This is my second time to do Fit4Change.
I’m not back because I like waking up at 3:30 a.m.
I’m not back because I have another 50 lbs. to lose.
I’m not back because I was in terrible shape.
I’m not back because I particularly enjoy tough exercise.
I’m back because I missed my friends.
At the end of the 12 weeks last year, I developed a bond with many of the people I worked out with. Line 2 became a family — I guess because we have gone through “hell” together. I remember seeing many of my friends at races around town and my heart glowed because I had the opportunity to catch up with them. This time around, I miss some of my old friends from last year. But I am enjoying making new friends.
I’m grateful to Paul Lacoste for creating an environment where such friendships can be created.
The Gulf Coast version of Fit4Change lost one of their friends. Award-winning WLOX photojournalist Greg McNease passed away yesterday morning. OB, as he was known to his friends, left behind a family, a huge professional legacy and numerous broken hearts.
My prayers go out to all who knew and loved him.