weekly Miles

The last 2 weks training has been a little difficult with the birth of my son. I think I did pretty well getting my miles in considering th new arrival.

7-30 through 8-5
11hrs 10 min training
swim 3875 yd
bike 21.88 miles
run 6.7 miles
Brick 55.84 miles
MTB 8.81 miles
stairs 2 miles

This week
14hrs 27 min
swim 2700 yds
Bike 21.43 miles
Run 28.89 miles
Brick 71.74 miles

weekly miles/monthly miles

Weekly miles: recovery week
swim 1300yd
bike 40.9
run 7.89
MTB 6
streangth 1.5hrs
stairs 2 miles
weight: 229

July miles
52:41 hrs trained
swim 8729 yds
Bike 209 miles
run 50 miles
stairs 6 miles
MTB 42 miles
Brick154 miles
Race 11miles
streangth 4.5 hrs

Turning over a new leaf

As many of you know I have been struggling with my weight. In Feb/March I was down to 211 and was faster than I'd ever dreamed I could be. At that time I weighed less than I'd weighed in over a decade. But now I'm struggling to keep off the lbs. What changed? My motivation is what changed. The last two years I'd been racing against 2 really fast guys in the Clydesdale 39 and under division. Jay Engebretson and Arnold Ceniceros. They were fast, and the competition drove me. I ended last season 2-2 against Jay. And 1-3 against Arnold. I have to say the only reason I even got 1 win against Arnold was because he wrecked. By the end of last season I was obsessed with training, diet, and racing. I wanted to beat these guys so bad!

By the Dec 06 Polar Bear triathlon I had made major time improvements. It was the 3rd time I'd done that course and I beat my PR by over 13 minutes! The closest Clydesdale in my division was 3.5 minutes behind me. In April of this year I placed 9th overall at Sully's super sprint and 15 overall at the Atomic man duathlon. But alas, Jay and Arnold never showed at ANY SW races at all.

Turns out at the beginning of this season Jay moved away and Arnold took this year off to concentrate on college. By April I had 5 1st place finishes and one 5th place (due to 2 flats at MVTC). Without those two triathletes there, there wasn't really anyone in my division to compete with me. So as I got more comfortable with mounting wins I became lazy and started cheating on my diet.

I got news recently that Arnold graduated and he has stated training again. Hard. He plans on competing again next season.
Struggle alleviated.
-I haven't cheated on my diet in 7 days.
- I've givin up coffee for the first time since 2000 because I want to ensure I'm always well hydrated. If a person is hydrated they recover faster.
- I've been making sure I get a full 8 hrs sleep (very unusual for me).
-I even started swimming.
-For the first time ever in my life I've started doing portion control when eating.
-I'm eating every 3 hrs to speed up my metabolism.
-Any workout under 2 hrs I make sure to do first thing in the morning on an empty stomach to burn more fat.

I'm back. I am now in predator mode and I have sighted my prey.

I'll keep you updated on how the hunt goes. So farThis week:
hrs trained 14.05
swim 1000 yards
Bike 50.1
Run 13
Brick 50.1
Running stairs 2 miles
Weight 233lbs

Weekly miles

13 hrs 32 min
Swim 3116.8 yd
Bike 49.75 mi
Run 12.06 mi
Brick 52.71 mi
MTB 10.77 mi
Stairs 2 mi
Weights 1 hr 46 min

Hey everyone, look! I swam a little 2 weeks in a row! I think I might of actually earned the name Triathlete this month!

weekly miles

Posting this a little late.
Training time 10hrs 49min

Bike 43.11 miles
run 9.57 miles
Brick 53.9 miles
Race 15.72 miles
MTB 5.99 miles

Did no stairs this week to let my body heal a little. Overtrained slightly last week. Did not decrease training on anything other than stairs.