But I still have 94 monkeys to go

runonempty:

I need to lose some weight, and the above chart (from runnersworld.com of course) illustrates why. I have at least 5 pounds to lose, probably 10. I am officially eating less sugar and drinking less booze.

Woo, I sound like a ball of fun!!!!!

I don’t want to lose weight specifically to get faster, but this is a great motivator. Personally, the math looks like this:

For my 10K in October I set a stretch goal of dropping 12 minutes from my 10K PR, set in June. Since that PR famously included a bathroom stop, we’ll estimate that I really only have 8 minutes to shave off. Better. I had lost up to 8 pounds since then, hit the skids in August, am now back up to 5 pounds lost since then. If I can get back to 8 and then to 10, that’s just 6 minutes to take off — or a minute per mile — goal less daunting.

Note however that the chart reads, “as long as you have it to lose.” Eating well and working out are good for everybody, though!