I still remember when I bought my tub, I got so many comments that the novelty would wear off and it would sit unused. 5 and 1/2 years later we still use it 5-7 times a week. In that time I'm also made quite a few friends here. In the next 10 days I expect the tub to get a lot of use and I wanted to share with my friends here.
As many of you know, I've lost 80 pounds in the last year and I'm now free of blood pressure problems and sleep apnea. In fact I'm pretty solid at a repeatable 120/80 and a 59 resting pulse rate. I attribute much of the weight loss to running 15-20 miles a week. During that time, the hot tub has been an extra blessing. In 9 more days I will be obtaining a life long goal of running in a marathon. Ok, I'm only running the 1/2 marathon (13 miles)
To put extra pressure on myself and to make sure I do it, I signed up with tweetmytime.com which will send updates of my start, the 10k point and my finish to my facebook page. To set this up I had to create a twitter account, something I said I would never do. If any of my forum friends would like to see if I make it, I am Bill McCall (Columbus, Ohio) on Facebook, or my twitter account is billmccall614. The race starts at 7:30am Sunday and I am hoping by 10:30am I will be home and in the hot tub. I'm hoping to complete the race in 2 hours.
