treadmill for first time – got an entry from The Prostate Cancer Charity for the Great North Run. Started my very first ‘blog’, here on Realbuzz. May Deepings 10k in 1:06:44 Jun City of Manchester 10k in 1:03:44 July Thurlby 10k in 1:06:16 (long hills) Sep GREAT NORTH RUN in 2:24:11 Oct Major surgery to remove 3Kgs of loose skin from abdomen Nov Second op to rectify infections from Oct op Dec Back in training for 2008 race entries (HOLD ON - who said anything about more races - this was supposed to be GNR and then back to 'normal'!!! 2008 Feb - Sleaford Half Marathon 2:18:27 Apr - Flora London Marathon 5:46:05 May - Edinburgh Marathon 5:54:57 Jun - Major Surgery to remove loose skin from thighs Oct - Great North Run 2:32:16 / Great Eastern Run 2:29:05 Nov - Athens Classic Marathon 5:58:57 Now, at 54, my philosophy is basically - Try never to say No to something I haven't tried before. (Life is way too short for missed opportunities.) - There are no reasons not to - only excuses. - If it is to be, then it is up to ME I’m always happy to share my experiences…. And I always try to keep smiling! TISM My personal story is on The TISM website This is a special site of resources for 'BlogRunners'