LOL, it's only been 8 months since I've posted. I forgot all about this blog thing. It's funny to go back and read my 2008 goals. Things haven't gone as expected this year but I am still ready for Timberman. I've had breakthroughs in both swimming and biking and while not so much in running I am definitely stronger. I don't think a sub-1:30 Timberman is realistic but I do have some revised goals:
A) sub-1:35
B) sub-1:38:39 (Timberman PR)
C) sub-1:40:00
This is the first Timberman where I have no sense of dread at all. I am anxious to see what I can do. I am highly confident. It's not about finishing. I am going to race hard wire-to-wire because I've done the training that will let me. It's not sub-1:30 training like I envisioned at the beginning of the year but it's what I could do being a dad, a husband, a worker-bee and fighting knee problems since April.
I am definitely nowhere near my weight goal. I am still 215-ish. That's 20lbs heavier than where I wanted to be. I am not sure how realistic that was either. I have to say though it's a bridge I need to cross if I am going to take this thing to the next level in 2009. I have strange thoughts, crazy thoughts: Mooseman International.
Only six days until Timberman and I honestly can say: I CANNOT WAIT!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Today's Workout(s)
4.8mi on the treadmill followed by 10min Yoga for Abs and 10min Pilates Stretch. I love these quick 10min workouts on the OnDemand channel. My 4.8mi run felt really good and I kept things on an incline for a while. This is my "moderate" week building towards next week's "hard" week and it's started off good despite the snow and having to deal with getting the driveway cleared and everything. Now let's see with these late workouts if I can get some sleep.
2008
I have it in my mind that I am going to start a blog in 2008 and write all these inspirational things about training for the Timberman triathlon again this year. I should have started it when I was a full-on couch potato and then it would have been truly inspirational about the guy who got off the couch, lost 70lbs and finished his first triathlon.
Well, that was three years ago. I am training for my fourth Timberman, the sprint again, and after taking over 11min off the previous years time in 2006 I have quite a challenge ahead of me. My super-secret-stretch goal I am not telling anyone about (but feel free to blab it to cyberspace) is to finish sub-1:30. To do that I need to take 8:39 off last year's finish. That my friends is going to take a whole new approach.
So, hopefully I will blog about my workouts, stuff I am trying, etc. My New Year's resolution is to take a whole new approach this year and not get burnt out in the process. My focus this winter is going to be preparing for road races in the Spring through high volume training and lots of strength training and stretching, something I haven't been doing the past three years. I want to come out of the gate in April with a PR at the Exeter 5K. My 5K PR is 29:45. This year I wan't sub-29:00 and have a super-secret-stretch goal of sub-28:00.
I also need to focus more on nutrition if I want to achieve my other super-secret-stretch goal of 195lbs. I just want to feel what it would be like to race that light and strong. Man, it would be amazing. That's 30lbs. Not easy when stress-eating could be the sport I am best at.
I've declared Stamina, Strength and Nutrition as the Three Pillars of success and openly admit I've only focused on the very first for the past three years. That's gotten me only so far. Of the 70lbs I lost I've gained back 20lbs. My back and knees are always tender. My race pace has long plateaued in the lower 9:00/mi region. If I am going to hit my goals I need to be holistic this year.
And so it begins.
Well, that was three years ago. I am training for my fourth Timberman, the sprint again, and after taking over 11min off the previous years time in 2006 I have quite a challenge ahead of me. My super-secret-stretch goal I am not telling anyone about (but feel free to blab it to cyberspace) is to finish sub-1:30. To do that I need to take 8:39 off last year's finish. That my friends is going to take a whole new approach.
So, hopefully I will blog about my workouts, stuff I am trying, etc. My New Year's resolution is to take a whole new approach this year and not get burnt out in the process. My focus this winter is going to be preparing for road races in the Spring through high volume training and lots of strength training and stretching, something I haven't been doing the past three years. I want to come out of the gate in April with a PR at the Exeter 5K. My 5K PR is 29:45. This year I wan't sub-29:00 and have a super-secret-stretch goal of sub-28:00.
I also need to focus more on nutrition if I want to achieve my other super-secret-stretch goal of 195lbs. I just want to feel what it would be like to race that light and strong. Man, it would be amazing. That's 30lbs. Not easy when stress-eating could be the sport I am best at.
I've declared Stamina, Strength and Nutrition as the Three Pillars of success and openly admit I've only focused on the very first for the past three years. That's gotten me only so far. Of the 70lbs I lost I've gained back 20lbs. My back and knees are always tender. My race pace has long plateaued in the lower 9:00/mi region. If I am going to hit my goals I need to be holistic this year.
And so it begins.
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