Do your pants hang low?

The ultimate compliment is having the woman you like tell you that you look excellent.And so it was when I logged into Skype yesterday and was greeting with an enthusiastic, œBaby, you look skinny!

Somewhere in a magical land called Saipan, 214 lbs. is skinny.But 214 lbs. is so three days ago.When I got on the scale this morning a bright 212.9 shined back up at me, making me just barely fatter than I was the last time I chose I was so stout I had to lose some weight.

Still, running is going fantastic.I didnt feel like 3.5 miles per day was enough, and doing it twice (7.0 miles) was too much, so I came up with the brilliant thought of finding a 4-mile course around the neighborhood.I still have to come up with a fun name for my four-mile course (Im accepting suggestions), but Ive run the as-yet-to-be-named course for three days now.

Ive also been using my super fancy new watch to time my runs.I can hit 10-minute miles pretty consistently, at least for four miles.I took it simple yesterday and ran a bit slower, completing the trail in 44 minutes.When I finished I thought back to my college days.I remember we ran a four-mile time trial my freshman year.My time was 22 minutes something, about twice as quick as I am now.

I doubt Ill ever be in as excellent shape as I was when I was 17, but I can certainly do better than 44 minutes.Im getting there, too.Not only does my girlfriend reckon Im skinny, but today I realized that my jeans were sagging off my butt.There was a time in my life when I thought that was the height of fashion, now its just indication that a huge chunk of my ass has melted.

That makes Angelo pleased!

So I ran 4 miles today, bringing my total miles logged for 2011 to 58.75. With 347 days left in the year, I have 1952.25 miles to go before I reach my goal of running 2011 miles in 2011.