9 Months to Tri

OK. Standard day. Brett is back, but he’s wiped from his ordeal in Aspen. I went swimming and covered about a mile.  I did a half mile swimming, then split a quarter mile with the kickboard and pull buoy, then finished off with another quarter mile swim.  All in all, I swam about 40 minutes. […]

That’s the sound my left knee makes. Today was a simple cardio day, and I REALLY wanted to run a 5k. I had about 40 minutes to spare, and roughly 3 miles (5k) at 12 minutes/mile (5mph) should have just hit the spot.
However, with the 12 minute run yesterday and several of the jumping exercises […]

Ok. Straight to it, then. I weighed in at 263 lbs. So, I’ve finally hit the official 30 lbs lost mark. I was feeling very tired on Monday, though, and I only ran 1.32 miles in 12 minutes, which is a bit under what I did last week.
On the one hand, I’m down 30 lbs […]

Friday I had to wait for the oil delivery. They had to come in and restart our ancient boiler furnace. Really? I have a boiler in my basement? News to me. I thought boilers were only in old schools and Freddy Krueger movies. Anyway, I get into work several hours late and skip the workout. […]

[Jamie]  Hello all! In light of Chris’ recent post regarding weight changes, body composition, and overall progress, I thought this post would be worthwhile. The foods and beverages we consume serve dual functions: 1) immediate fuel sources for the body, and 2) later sources of energy (read: calories) for the body, i.e. […]

Well, I decided to go to lunch with my wife and skip the workout. But it turns out my wife had plans with her grandpa for lunch in Farmington, so that didn’t happen. Instead, I ended up at the gym anyway. Good workout. When i was on the treadmill, I just punched […]

[Brett] I’ve been in cold weather before, but never like this. The last few days things have shifted into “full speed ahead” mode here at Winter X Games. We’re at the mountain around 6am to start working on projects that need to be done before practice begins at 8:30 on the X Course. When we […]

Woke up LATE this morning. Started the day off in a rush.  All I wanted to eat was eggs. No cereal. No fruit. No yogurt. Just eggs, and maybe some potatoes and whole wheat english muffins. No time to make it, so I figured I’d pick some up at the cafe on the way to […]

So, today’s workout was 25 minutes in the pool. I’m sore, especially in the left shoulder, from Tuesday’s workout.  It almost feels like I might have torn or pulled something in the shoulder.  Instead of risking doing more damage to the shoulder, I did a nice, easy, stretching swim.  I did 1/2 mile in 20 […]

Well, we’re 114 days into it. Wasn’t sure how today’s weigh-in would go, and it turned out to be something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, at 264 lbs, I didn’t drop any weight over the last week, and at 24% body fat, it doesn’t appear that my fat % has dropped more […]