Lawrence 1/2 Marathon and 2 months out

Saturday morning (42 degrees, rainy, cold) I went to the typical meeting spot to ride with the White Oaks group, but no one was there. . so I reluctantly went down the road to the Dog ride and Bike Shack crew and rode (tried to) with them a ways. . . Let me just say this, from time to time it is good to ride with people way better than you. 1 is humbles you and 2 it shows you how far you still need to go. So thank you Bike Shack race team for doing both of those for me.

I ran the Lawrence 1/2 Marathon on Sunday April 20th. I did this run last year and had to do it again this year as it is a great run to get in during Ironman training. If you get a chance to do this run, it is worthwhile. It is an awesome time running through the town of Lawrence up to KU campus and then back to Haskill College. My unofficial time (my watch time) was 1:49.41 . . . I wanted to beat 1:50, but the last 1/2 mile was basically a full on sprint. . It hurt . . A LOT!!!

Later in the afternoon I did a 35 mile bike ride in the afternoon with some of my cycling friends. . . it was good to test the legs a little more and to see what type of response I could get from them. . overall I am happy.

TWO MONTHS out from Ironman CDA!!!! I feel great, weight is down to 198 (from 220 on Jan 1st) and I get more excited with each week as the weather gets nicer and the time get closer. I have a goal time to beat 12 hours. Last year I was 13:35 and some change but was on the side of the road for an hour and half waiting for a new tire. . . So 12 HOURS is what I want to beat. That is the great thing about individual races. . . you can set personal goals and even though you come in 900 out of 2500 people you can still feel as though you won a Gold Medal at the Olympics. :)

Speaking of Olympics. . . this should be an awesome summer. . I can't wait to watch swimming and triathlon and cycling in August. . .

I am not good at this.

Ok, so I am not good at posting a whole bunch. . but a quick update. Training is going well. Here are my totals for March.



March's totals:
Bike:
23h 31m 30s - 392.96 Mi
Run:
13h 35m 32s - 86.96 Mi
Swim:
6h 20m - 19300 Yd
Strength:
5h 10m





I was out for a funeral one weekend and sick a couple of other days. .. but all in all a good month. It was the same as last year (or close to it). For April I am going to really get after it.





As far as weight goes, I am down to 201 now, so that is a total of 19lbs lost since January 1. I am happy with that and want to be 195 by the end of April. 190 by the end of May and 185 June 22, 2008 for Ironman CDA.


So that is 5lbs a month. I should be able to do that. The problem with Ironman training and trying to loose a bunch of weight is that one is hungry most of the time. . take food to fuel the 70+ mile bike ride and the 15+ mile run. . .not to mention the other swimming, biking and running and weights during the week. Just need to eat the right kind of foods.
That is all for now.

If anyone can guess where this picture is taken I will take you there and pay. :)