After my return from my X-training in Jackson Hole I was pretty wiped but tried to get back in the groove. I had dedicated this week to the bike. It was my step back week for running so it seemed like a decent week to add some extra hours to the bike. I rode every day Wed - Sunday with the longest ride being 1 hour 45 on Saturday, not as long as some are doing right now but exactly where I need and want to be at this point in my training. Hoping the weather cooperates and lets me get outside soon.
Totals for the week..
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - Bike 30 with drills
Tuesday - Swim 3200
Wednesday - 4 miles running treadmill with 2 x 4:00 min intervals (ouch)
Wednesday - Bike - trainer 1 hour
Thursday - Swim 3200
Thursday - Bike 30 minutes with drills
Friday - Run 3 miles ez (outside)
Friday - Bike 1 hour trainer
Saturday - Bike 1 hour 45 (watched Children of Men...dark)
Sunday - Biked 1 hour
Sunday 3 miles ez
MISSED WORKOUTS - Yoga Friday morning - Swim Saturday
Next week the miles start to build for running and I'll let you know how it goes. I'm out of town for work this week so I will be dedicating the time to focusing on my run and the Gym.
Weight goal 12 lbs to go before March 22nd.
Train Hard, then train harder, finally do some more training ;-)
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Jackson Hole! An Ego Crushingly Good Time
Well the training is coming along nicely, life is moving along steadily, some good some bad, but moving, and work is keeping me honest.
Recently I joined my buddies Ben, Jon, and Tony in Jackson hole for some quality time, skiing, snoshoeing, drinking, etc. It turns out that after climbing to over 10,000 feet on the pass between Idaho and Wyoming I learned that I can't actually ski. So, with my ego in shattered pieces I walked slowly back down the hill. It was a very steep slope so when I would encounter people coming up I would step to the side and let them pass. Since I was utterly embarrassed I would look off into the distance and pretend I was just enjoying the view and taking a breather. This worked fine until one guy on the way up said to me "Are you okay Sir." OMG. Cut off my manhood, throw away my youth and burn my soul! SIR!!!
The rest of the week I stuck to something I could handle, snoshoes. They don't take much skill and I can wander for hours in the park from right out Ben and Darah's door. It was a good trip. Enjoy the slideshow.
Recently I joined my buddies Ben, Jon, and Tony in Jackson hole for some quality time, skiing, snoshoeing, drinking, etc. It turns out that after climbing to over 10,000 feet on the pass between Idaho and Wyoming I learned that I can't actually ski. So, with my ego in shattered pieces I walked slowly back down the hill. It was a very steep slope so when I would encounter people coming up I would step to the side and let them pass. Since I was utterly embarrassed I would look off into the distance and pretend I was just enjoying the view and taking a breather. This worked fine until one guy on the way up said to me "Are you okay Sir." OMG. Cut off my manhood, throw away my youth and burn my soul! SIR!!!
The rest of the week I stuck to something I could handle, snoshoes. They don't take much skill and I can wander for hours in the park from right out Ben and Darah's door. It was a good trip. Enjoy the slideshow.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Gift from the folks
While in Costa Rica Bruce and Becky gave us the below video to celebrate our 10th anniversary. My mother Jean, who couldn't make the trip contributed some horrible pictures of me from my youth. Julie's parents, in suit, embarrassed their daughter just as much. Then Bruce put them together and Jenny and Becky helped add the music until the below product was created. They showed us this video while we were receiving gifts and guests in our Bungalow. It made our day. Thank you all. We love you!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Inspiration and Education
On another blog site I found the below article that is very inspiring. Of particular interest is the mans weight loss tips at the end of the article. Hope you enjoy! - Shawn
Want New Year's resolution inspiration? One man's weight-loss story: Caterpillar employee goes from almost 300 pounds to a triathlon
No way does John Brown's body lie a' molding in his grave. It's too busy working to stay fit after Brown dropped nearly 140 pounds in a little more than two years.
Brown, 39, Washington, weighed almost 300 pounds in August 2006, when his company, Caterpillar Inc., launched a weight-loss competition. He dropped 50 pounds from his 5-foot 7-inch frame in three months and won.
He was motivated. He needed the cash prize to hire a good divorce lawyer.
"Cash was tight," said Brown, laughing.
Consider Brown's experience if you doubt you can stick with a New Year's resolution to get in shape. Brown couldn't run a block when he started to diet, but he weighed a trim 165 pounds in November when he completed the Florida Ironman competition.
