Just want to say thank you all!

Just wanted to say thanks for having this and thanks to all the great people that add to its immense motivational outcomes. I decided just about a month and a half ago that I was going to do something to get into shape and to give me something to do on my days off from work. I have found the answer to both! Sense I have started using the beginner programs on this site I have lost 35 pounds and am getting over my very painful case of shin splints. (Thanks to Ron and Michael Pate for the shin splint pointers!) Now I am just waiting for my gym that I joined to finish being built so I can use the brand new swimming pool and try my hand at swimming! But for now the running is getting me addicted slowly but sherly. Then all I have left is to buy a road bike and I will be set for my first race. I am having a really hard time trying to take it slow. I just want to keep running and running! I love it! And this site rocks! I just did my first training log and it is awesome! I can’t wait to track my progress, I just wish I had started sooner. Again, thank you. Jack.