As I alluded to in my last post, I will be working with a trainer in 2014, well at least for the first couple of months anyways. So just beware, I am Bringing Sexy Back!!! (My wife says it never left, at least that is what I interpret her saying when she says I got fluffy) This has put me in a very thought provoking frame of mind, or an uneasy mindset. I am not really afraid about working out with somebody, it's more of the fact that I do not see myself as a weight room type of guy. I am not a weight room loving, lifting weights in the mirror, sleeveless hooded sweatshirt wearing, yelling at myself type of dude! I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I was in a weight room... maybe in college? I am not sure. I walk by the machines and I really have no idea what I am suppose to be working on some of them, so my trainer's work is cut out for her!
I know this will help me greatly in my racing. I know I need a stronger core, and as I learned from last year, doing 10,000 crunches over a couple months did not give me the benefit I was looking for. I know I want to get stronger but not bigger, so basically I am looking to get lean. Which is exactly what I told my trainer, and her response was, well that also comes from diet! Whoaaa!!! I do not want anyone messing with my diet! I recently read where some dude lost 40 lbs by only eating at McDonalds!!! (2 all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun!!!) So I am assuming I will really need to eat better and healthier, and I should since I am paying for this.
And you know that the best way to get motivated for any race is to pay the entry fee, I am all in. I am ready for Bosu balls (I think, sounds a little scary), ropes, body weight activities, kettle ball, medicine ball and stability balls. I will be sure and whine blog about my workouts, to keep everyone up to speed, and give you fair warning, cause summer will be here before you know it!
I love a good challenge! Sometimes I even enjoy a bad challenge, and although I am not sure which category this challenge falls into, I do know that it has been issued and accepted. So let me explain.
Some of the readers of Daily Trainings most likely read or have read Brad's Ironman Journey blog. If not, you should check it out sometime and then comeback to Daily Trainings for some real meat.
Brad is a fellow triathlete I met through Beginnertriathlete.com. I have never physically met him, but I am pretty sure he exists in real life. Brad completed his first Ironman this Spring down in IM Texas. As all of you know that read this blog, I also completed my first Ironman at Redman in Sept of 2013, and of course Brad and I compared times.
Now, Brad (a native Texan) contends that my 140.6 mile race was easier than his 140.6 mile race because his was IM branded and in Texas, and you know how Texans can be right? Anytime I make a comment about my Ironman, he quickly reminds me that is "wasn't a real IM".
Personally, I feel 140.6 equals 140.6, I just paid less for the experience. So after many, many , many comments, I decided that we should have it out. We should race head to head, mano y mano.
So here was my challenge. I challenged Brad to a race at Redman 140.6 in 2015. (2015 and because we're older and need some time to recover from 2013, and it just works out better for the both of us, plus he needs more time to train). This should put an end to all that Texas babble about race times. I issued a public challenge in a forum on BT.com and Brad has accepted (I won't be surprised if he chickens out though)
This could be the thing that gets me motivated again, motivated to be my best, motivated to crush someone and motivated to go ahead and eat all the junk food in my house (casue why throw it out) and then motivated to start working on a plan begining in March 2015. I think I should be rested by then!!!!