The triathlon required him to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run a marathon distance of 26.2 miles. He finished in about 15 1/2 hours, well below the maximum time limit of 17 hours.
And that was just two years, two months and two weeks after he tipped the scale at 292 pounds.
Brown was thinking about losing weight even before his company launched the biggest-loser promotion. He knew the "secrets" too familiar to people who are super-sized:
"Clothes never fit, the chafed legs, the broken chairs," he said.
Today, his body fat is a very athletic 17 percent. His resting heartbeat is less than 50 beats a minute.
Brown, who tests new technology at Caterpillar, wasn't always overweight. He'd been in shape as a boy, then ballooned up in high school, then lost about 70 pounds and entered the U.S. Navy.
He kept the weight off about seven years during his time in the military before he suffered a hernia lifting weights. He had surgery, and the pounds came back while his activity was limited.
He decided to try to lose the 46-inch girth again when the company announced the competition.
Brown started by carrying a notebook to jot down everything he put in his mouth. He discovered he was eating about 4,000 calories a day, far more than he needed to stay alive.
He actually saw that in a positive way.
"I thought I could cut that amount in half and still have plenty of food," he said.
The diary also helped him to discover something else. He started to ask himself why he was eating things like candy bars when he knew he didn't need them. He realized he must address underlying factors that caused him to overeat.
"We all have unhealthy behaviors, whether it's smoking too much, eating too much, drinking too much ... Why do we do it, to keep people away? Or, is there some other reason we are doing this? The drugs, the alcohol, the food, they are symptoms. Find out what the disease is," Brown said.
"I am eating for emotional reasons. Why do you have that blind spot? Figure it out, and you won't pick it up or at least maybe not as much."
Brown decided to stick with the diet even after the divorce lawyer was paid.
He cut his calories to 1,200 a day at first. Later, he added calories when he became more active. Exercise boosted his metabolism and burned calories.
He'd been a swimmer as a boy, so he returned to the low-impact sport to exercise without stressing his joints.
His workplace also planted the triathlon seed when a corporate vice president took time during a meeting to congratulate a woman co-worker of his for completing the Florida Ironman. Brown recognized her from his pool workouts, and he recalled how fascinated he was about 25 years earlier when he watched coverage of the Hawaii Ironman Championships on television.
"It was beyond my wildest dreams of ever doing," Brown said.
But the co-worker encouraged him to try a short triathlon. He started by designing his own "secret" triathlon in a gym. He swam a mile, rode a stationary bicycle six miles and ran and walked a mile.
When he got home after the workout, he turned on the television to relax. The Ironman from Hawaii was on the screen just like it was when he was a boy.
"I thought that was my destiny. I felt compelled to do it," he said.
Those were big words for a man still far from his ideal weight. But he signed up for the indoor triathlon, where he met Colleen Klein, event director for the Bloomington-based Tri-Sharks triathlon club.
She urged him to sign up for the short sprint triathlon held annually at Moraine View State Park/Dawson Lake near LeRoy, before Gov. Rod Blagojevich closed it recently. Athletes swim 600 yards, ride a bike 12 miles and run 3.1 miles, or 5 kilometers.
In July, he completed the Evergreen Lake Triathlon, where distances were doubled. Along the way, he ran more races.
He also placed 10th in his age group in Big Shoulders, a 5-kilometer swimming race in Lake Michigan at Chicago.
How did he make the transition from shorter triathlons to an Ironman in just 15 months?
"I never stopped," Brown said.
Winters mean running outside or on an indoor track plus swimming and riding a stationary bike indoors. He gets back outside as soon as weather allows.
Brown's advice for weight loss and fitness are simple:
wTell a doctor your plans and get input.
wJoin clubs. Whether running, cycling, swimming or participating in another sport, workouts are more enjoyable in groups. Draw on the experience of club members and others in the sport. Their wealth of experience will lower your learning curve. Club members also share challenges and offer encouragement along the way.
wRead books and view videos from experts. Beginning triathletes often refer to the "Triathlete's Training Bible" or "My First Triathlon" by Joe Friel. Terri Schneider recently released "Triathlon Revolution," which also has great advice for newcomers to the endurance sport. (See today's Outdoor column.)
wDon't be afraid to set long-term goals. But, be sure to set many, many short-term goals as well.
"I had 50 weight-loss goals. Every time I reached one, it was, 'Whoopee!' "
Brown also had many fitness goals.
