pbr and spontaneous assplosions...

(278 days til Ironman CDA) i don't know why but i'm starting to dread my IM training. the good news is i won't really have to work my cycling that much but unless i want to be walking for 7 hours i need to start run training. my feet are in bad shape. it's gotten A LOT better since i've lost the weight but they are still bad. my last run/walk experiment left me hurting for almost 1 month later. it just drives home the point i need to LOSE WEIGHT. yeah, i know i am but it never hurts to reinforce the message daily. you don't lose almost 100 lbs in a year without being consistent.

i'm not going to go into a long story about how my group rides have been going. but lets just say i'm a whole lot better than i look :) keep in mind i have 5000 miles in my cycling bank account this year so i got some to spend when i need to. i'm the most in shape fat guy i know. i set a pbr on the 54 mile route with 3 10% grade hills. i did 50 in under 3 hours for the first time in 7 years!!! 

i have a ways to go but it feels good to make progress. oh yeah, the spontaneous ass-plosion was my front tire blowing up while i was just sitting there eating my doughnut at BG coffee shop. sitting at the table and i hear that pissssssssttt sound coming from my bike. i'm like WTH??? well better it happened just leaning against a tree than me riding it :) 

weight: 256.0 lbs

-sponteous ass-plosion dominator

doritos locos tacos...

(285 days til Ironman CDA) kinda hard to believe that i lost weight this week. seeing as how i ONLY rode on the weekends (discounting labor day) and ate a dozen doritos locos tacos during the week. man those things are like crack. i figured out i can eat two fast and the last one slow and they all go down. again, this is knowledge i should be having :) i did that like 4 days last week. i guess it's a good thing because now i don't crave them and moved back to healthier options.

labor day i headed out with no agenda and ran into Fred and Fred Jr and Matt from mad duck. they were on mountain bikes but the one day in the last month it decided to sprinkle was labor day so the trails were closed. so a dirt ride at river legacy turned into a road ride for them. they hadn't been out there before so i took them on a tour of the route i have ridden hundreds of times. it was good because when i ran into them i was going home after only 25 miles. they helped me tack on another 15.

i started lifting weights at the house 3 days a week. i'm doing this in place of riding in the mornings. 2 main reasons why: first when IM training starts in earnest i won't have to time to build muscle really. and second with all the loose skin i have muscles make my body look better. i'm a mesomorph. that means my body type is one that tends to put on muscle well. if that's what genetics wants me to do then that's what i'll do.

aight' den. dont worry i'm off the tacos :)


weight: 256.8 lbs

-doritos locos tacos dominator

happy labor day...

last week was the longest week ever. one night i binge ate 4 skor bars back to back from the stress. i'm in the process of eliminating that "stress" so i think i nipped that stress eating in the bud. i'll keep my "official" weigh-ins on monday mornings mostly so i can have a goal and time to shoot for.

HHH
the hotter than hell hundred was better than i expected. the first year i tried the hundred i completed it. the next time i didn't. i'm glad i failed miserably the second time because i prepared like crazy making sure i would make it. it was more about how/what to eat/drink, the electrolyte balance and my calorie intake. i'd say i was almost perfect. after i got off the bike i could have run 5 miles. it felt awesome.

YEAR ANNIVERSARY
that was a horrible day. but i will share that it felt awesome to have lost 91 lbs. i was so consumed with hitting a hundred in a year that i lost the fact that i had last NINETY ONE POUNDS!!! no wonder i feel great and have more energy.

IRONMAN UPDATE
i decided i won't be doing the multisport thing in earnest until late october. right now the best exercise for burning fat and calories is cycling. the lighter i am when i start the other sports the better i will be and the more focused i will be on performance. ideally 240 is a good weight for me to start running. that was the weight my ortho wanted me to shoot for because i was 250 when i tore my ACL the first time. ten less than that would be a good target. that said. no matter what i will start walking after my rides beginning november 1st.

time to get my ride on... yes it is raining, no that doesn't stop me, that's why they made chain lube and my bike is titanium :)

weight: 258.4 lbs

-labor day dominator