You're Doing What??!

I can't believe I haven't posted since December. It's been a long, hard 4 months full of great personal growth and introspection. I'm not going to go into the details here, but the stress was high enough that it stripped alot of weight off of me. Not a plan I'd recomend to others trying to get some weight off, but it did work.

I'm in a much better place now. I'm still working hard at getting things right, and putting "first things first".

The good news? Well, In December I'd hit a weight of 196 lbs - creeping awfully close to that 200 lb mark again. Today I'm down to 170lb, and the weight is coming off in more manageable amounts. I've been running lots - and haven't been on my bike more than a couple of times in the last 4 months. (It's been cold and snowy around here!)

In some ways I wish I was more able to completely open up about this last 4 months worth of introspection and growth, as it's been a real learning experience - but they're the kind of thing I feel is better shared in a more personal way.

So, as part of my new look on life, I've decided to really become a triathlete. I'm already signed up for the 2 Olympic distance events I've done for the last couple of years - Magrath and Fort McLeod. But now I've decided to really suffer. While still wanting to do some crit, ITT, and road racing - I'm also going to try and do a 1/2 Ironman race. For those of you who don't know exactly how stupid this is, it's 1.9km swim, 90km bike, and 21km run. Needless to add, my training has become a little more focused. I'm going to try and complete the Sylvan Lake Half Ironman - that only gives me 12 weeks to get ready for it. I've run more than the run distance this year - back in Feb - but wow. I'm a little scared and intimidated by this one.

I wake up everything morning now thinking to myself, "You're Doing What?! you NUT!"