"First, I'm going to run a mile, then 5K (3.1 miles), then 10K ...," he said. "I've pretty much run out of goals. ... I have to get a whole new set out there to go forward. There is never a point where I will be where I want to be. I will always want to be fitter, stronger, faster.
"I'm actually considering for a long, long range goal: to swim the English Channel."
------
John Brown's Seven Steps to Fitness
1. Accept the truth. You are fat because you're eating more than your body is using. Slow metabolism, genetics and other "reasons" you've been using to explain away your weight are inconsequential compared to that simple fact.
2. Keep a diary to keep track of what you do. Make fitness a priority in your life or die younger; the choice is yours.
3. Embrace the enemy and make it your ally. Food is the tool we use to make us fat, but it is also the key to how we get thin and stay that way. Enjoy food, but do it the right way.
4. Learn to listen to your body and give it what it needs, not what it thinks it wants.
5. Set goals, lots of them -- hard ones, easy ones, weight goals, fitness goals, exercise goals. Make whatever you can quantify into a goal. It feels great to live a life filled with constant and repeated achievement.
6. Surround yourself with people who represent the person you want to be. A support group of people who have achieved what you wish to achieve is more powerful and more permanent than any drug, program, plan or gimmick. They will not let you fail. Join clubs for support and information. Members thrive on each other's successes.
7. Reaching your goal weight is not the end of your journey. See it as the beginning of the next phase. Plan for the future by setting goals beyond losing weight.
Want New Year's resolution inspiration? One man's weight-loss story: Caterpillar employee goes from almost 300 pounds to a triathlon
No way does John Brown's body lie a' molding in his grave. It's too busy working to stay fit after Brown dropped nearly 140 pounds in a little more than two years.
Brown, 39, Washington, weighed almost 300 pounds in August 2006, when his company, Caterpillar Inc., launched a weight-loss competition. He dropped 50 pounds from his 5-foot 7-inch frame in three months and won.
He was motivated. He needed the cash prize to hire a good divorce lawyer.
"Cash was tight," said Brown, laughing.
Consider Brown's experience if you doubt you can stick with a New Year's resolution to get in shape. Brown couldn't run a block when he started to diet, but he weighed a trim 165 pounds in November when he completed the Florida Ironman competition.
The triathlon required him to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run a marathon distance of 26.2 miles. He finished in about 15 1/2 hours, well below the maximum time limit of 17 hours.
And that was just two years, two months and two weeks after he tipped the scale at 292 pounds.
Brown was thinking about losing weight even before his company launched the biggest-loser promotion. He knew the "secrets" too familiar to people who are super-sized:
"Clothes never fit, the chafed legs, the broken chairs," he said.
Today, his body fat is a very athletic 17 percent. His resting heartbeat is less than 50 beats a minute.
Brown, who tests new technology at Caterpillar, wasn't always overweight. He'd been in shape as a boy, then ballooned up in high school, then lost about 70 pounds and entered the U.S. Navy.
He kept the weight off about seven years during his time in the military before he suffered a hernia lifting weights. He had surgery, and the pounds came back while his activity was limited.
He decided to try to lose the 46-inch girth again when the company announced the competition.
Brown started by carrying a notebook to jot down everything he put in his mouth. He discovered he was eating about 4,000 calories a day, far more than he needed to stay alive.
He actually saw that in a positive way.
"I thought I could cut that amount in half and still have plenty of food," he said.
The diary also helped him to discover something else. He started to ask himself why he was eating things like candy bars when he knew he didn't need them. He realized he must address underlying factors that caused him to overeat.
"We all have unhealthy behaviors, whether it's smoking too much, eating too much, drinking too much ... Why do we do it, to keep people away? Or, is there some other reason we are doing this? The drugs, the alcohol, the food, they are symptoms. Find out what the disease is," Brown said.
"I am eating for emotional reasons. Why do you have that blind spot? Figure it out, and you won't pick it up or at least maybe not as much."
Brown decided to stick with the diet even after the divorce lawyer was paid.
He cut his calories to 1,200 a day at first. Later, he added calories when he became more active. Exercise boosted his metabolism and burned calories.
He'd been a swimmer as a boy, so he returned to the low-impact sport to exercise without stressing his joints.
