1000 miles from nowhere...

I just crossed over the 1000 mile mark on my personal odometer today.  It happened somewhere in the middle of my 2 mile run today.  That is 1000 miles on the treadmill, stationary bike, eliptical machine, running track, the trail in George Bush Park and the streets of Cypress.  1000 miles of exercise, countless calories burned, countless mindless thoughts brought into my head and enough Pandora to make your head spin.  January 20 i started to track my miles, actually, January 20 I started to actually do cardio workouts.  Here is to the next 1000 miles.  Ian

Wednesday Night

I have planned my next 2 1/2 weeks of training.  I must say that it really kicks off on Monday July 2.  My nutrional side of training goes into affect, or effect, whatever, on that day.  I am moving to a more organic nutritional spread.  My goal is to allow for at least 50% (aiming for 60%) of my caloric intake to be fresh fruit and vegatables.  The fruit is easy.  I can snack on apples and bananas and grapes all day, vegatables is going to be harder.  I will probably start out with carrots and celery, but I want to get to brocoli and other vitamin rich foods.  This will be strange.  Over the last 6 months of really changing my eating habits I have not restricted myself to what I can and cannot eat, just how much I can eat. 

I don't want to call this a diet.  I have been successful with portioning.  I have lost 64 lbs since January 20.  I lost an additional 23 lbs from October until january 20.  But that was with wishy washy dieting.  I actually lost about 35 lbs by mid december but put back 12 by January 20. 

So healthy eating is the next phase of this lifestyle change.

As for the training, it is becoming second nature and I am not skipping a beat in that.  I did nearly a kilometer in the pool today.  So that was a personal best.  I have to end this week of training through Saturday so I can start on the true triathlon training that I need to do.  I am stepping up my time in the pool and the treadmill, and on July 8 I am trying my first test of biking the triathlon distance and then putting the bike up and running the triathlon distance.  July 11 I will do the same.  I will then come home after both of those trials and hit the pool with my swim program that I outlined in an earlier post.  That, combined with the weights should really give me a good idea of what I have gotten myself into.  The outdoor heat will also be good for me. 

Ian

Training and Nutrition

Ahhhhhh...Training and nutrition...don't they just sound fun?  I have outlined the next 2 weeks of training to truly emphasize what I am trying to accomplish, whether that is on 8/4 or on 9/30.  I have to train and get ready in case my number is drawn on the first Saturday of August. 

I have outlined a new swimming program as that is probably my weakest area right now.  I have 2 of these to do this week and then I will be doing them 3 times a week for the first 3 weeks of July.  The week of July 22 I will switch to a different swimming regiment.  I have never done open water swimming, and I have an insane fear of fresh water.  Actually my fear of water includes oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, tap and anything that is not bottled, in a bath tub or a pool.  So this is going to be interesting when my foot first touches that lake and that crud goes between my toes.  I am freaking out about it right now...But back to training. 

My pool that I swim in is 20 meters long in the lap zone.  This makes for a lot of laps.  Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I will do my swimming weather permitted.  I will always have Sunday as a make up day as well.

• Warm Up 7 laps (140 meters)
• Distance 10 consecutive laps twice (200 meters x 2)
• Drill 7 speed laps (20 meters x 7)
• Sprint 5 laps with only arms (20 meters x 5) 
• Cool Down 5 consecutive laps (100 meters)

I just got me some Nike Jammers, the tightest swim trunks I have ever owned and some goggles.  I read somewhere that swimming with thte regular trunks I have been swimming in is like runing with a parachute.  We will see.  Off to the pool I go.  Ian

2 miles

I accomplished the 2 mile run this morning.  That is now the single longest stretch of running that I have ever done.  It was at about a 12 minute mile pace, which i can live with.  I always participated in organized sports growing up.  I played 13 years of Soccer, 4 years of football and 3 years of baseball.  I never ran continuously in any of those.  Maybe a half mile at most.  Last September i was trying to jog but my big fat self was too heavy to be supported by my knees.  anyways the longest I made it was a 1/4 mile without stopping.  Years ago I would run 1 minute, walk 2 and repeat.  This was the first time I made it 2 miles and that is pretty awesome.  I have to make it to 3.1 miles by August 4, and I think that it is in the bag.  I am going to try to run a trial run of 3 miles by the end of next week and continue to just workout at a 2 mile a day pace.  I have to get back on the bike as well.  I think this Tuesday or Wednesday will be the next bike ride for me.  I am going to see about doing 300 meters tomorrow without stopping so that should be fun.  Ian

Waiting list!!!

I made the waiting list for a triathlon on August 5. Of course I have to train for it as if I am in it, but I won't know if I am in it until the night before. If I don't make it in this one at least I will have done some great training over the next 6 weeks. It is also the day before we leave for Disney World. Should be fun! On a complete side note, I am not a John Lennon fan. But I saw this and it just makes sense. Well I will post it later as my iPhone will not let me post pictures to this page. Ian

Houston Triathlon September 30...

I had this plan to start triathlons next summer. I plan on riding in the MS150 next April and figured I would start the tri thing at the Tejas Triathlon in Sugarland next June. That did not go as planned. I just registered for one on September 30. 104 days to train now. I am not ready yet. I need to work on my swimming and running. The bike I have down. I am getting a new bike in late August. I have a plan for the running. I have a plan to gradually increase the time and speed that I run on a treadmill. The last 2 weeks before the event I will start running on the street and will probably start running the event course a well. This is going to be extremely interesting. Kennedy does not expecte to win, but she wants a top 10 finish. I will be participating in the Clydesdale level, which is men over 200 lbs. if everything goes to plan, big IF, I am targeting a race time weight of about 240. 29 lbs to get there and with the insane amount of cardio I will be doing over the next 104 days I think I will get there. Wish me luck. Ian

I probably should not type on an iphone

Lot's of errors in that last entry.  That is what you get for typing on an iphone.  I am heading to the gym.  I am going to run the treadmill for about 20 minutes, the eliptical for 20 minutes and the stationary bike for 20 minutes.  That will be a nice hour.  I have to go swimming as well.  It is a chest tricep workout date as well.  I am going to weigh in after all that.  Time to get back on schedule and start traing for what might be my first little triathalon.