Getting caught up!
by Charles Seegel @ The long road to IronmanI have about 3 half written posts that I will finish up and post in the next few days. It has been a crazy few weeks but things are finally getting back to normal. It has impacted my training but not so much that I am worried yet. I only missed 1-2 workouts per week. Not good but not enough to really hurt me if I get back on track ASAP.
It is amazing how much progress I have made already in just the first several months on Ironteam, but it is even scary because we are approaching the 1/2 way point quickly and I still don't feel like I am even ready for Wildflower (or even in the vicinity of ready). My only real reason for optimism is that I have finally started losig weight again. When we first started ramping up the training, my weight actually went up! I was losing fat and gaining muscle which is good, but I really want to have less mass to carry up Nasty Grade and finally that is starting happen. I have dropped about 3 inches from my waist and about 5-6 lbs since the season started and we are only starting to ramp up our volumes. If I can complete all of the training and start the race about 40-50 lbs lighter then when I started then I feel like I have a real chance at it. I'll update my training volumes soon :-)
It is amazing how much progress I have made already in just the first several months on Ironteam, but it is even scary because we are approaching the 1/2 way point quickly and I still don't feel like I am even ready for Wildflower (or even in the vicinity of ready). My only real reason for optimism is that I have finally started losig weight again. When we first started ramping up the training, my weight actually went up! I was losing fat and gaining muscle which is good, but I really want to have less mass to carry up Nasty Grade and finally that is starting happen. I have dropped about 3 inches from my waist and about 5-6 lbs since the season started and we are only starting to ramp up our volumes. If I can complete all of the training and start the race about 40-50 lbs lighter then when I started then I feel like I have a real chance at it. I'll update my training volumes soon :-)
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Getting caught up!
by Charles @ The long road to Ironman
I have about 3 half written posts that I will finish up and post in the next few days. It has been a crazy few weeks but things are finally getting back to normal. It has impacted my training but not so much that I am worried yet. I only missed 1-2 workouts per week. Not good but not enough to really hurt me if I get back on track ASAP.
It is amazing how much progress I have made already in just the first several months on Ironteam, but it is even scary because we are approaching the 1/2 way point quickly and I still don't feel like I am even ready for Wildflower (or even in the vicinity of ready). My only real reason for optimism is that I have finally started losig weight again. When we first started ramping up the training, my weight actually went up! I was losing fat and gaining muscle which is good, but I really want to have less mass to carry up Nasty Grade and finally that is starting happen. I have dropped about 3 inches from my waist and about 5-6 lbs since the season started and we are only starting to ramp up our volumes. If I can complete all of the training and start the race about 40-50 lbs lighter then when I started then I feel like I have a real chance at it. I'll update my training volumes soon :-)
It is amazing how much progress I have made already in just the first several months on Ironteam, but it is even scary because we are approaching the 1/2 way point quickly and I still don't feel like I am even ready for Wildflower (or even in the vicinity of ready). My only real reason for optimism is that I have finally started losig weight again. When we first started ramping up the training, my weight actually went up! I was losing fat and gaining muscle which is good, but I really want to have less mass to carry up Nasty Grade and finally that is starting happen. I have dropped about 3 inches from my waist and about 5-6 lbs since the season started and we are only starting to ramp up our volumes. If I can complete all of the training and start the race about 40-50 lbs lighter then when I started then I feel like I have a real chance at it. I'll update my training volumes soon :-)
Terry Parks says:
February 5th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Charles,
Get your posts in here ASAP - I’m still trying to figure out where you are in the training. You may need to ask the coaches how to adjust the training to work with your work schedule.
Your weight loss schedule looked pretty reasonable, though it didn’t allow for gain of muscle mass. Do worry about it - work on good nutrition instead, and weight will take care of itself.
Terry