.....At this point Doug really shocked me. He said he was ready to go, and off he went! He was blazing through the lot not unlike a great steed.....perhaps Secretariat with flames and smoke billowing from his heels.

At this point Doug did not surprise me.

.....If you look closely you'll notice that the fence he is leaning on is approximately 30 yards from the point of takeoff. At this point Doug actually did manage to surprise me again, not by pulling it together again and taking off running but by vomiting.

It looked as though Doug may have been eating some Dorals along with his liquor.

.....Doug now dropped backwards and laid on his back for about 20 minutes before gathering himself and walking back inside.

.....Well you have to start somewhere, and if nothing else Doug certainly did start. I hope you kind folks will continue to check back often and see how Doug is progressing now that his hard-core training has actually begun.