His workplace also planted the triathlon seed when a corporate vice president took time during a meeting to congratulate a woman co-worker of his for completing the Florida Ironman. Brown recognized her from his pool workouts, and he recalled how fascinated he was about 25 years earlier when he watched coverage of the Hawaii Ironman Championships on television.
"It was beyond my wildest dreams of ever doing," Brown said.
But the co-worker encouraged him to try a short triathlon. He started by designing his own "secret" triathlon in a gym. He swam a mile, rode a stationary bicycle six miles and ran and walked a mile.
When he got home after the workout, he turned on the television to relax. The Ironman from Hawaii was on the screen just like it was when he was a boy.
"I thought that was my destiny. I felt compelled to do it," he said.
Those were big words for a man still far from his ideal weight. But he signed up for the indoor triathlon, where he met Colleen Klein, event director for the Bloomington-based Tri-Sharks triathlon club.
She urged him to sign up for the short sprint triathlon held annually at Moraine View State Park/Dawson Lake near LeRoy, before Gov. Rod Blagojevich closed it recently. Athletes swim 600 yards, ride a bike 12 miles and run 3.1 miles, or 5 kilometers.
In July, he completed the Evergreen Lake Triathlon, where distances were doubled. Along the way, he ran more races.
He also placed 10th in his age group in Big Shoulders, a 5-kilometer swimming race in Lake Michigan at Chicago.
How did he make the transition from shorter triathlons to an Ironman in just 15 months?
"I never stopped," Brown said.
Winters mean running outside or on an indoor track plus swimming and riding a stationary bike indoors. He gets back outside as soon as weather allows.
Brown's advice for weight loss and fitness are simple:
wTell a doctor your plans and get input.
wJoin clubs. Whether running, cycling, swimming or participating in another sport, workouts are more enjoyable in groups. Draw on the experience of club members and others in the sport. Their wealth of experience will lower your learning curve. Club members also share challenges and offer encouragement along the way.
wRead books and view videos from experts. Beginning triathletes often refer to the "Triathlete's Training Bible" or "My First Triathlon" by Joe Friel. Terri Schneider recently released "Triathlon Revolution," which also has great advice for newcomers to the endurance sport. (See today's Outdoor column.)
wDon't be afraid to set long-term goals. But, be sure to set many, many short-term goals as well.
"I had 50 weight-loss goals. Every time I reached one, it was, 'Whoopee!' "
Brown also had many fitness goals.
"First, I'm going to run a mile, then 5K (3.1 miles), then 10K ...," he said. "I've pretty much run out of goals. ... I have to get a whole new set out there to go forward. There is never a point where I will be where I want to be. I will always want to be fitter, stronger, faster.
"I'm actually considering for a long, long range goal: to swim the English Channel."
------
John Brown's Seven Steps to Fitness
1. Accept the truth. You are fat because you're eating more than your body is using. Slow metabolism, genetics and other "reasons" you've been using to explain away your weight are inconsequential compared to that simple fact.
2. Keep a diary to keep track of what you do. Make fitness a priority in your life or die younger; the choice is yours.
3. Embrace the enemy and make it your ally. Food is the tool we use to make us fat, but it is also the key to how we get thin and stay that way. Enjoy food, but do it the right way.
4. Learn to listen to your body and give it what it needs, not what it thinks it wants.
5. Set goals, lots of them -- hard ones, easy ones, weight goals, fitness goals, exercise goals. Make whatever you can quantify into a goal. It feels great to live a life filled with constant and repeated achievement.
6. Surround yourself with people who represent the person you want to be. A support group of people who have achieved what you wish to achieve is more powerful and more permanent than any drug, program, plan or gimmick. They will not let you fail. Join clubs for support and information. Members thrive on each other's successes.
7. Reaching your goal weight is not the end of your journey. See it as the beginning of the next phase. Plan for the future by setting goals beyond losing weight.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Back from Paradise
Well we are back from Costa Rica after many, many long hours of travel thanks to American Airlines. We DID make it though, and we did have an amazing time. We are so grateful that Bruce, Becky, Jennie, Ben, Colleen, Jennifer, Christina, Caroline, and Joe were all able to join us at what must be one of the BEST resorts in all of Costa Rica, MarySelva, (thanks Martha). I'm posting the slideshow at the bottom of the page but will try highlight a couple photos since there are so many.
The Sisters Campbell (like the soup)
From Playa Ventanas (windows)
Mangroves
WHo Who Who
The Scarlett Macaw
Crazy Tree
Waterfall hike in Corcovado
Preparing for an interpretive dance
This dude was throwing sticks at me at our resort
Zip line ready Julie
Fashionable Nature
Lizard shadow puppet theater
Whale
The crew plus Gunther
La Familia
Grrrrr!
