Day One

Awesome day for a trail run. No complaints with 70 degree weather in November! Stepped on the scale and I'm starting off at 195.8lbs. which is heavy. Lots of work to do!

Business Trip = mini training camp

Away on business for 10 days so looking forward to working out a lot. I'm thinking a few double sessions and some quality time in the gym.  If all goes well and I eat healthy I'd like to be 2-4lbs lighter. My legs will be well rested for the start of this mini training camp.

The Struggle

My weight has always been an issue and something I've never been able to really control. Anyone who really knows me knows I love food. I can eat and I love to eat. My weight has ballooned over the years and just recently I was able to get it back down to a reasonable weight because of my ultramarathon training. Even training for an ultramarathon my weight never got as low as I wanted it to and I still ended up racing with that little extra layer of body fat. Well I'm thinking it's time to dedicate the rest of 2013 and my entire life going forward to being in the best possible shape regardless of what events I may enter. I will be signing up for the Leadville 100 Ultramarathon race in August of 2014 as my main event for next year. The plan is to take the next 3 months and drop as much weight as possible even around the holidays. Like most people I have always gained weight this time of year but this year has to be different. I plan to lose weight and document on almost a daily basis my progress through blog posts, video vlogs and clips of my workouts. Accountability and exposure will hopefully drive me to get in shape faster but you never know. In 3 months time I hope to see a much leaner and healthier me. There I said it, f%$# now it's time to do some work. Game on.

4 Weeks To Go!

The month of May was not how I wanted it to go but it its what it is and now I've got to focus on June. 4 Weeks gives me roughly 3 weeks to ramp up my training BIG TIME and chill out the final week. I'm kind of winging it right now with training and trying to play catch up so we'll see if my plan works. My long runs have been taking 1.5-2 weeks to fully recover so I'll have to plan my last long run of 25-30 miles in the next week or so. From there it will be short 5-10 mile runs with a ton of cycling to boost my cardio without stressing my legs too much with the pounding. I'm definitely stressing out a bit because although I think just finishing would be pretty good there is that part of me that wants to be competitive and try to place in the top half. With that mentality comes the push to get as fit as possible given the time I have left. It's like cramming for that final exam. I know I'm going to suffer dearly in this race so my thinking is that if I can improve my fitness even a tiny bit these last few weeks I can maybe delay when the really bad suffering begins in the race. My two most important goals leading up to the race. 1. One more long trail run of 25-30 miles 2. Drop 8-10 lbs tipping the scale at 166lbs. If I can complete these two goals and show up at the start line injury free I'll feel pretty good.