Good afternoon
Last nights bike class was a challenge!!!!!!! The name of the class had the word mountin in it ....so you can just imagine how the outcome was!!!!
Over the past month in spin class I have had some strange movement in I'm left leg on my bike....... At the top of my stroke on my left leg my knee goes out and dosnt stay above my pedal, coach Paul told me I have to change it! He said " I need to put a value on it"
And I had a small idea on what he was talking about but last nights class it hit me !
The value is how important that part of my training is to me so I can just go threw the motion
Or really give it all I had, so if I value the outcome I WILL put everything into correcting it.
So last night I was spinning away hitting coach Paul's goal of 95 cadence with ease so I switched one gear harder and really had to work for the 95 that's putting a value on my time in return getting a better value for my time ! In return getting a better workout !!!!
So I thought I would put a value on getting up at 430 am and making sure I was at the gym for 5am for my weight training !!!!
And yes I value it !!!
When I was weight training this morning I put a value on proper technique and proper form and had a great workout!
So yes I learned another important lesson. Put a VALUE on training!!
I was talking to a friend about this earlier
I was a little nervous about posting a link to my blog I didn't want anyone to think I was talking about myself to much
but it's not like that at all if I can help one person change it's all worth it !!!
And if I'm the only one I help change it's even more worth it
Thanks to everyone for your help and support !
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
What a great swim !!!
Good evening !! Lots of freezing rain out there tonight soon I'm expecting the phone to ring to get the salters out on the road !
Today was a great swim 2600 m well within my distance for the half ironman then the bike is coming along well too I'm averaging 25 km per hour 75 km in 3 hours and that was at a relaxing pace ,,,,, race pace will be a little quicker
I left off yesterday telling about the beginning and how I got started!!!! I spoke a few times with my brother in law about a race !! And if you knew me back then it was the last thing someone would ever think I'd do "" but then I decided to do it !!! My wife Erin and I were driving in whitby one day and a decided to go into the running room for a new pair of running shoes I very quietly walked in when my wife said that I was interested in triathlon and wanted some shoes !! The sales lady who I now know as Kim told me about the Durham region triathlon club which I raced home and looked it up on the web and proceeded to join!
This was a great dessision because I was introduced to a amazing bunch of athletes and also the iron motivation team which I am now a part of
Very tired tonight from my 5 am swim so off to bed !! Have a great evening !!!!
Oh and by the way 278lbs that's not to good :(
Today was a great swim 2600 m well within my distance for the half ironman then the bike is coming along well too I'm averaging 25 km per hour 75 km in 3 hours and that was at a relaxing pace ,,,,, race pace will be a little quicker
I left off yesterday telling about the beginning and how I got started!!!! I spoke a few times with my brother in law about a race !! And if you knew me back then it was the last thing someone would ever think I'd do "" but then I decided to do it !!! My wife Erin and I were driving in whitby one day and a decided to go into the running room for a new pair of running shoes I very quietly walked in when my wife said that I was interested in triathlon and wanted some shoes !! The sales lady who I now know as Kim told me about the Durham region triathlon club which I raced home and looked it up on the web and proceeded to join!
This was a great dessision because I was introduced to a amazing bunch of athletes and also the iron motivation team which I am now a part of
Very tired tonight from my 5 am swim so off to bed !! Have a great evening !!!!
Oh and by the way 278lbs that's not to good :(
Monday, 21 November 2011
Every day has a different ending
Good evening ! 271 lbs !! Up and down like a toilet seat ....
So the day off is over and the training starts up again bright and early in the morning my alarm is set for 415 am want to be at the gym for 5 am in the pool by 505 am GOOOOOOOD LUCK
I'vee had another stressful day wondering if all this stress created by training so much is really worth it !
I went to another foot doctor who looked at my current orthotics and said they were not any good I've herd to many times !!! But I had a funny feeling he was going to say that ..
He confirmed I had flat feet and said he could make some orthotics for me that will work ....
YA RIGHT I have herd that 100 times but I went back to bio ped where i received my original orthotics to have them fixed !!!! He said he didn't really have time but he would take me in this time !!!! I was glad he said that I didn't really want to make a scene!!!
I had them adjusted we will see how they work tomorrow.
I guess I should fill in the missing parts to the story since I have been at this for almost 9 months, I was a heavy drinker, smoker, and loved to party every day !!!My Friday nights Saturday's and Sunday's would consist of 20 tall boys and a 26er of whiskey friday night about the same on Saturday night but the whiskey was a 40ozer with 20 tall boys then Sunday was maybey a few beers and a 26er of vodka and man was I ever sick on Monday threw Thursday I was also a complete jerk!!
I got up on October the 6th i woke up and broke all my cigarettes threw them out and all the whiskey and beers and vodkas went down the sink !!!!!!
On October 7th I went into herbal magic and signed up for a year 900 $ wow I must have been serious ! The people at herbal magic were great I lost about 40 lbs and flat lined at that weight from no fault of herbal magics I stopped loosing and still struggling to make that final huge commitment to eat right " but I am close !!!! I can feel it .........
