Back to the blog

Well.... Of course this is the only second post since starting the damn thing.  The good news is I have been training well, eating well, and the beer drinking is way down.  All this has contributed to a 30lbs weight lose since the first post.  I am about 185 right now.  This is the weight I think I did the 07 Ironman at.  Still way to heavy but I have made great progress.  My goal is to be 160lbs for this year in Lake Placid.  I can't imagine what training and actually doing an Ironman at that weight will feel like.  I can only imagine it will be awesome.

When I started really focusing on getting my weight under control and training again it was pretty depressing at the beginning.  I run this same 5.25 course about three times a week.  Back in August my pace for the course was 11:28 pace.  Horrible, but at least I could do it.  On Monday I wanted to do an easy run, the weekend was pretty big, I did the run in 8:45 pace.  I was pumped.  It felt great.  It was nice just to break 9:00.  Any way the goal is to keep consistant with three to four runs per week.  Along run on the weekends.  Three rides per week.  Lift two days a week.  This is the first time in my life that I have been consistent with the lifting thing.  Amazing how I can see and feel the differnence.   The trainers I have been working out with have been great.  Its a place called Fitness Together.  It's one on one training.  Just what I needed.  They are really into mixing it up.  It seems to be working.

I wanted to use this blog as a training log.  More for myself really.  So here is what I have been up to since last Saturday.

11/15  Long run.  Ran 10 miles of trails.  Felt great for the first 7 then fell apart.

11/16 Ride.  Rode for two hours on the computrainer.  

11/17 Run.  Ran my 5.25 loop.  8:45 pace.  felt great for an easy run

11/18 Lifted.  Very hard workout with at Fitness Together

11/18 Ride.  Rode the computrainer for two hours.  Got on the bike at 8:30pm after the kids went to bed.  I was pretty spent after that.

Today I havn't done anything yet.  Got dressed to run this morning, but my youngest son was sick so I had to put that on hold.  Hopefully I can get it in tonight.  

Anyway, starting to feel good.  Feel like the plan is working.  I just need to keep it up.