Work AND Play
The Slideshow (ENJOY!)
Hope you all enjoyed the pictures. Next up I've cobbled together a half marathon training plan that I intend to share with you and update as I go. You'll see if this works for me or not! YAY!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
- Be FeXY - Shawn
The Sisters Campbell (like the soup)
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| From Costa Rica Final |
From Playa Ventanas (windows)
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Mangroves
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| From Costa Rica Final |
WHo Who Who
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| From Costa Rica Final |
The Scarlett Macaw
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Crazy Tree
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Waterfall hike in Corcovado
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Preparing for an interpretive dance
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| From Costa Rica Final |
This dude was throwing sticks at me at our resort
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Zip line ready Julie
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Fashionable Nature
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Lizard shadow puppet theater
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Whale
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| From Costa Rica Final |
The crew plus Gunther
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| From Costa Rica Final |
La Familia
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Grrrrr!
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| From Costa Rica Final |
Work AND Play
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| From Costa Rica Final |
The Slideshow (ENJOY!)
Hope you all enjoyed the pictures. Next up I've cobbled together a half marathon training plan that I intend to share with you and update as I go. You'll see if this works for me or not! YAY!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
- Be FeXY - Shawn
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Off to Costa Rica
Well the countdown is on! Tomorrow morning at 6 am our flight is scheduled to leave Washington Reagan airport; destination Costa Rica. Julie and I will be there to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary with friends and family. I can't even begin to explain all the feelings I am having. 10 years seems, on paper, or when it's someone else, to be such a long time, and if I look back a LOT has happened in these 10 years, but truthfully it feels like a day has passed.
I think of all the things we've done, the places we've been, the friends we've made, the friends we've lost, and all of the memories and I am just floored by their power they have over me. So many people have impacted my life, our life, our marriage and I am so grateful for them. But, in life we have to take the bad with the good, and be ready to adapt whenever life throws a curveball. This year we lost a good friend, and before her others have passed and if not for the memories, well I don't want to think of the IF NOT FOR, cuz we do have them. It's remarkable how even today memories of my dad, for example, pervade my mind and enter my dreams and he always looks like he did when he was happy, (I preferred when he was happy). If I could go back in time and change one thing it would be that Julie could have met my dad, a strange little man; I know she would have loved him the way I do, and he, her. There is just no way to change these things so we move forward with these memories and experiences to guide us to the next step we take. I fear sometimes that we, (me, Julie, friends, family), will get so comfortable in our lives that we will cease to take that next step, that next challenge, that next adventure, God it scares me. I love my life, the people in it, the dailies, and I don't NEED more, but knowing all the great things that have happened because of these often times daring chances (e.g. our marriage to most) you might miss out on something amazing. If not for this I wouldn't be married to the greatest woman I've known. Without her taking a gamble, we wouldn't be here today.
In Costa Rica we will be celebrating not only our anniversary, but the adventures, experiences that have borne the fruits of friendships and family. These two, friendship and family, are synonymous to me. To all of you that know me, if I consider you a friend, I consider you family.
People keep asking me why we are having friends and family join us for our anniversary, "shouldn't it be romantic?" they ask. It's hard for me to explain, but the truth is we wouldn't have each other if it wasn't for our friends and family, so why would we separate the two now. My regret is that we don't have MORE of each joining us. We've seen good times and bad in our marriage, as everyone does, and without friends and family we wouldn't have made it. If we want romance we'll take off for the day. We'll go do our own things somewhere for the day.
For the friends that won't be able to join us during this trip and for the family that can't make it, or in some cases that can't read a map, we thank you both for all you have done to help us in our journey, and we look forward to the new experiences yet to come.
There is a big future, there are so many more things to experience and we can't wait to feast on the bounty with our friends of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Happy Holidays. Pictures will be on our facebook profiles updated a few times during the trip and when we return I will try upload to the blog as well.
As for training while I'm there....well it will happen but no structure, I'll be doing what I want, when I want, for as long as I want!