When I finally eat right with all the training I'm doing the weight will fly off!!!!!
I will get into the next part of my crazy journey tomorrow !! Have a great night !
So the day off is over and the training starts up again bright and early in the morning my alarm is set for 415 am want to be at the gym for 5 am in the pool by 505 am GOOOOOOOD LUCK
I'vee had another stressful day wondering if all this stress created by training so much is really worth it !
I went to another foot doctor who looked at my current orthotics and said they were not any good I've herd to many times !!! But I had a funny feeling he was going to say that ..
He confirmed I had flat feet and said he could make some orthotics for me that will work ....
YA RIGHT I have herd that 100 times but I went back to bio ped where i received my original orthotics to have them fixed !!!! He said he didn't really have time but he would take me in this time !!!! I was glad he said that I didn't really want to make a scene!!!
I had them adjusted we will see how they work tomorrow.
I guess I should fill in the missing parts to the story since I have been at this for almost 9 months, I was a heavy drinker, smoker, and loved to party every day !!!My Friday nights Saturday's and Sunday's would consist of 20 tall boys and a 26er of whiskey friday night about the same on Saturday night but the whiskey was a 40ozer with 20 tall boys then Sunday was maybey a few beers and a 26er of vodka and man was I ever sick on Monday threw Thursday I was also a complete jerk!!
I got up on October the 6th i woke up and broke all my cigarettes threw them out and all the whiskey and beers and vodkas went down the sink !!!!!!
On October 7th I went into herbal magic and signed up for a year 900 $ wow I must have been serious ! The people at herbal magic were great I lost about 40 lbs and flat lined at that weight from no fault of herbal magics I stopped loosing and still struggling to make that final huge commitment to eat right " but I am close !!!! I can feel it .........
When I finally eat right with all the training I'm doing the weight will fly off!!!!!
I will get into the next part of my crazy journey tomorrow !! Have a great night !
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Sunday how I love you so!
Sunday oh how I love Sunday !!
The end of my training week and the start of my break for the week ! The very important day off the part that's hard for some people and welcomed by others and a very important part of training that I have learned to love !
I do try my best to not think of triathlon on this day but it's such a huge part of my life that it's very hard.........I use Monday to prepare food for week and sleep. I go to sleep early Sunday night and Monday night to try to get enough rest for my early morning workouts I have planned for Tuesday and Thursday and Friday and I imagine that the further threw the season I go the more hours of training I will have put on my schedule from coach Paul!!!
I woke up at 7 am this morning had a banana and went to the gym I had a amazing workout my whole body is changing I think I better get some before and after pictures cause its going to be cool to look back at what I was and what I will look like in 42 weeks when I line up to get to work at what I've been training for ! The muskoka 70.3!!!!
After my hour and a half at gym this morning I quickly went home to grab a fruit smoothly and a large coffee and my hockey bag ....... Off to the Bowmanville rink I go for a game!
I always have a large cheering section and I'm very exciting to watch due to my emotion during the game you never know what your going to get ! My new found love of triathlon has really made a difference on the ice and a lot of unsuspecting people have found that out so far!
Then after the game my daughter came up to me and told me she herd some guys talking about the "FAT F&$;" again .....that really bothers me ,,,,,,,,,she didn't tell me who it was but a lot of people say mean things to people and it really dosnt bother me all that much but it's defiantly time CRUNCH time !!!!!! Time to get serious and drop the weight !!!
Drop all the things bad for me and yes I have been saying that a lot but it's difficult
My goal 2 lbs a week for the next 30 weeks !!!!!!!
I'd like to have 3 lbs a week but will settle for 2
I just weighed myself and I'm 276 lbs which is at the end of the day and full of food and water it will most likely be around 270 tomorrow morning so that will be the weight I will start from because it will be consistent I will weigh every morning !
I still have not found any time yet to figure out a meal plan or count my calories but slow time is on the way soon !!!!!!!!
But I'm off to bed hope you have a great week !!!
The end of my training week and the start of my break for the week ! The very important day off the part that's hard for some people and welcomed by others and a very important part of training that I have learned to love !
I do try my best to not think of triathlon on this day but it's such a huge part of my life that it's very hard.........I use Monday to prepare food for week and sleep. I go to sleep early Sunday night and Monday night to try to get enough rest for my early morning workouts I have planned for Tuesday and Thursday and Friday and I imagine that the further threw the season I go the more hours of training I will have put on my schedule from coach Paul!!!
I woke up at 7 am this morning had a banana and went to the gym I had a amazing workout my whole body is changing I think I better get some before and after pictures cause its going to be cool to look back at what I was and what I will look like in 42 weeks when I line up to get to work at what I've been training for ! The muskoka 70.3!!!!
After my hour and a half at gym this morning I quickly went home to grab a fruit smoothly and a large coffee and my hockey bag ....... Off to the Bowmanville rink I go for a game!
I always have a large cheering section and I'm very exciting to watch due to my emotion during the game you never know what your going to get ! My new found love of triathlon has really made a difference on the ice and a lot of unsuspecting people have found that out so far!
