DOWN for 2013 - New Year New You! (Page 5)

enders_shadow - 2013-01-08 7:01 AM 165! Down a pound - on track to lose 1.5-2 pounds this week.

good job!!!!

I ended up taking yesterday off - just exhausted from last week in the office and big (for me) training weekend. I feel like I am fighting one of the viral plagues I am constantly exposed to. I cannot get sick! 10 weeks out from San Juan 70.3!

I feel your pain. I may have to defer on my marathon (and it was to be my first) because of 3 weeks of being ill. One of my acquaintances uses this as a n excuse NOT to exercise- she doesn't often catch colds. But then she is way over weight and has heart A fib and high blood pressure.....

I'll not trade.

enders_shadow - 2013-01-08 4:01 AM 165! Down a pound - on track to lose 1.5-2 pounds this week.

Keep it up, great job!

enders_shadow - 2013-01-08 7:01 AM 165! Down a pound - on track to lose 1.5-2 pounds this week.

Great job!!

Mini- Goal: I've been running very consistently, I need to start ramping my biking back up. I also need to stay away from after dinner cravings. that is my biggest issue.

Long Term Goals:  I'm going to be 195lbs by Vineman 70.3 in July 2012. I also am going to better my personal best at the HIM distance by breaking 6hours.

Cardio: i actually do good with workouts, I average about 30mpw running, but need to ramp up the biking to about 70mpw.

Strength I'm going to try to limit this to yoga for this offseason. That might be weird, but I came from a football, shot putt, and rugby background. So I have quite a bit of muscle mass already on my frame.

Nutrition:  Nothing overly dramatic here, I'm not interesting in dieting. To me that creates the mindset of a short term solution to a problem. I plan on eating correctly for my fitness to accomplish my body fat goals. The largest concern with my nutrition it to eliminate after dinner cravings before bed.

Cheating: just eliminating the after dinner snacks.

Pictures: I'll take pics and show the results in July.

enders_shadow - 2013-01-08 6:01 AM 165! Down a pound - on track to lose 1.5-2 pounds this week.

Very nice progress.  Keep on slaying it.

Guilty.  Haven't watched last nights yet.  Despite my outward rugged tough guy persona, I'm a bit of a softy for stories of inpsiration and triumph.

Welcome Jordan!  I live over in Tiburon, we are not too far apart!  I will probably ride the Vineman course some time in March, would love some company!

Yes, definitely! I watched a video on it and it looked like a good challenge. I'm jealous of where you are at. I make it a point to do the tiburon loop as often as possible, I love that area!

Let me know when you are riding the loop, I live along it!

I wouldn't think so in particular.  There are some exceptions I suppose for really well known long established races, but for the most part I would think you'd do best to put the distance.

That being said i signed up for a race 2 weeks from now.  Just a short Salute to Service Members 5K.  I cheered my wife on in this race last year.  Because of my proximity to San Antonio (huge military town) and Ft. Sam Houston Army Medical Center we see/saw a lot of veterans with prosthetics, especially in this run as it benefits Operation Comfort which works with veterans that have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Probably won't be setting a PR, but the race was such an inspiration I couldn't resist the call.

The next week my wife and oldest daughter are running in a Graffiti run.  My other two kids are going with me to volunteer on the Graffiti crew at one station "coloring" the runners.

Been eating a lot better this week, and the weather and my schedule has allowed me to get more exercise in, its been a good week and I'm looking forward to this Friday.

Well I am pretty tired of being sick - have had this cold for 10 days now and it is not letting up.  Seeing my doctor this afternoon to get checked out.  I am seldom sick, but the past month has been one thing after another.   Have not been running because I don't think it helped me on the days I did.  Consciously upping me water intake and trying to eat healthy so I don't gain another pound, at 140 this morning so holding.

I just want to feel healthy again so I can get back to training.

I hear you. I hope you get better ASAP. Lingering colds are a PITA!.

Are you fighting off any kind of illness? A rest day is probably just what the doctor ordered.

x2 on this ^^^^

^^^^this