--Shawn
I think of all the things we've done, the places we've been, the friends we've made, the friends we've lost, and all of the memories and I am just floored by their power they have over me. So many people have impacted my life, our life, our marriage and I am so grateful for them. But, in life we have to take the bad with the good, and be ready to adapt whenever life throws a curveball. This year we lost a good friend, and before her others have passed and if not for the memories, well I don't want to think of the IF NOT FOR, cuz we do have them. It's remarkable how even today memories of my dad, for example, pervade my mind and enter my dreams and he always looks like he did when he was happy, (I preferred when he was happy). If I could go back in time and change one thing it would be that Julie could have met my dad, a strange little man; I know she would have loved him the way I do, and he, her. There is just no way to change these things so we move forward with these memories and experiences to guide us to the next step we take. I fear sometimes that we, (me, Julie, friends, family), will get so comfortable in our lives that we will cease to take that next step, that next challenge, that next adventure, God it scares me. I love my life, the people in it, the dailies, and I don't NEED more, but knowing all the great things that have happened because of these often times daring chances (e.g. our marriage to most) you might miss out on something amazing. If not for this I wouldn't be married to the greatest woman I've known. Without her taking a gamble, we wouldn't be here today.
In Costa Rica we will be celebrating not only our anniversary, but the adventures, experiences that have borne the fruits of friendships and family. These two, friendship and family, are synonymous to me. To all of you that know me, if I consider you a friend, I consider you family.
People keep asking me why we are having friends and family join us for our anniversary, "shouldn't it be romantic?" they ask. It's hard for me to explain, but the truth is we wouldn't have each other if it wasn't for our friends and family, so why would we separate the two now. My regret is that we don't have MORE of each joining us. We've seen good times and bad in our marriage, as everyone does, and without friends and family we wouldn't have made it. If we want romance we'll take off for the day. We'll go do our own things somewhere for the day.
For the friends that won't be able to join us during this trip and for the family that can't make it, or in some cases that can't read a map, we thank you both for all you have done to help us in our journey, and we look forward to the new experiences yet to come.
There is a big future, there are so many more things to experience and we can't wait to feast on the bounty with our friends of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Happy Holidays. Pictures will be on our facebook profiles updated a few times during the trip and when we return I will try upload to the blog as well.
As for training while I'm there....well it will happen but no structure, I'll be doing what I want, when I want, for as long as I want!
--Shawn
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Setbacks
Throughout any training plan you are going to encounter a few setbacks, obstacles that at the time feel like they were put there just to mess with you. As if one of your competitors caused it so they would be able to beat you. When these obstacles appear you have choices to make, and rarely are they fun choices. The one choice that is always there is to rest, take some time off of training to give your body a chance to heal. While that is probably the best advice I rarely adhere to it but rather find a way to adapt and change course. Well I am at that juncture right now, trying to make the tough choice of whether or not to continue on my training plan for a March marathon or not. Why? Well, in addition to my two fractures in my arm I am now suffering from IT Band syndrome.
A couple things to take into consideration is that this is NOT my primary goal for the season, while I am hoping to improve my running, I am really training for Ironman France. I am telling myself that the right thing to do is to back off on the running, maintain frequency (if possible) but decrease weekly mileage. This is a tough choice for me when so many of my friends are also training for the Shamrock Marathon.
Tomorrow I see the ART doctor, who will help me make finalize this decision but really with so many other things going on in my life I feel the right thing for me to do right now is to back off and look at the big picture.
Tomorrow I will try update on how the training will progress. Yesterday I managed .5 miles, yes 1/2 a mile before it started to hurt, then did some strength training to burn away the anger. Today I did a short 1 hour walk on the Cross County Trail. This afternoon I will be doing a beer mile, which is probably not a good idea, but right now I just need to add some levity to my training.
Don't waste the gift,
Shawn
A couple things to take into consideration is that this is NOT my primary goal for the season, while I am hoping to improve my running, I am really training for Ironman France. I am telling myself that the right thing to do is to back off on the running, maintain frequency (if possible) but decrease weekly mileage. This is a tough choice for me when so many of my friends are also training for the Shamrock Marathon.
Tomorrow I see the ART doctor, who will help me make finalize this decision but really with so many other things going on in my life I feel the right thing for me to do right now is to back off and look at the big picture.
Tomorrow I will try update on how the training will progress. Yesterday I managed .5 miles, yes 1/2 a mile before it started to hurt, then did some strength training to burn away the anger. Today I did a short 1 hour walk on the Cross County Trail. This afternoon I will be doing a beer mile, which is probably not a good idea, but right now I just need to add some levity to my training.
Don't waste the gift,
Shawn
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