Then after the game my daughter came up to me and told me she herd some guys talking about the "FAT F&$;" again .....that really bothers me ,,,,,,,,,she didn't tell me who it was but a lot of people say mean things to people and it really dosnt bother me all that much but it's defiantly time CRUNCH time !!!!!! Time to get serious and drop the weight !!!
Drop all the things bad for me and yes I have been saying that a lot but it's difficult
My goal 2 lbs a week for the next 30 weeks !!!!!!!
I'd like to have 3 lbs a week but will settle for 2
I just weighed myself and I'm 276 lbs which is at the end of the day and full of food and water it will most likely be around 270 tomorrow morning so that will be the weight I will start from because it will be consistent I will weigh every morning !
I still have not found any time yet to figure out a meal plan or count my calories but slow time is on the way soon !!!!!!!!
But I'm off to bed hope you have a great week !!!
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Great end to the week
Good evening " what a great end to the week I made all my training sessions gave 100 percent to everything except ........ You guessed it FOOD I didn't get into any fast food like McDonald's or burger king but the choice of foods at home and the number of coffee's needs to get better
On Friday morning I met one of my DRTC members Peter at the gym and we were discussing my stubborn ankle problem and he came up with a couple ideas so after my work out he looked at my leg and said I could benefit from some massage therapy I will give it a try..
I slept in this morning and didn't go to spin class but I spun at home for 3 hours ,,,, it should have only been 2 hours but I was in a groove and kept going ! It is extremely hard to get up on saturday morning since I'm up at 430 am every other morning getting my training in before work!
I have one or two more busy weeks at work and then it's crunch time !I'm going to make my diet plan and follow it then i only have 42 more weeks left before my muskoka 70.3 Ironman and can't wait ! I have lots of support from my coach to my family to my friends and lots of talented athletes and even my own personal advisor I can't wait to show them when the big show comes up!! Well half a big show
Have a big day tomorrow gym at 8 am for my weight training then hockey at 1030 then back to the gym for a bit of cardio then a nice relaxing hot tub!!!!
On Friday morning I met one of my DRTC members Peter at the gym and we were discussing my stubborn ankle problem and he came up with a couple ideas so after my work out he looked at my leg and said I could benefit from some massage therapy I will give it a try..
I slept in this morning and didn't go to spin class but I spun at home for 3 hours ,,,, it should have only been 2 hours but I was in a groove and kept going ! It is extremely hard to get up on saturday morning since I'm up at 430 am every other morning getting my training in before work!
I have one or two more busy weeks at work and then it's crunch time !I'm going to make my diet plan and follow it then i only have 42 more weeks left before my muskoka 70.3 Ironman and can't wait ! I have lots of support from my coach to my family to my friends and lots of talented athletes and even my own personal advisor I can't wait to show them when the big show comes up!! Well half a big show
Have a big day tomorrow gym at 8 am for my weight training then hockey at 1030 then back to the gym for a bit of cardio then a nice relaxing hot tub!!!!
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Week number two BAD
So my first week of training at 500 am before work has left me tired and not very happy !
But is my only option due to long hours at work and increasing duties at home with my wife working two jobs to help pay the bills!!!!
This week my weight has stayed the same and I have realized that getting to the weight of 215 lbs is going to be much harder to achieve than I thought!
My new thoughts to this week will change my corse of thinking ,,,,many times this week I have thought that it would be much easier to quit and go back to whiskey and smokes and McDonald's
But one full year of amazing people in my life and surrounded by so many amazing athletes gives me tremendous spirit and always sparks my will power when it gets low!!!!
I'm sure all athletes get in a rut sometimes I just need to work threw it !!
I have been off my run for about a month now giving my bad right ankle a rest but still pounding the cardio !!!!i will talk to coach Paul this week to see how long I should rest It for
really want to get running again !!!
My big hurdle to get going will be eating ! I love to eat EVERYTHING in sight so I will need to change that and I will also have to learn to sleep at night instead of sitting up and creeping facebook.
So off I go to spin class to spin spin spin or as coach Paul says "ride that bike"
But is my only option due to long hours at work and increasing duties at home with my wife working two jobs to help pay the bills!!!!
This week my weight has stayed the same and I have realized that getting to the weight of 215 lbs is going to be much harder to achieve than I thought!
My new thoughts to this week will change my corse of thinking ,,,,many times this week I have thought that it would be much easier to quit and go back to whiskey and smokes and McDonald's
But one full year of amazing people in my life and surrounded by so many amazing athletes gives me tremendous spirit and always sparks my will power when it gets low!!!!
I'm sure all athletes get in a rut sometimes I just need to work threw it !!
I have been off my run for about a month now giving my bad right ankle a rest but still pounding the cardio !!!!i will talk to coach Paul this week to see how long I should rest It for
really want to get running again !!!
My big hurdle to get going will be eating ! I love to eat EVERYTHING in sight so I will need to change that and I will also have to learn to sleep at night instead of sitting up and creeping facebook.
So off I go to spin class to spin spin spin or as coach Paul says "ride that bike"
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