Chicago didn’t go as I hoped.

Three weeks before the race, I threw out my back.

My run was slow and painful. But I got it done.

Excuses are lame though.

I took the rest of October off to be really, really lazy. Reset, refocus, restore, all those good things.

The plan now? 1:45 at the Chilly half-marathon on March 3.

And get down to 145 pounds.

Project 145 begins now.